Four years ago this month...

After Chessie passed we just couldn't stand not having a dog around.  My parents were able to find someone with puppies...but they were about 45 minutes away!!  They really wanted another Chesapeake, so they decided to make the trip.  Once they got there, there were only two puppies left.  One fluffy puppy and one that looked just like a Chessie but had a hernia on his belly!  So, they sucked it up and took the funny looking dog.  However, one dog just wasn't enough for them and we went back and got the male the next day. (We actually worried about what the owners would do to him if no one took him because of his hernia.)  My father named them Shirley and Frank.  And on the way home from picking up Frank, both dogs threw up multiple times in the back seat of the truck.  I think we knew then that these two together were going to be trouble.

Pretty darn cute though, don't ya think?

Happy birthday Frank and Shirley.