Our new (to us) Weimeraner. She's about 3 years old. Rescue dog, meaning it was rescued from some unsavory situation/pound/etc. Apparently the previous owners were illegally breeding her. Here in LA all dogs have to be registered with the city. To be registered, your dog has to be spayed/neutered. If you want to breed dogs, you need some sort of license. I'm guessing the previous owners didn't have that license. She had had about 3 or 4 litters in her short lifetime. I think there's still one puppy remaining for adoption from her last litter of 6 (about 8 weeks ago).
No name, yet. Liz wanted Charlotte (after the spider). I wanted Schumi. The kids thought of Candy. Then Anna thought of her hero, Dora. In the end, maybe it'll be Portia. It's the only name that she seems to respond to, actually. And we already have a grey German car (phonetically) named that. Makes sense to have a grey German dog named similarly, no?
The cats are...cautious. They're clearly not happy. But the dog is absolutely great with the cats. Virtually ignores them. I can already see the cats coming closer. They'll walk into the same room, at least.