Success came through – I am not making this up – the Midland Daily News classifieds, courtesy of a very nice family in Sanford.

The little girl in question is 7 weeks old and has nicely acclimated to the house, and our 4-year-old Brit is acting a bit protective. (The cat keeps a wide berth and doesn’t see why this addition was necessary.)

Since we are used to Brittanies and their docked tails, it is odd to have a dog wagging a full-length tail instead of a stub. I mentioned this to a fellow Brit owner and he replied of the Lab, “That’s not a tail. It’s a weapon.” And remembering a large yellow Lab we had around the office as a Leader Dog, and the pounding echoes that came about when his tail met metal file cabinets, I’m sure that will prove true.

This post originally appeared on ourMidland.com, the online home of the Midland (MI) Daily News. Republished with permission.