New member of the household

We had to put our dog of 13-1/2 years down at the end of June due to kidney disease. We had gotten her as a rescue at 7 months old and even after 13-1/2 years, she still didn't trust people. Since we have had a dog for the last 26 years straight, we took a break for 3 months. We figured we would look for another dog when the weather cooled down a little. We have a local no kill shelter so I wanted to get a dog from them. Initially I was thinking another younger dog (we don't really need a puppy, there are no kids in the house). But after looking at the dogs they have, a couple of the senior dogs looked like they needed a stable home and probably wouldn't have an easy time getting adopted. So Friday morning we ended up adopting Layla, a 9 year old American Staffordshire Terrier (very similar to the pitbull). We have a fenced in back yard so the dog can roam around freely which she wasn't used to. She's really sweet and is adjusting to a new home pretty quickly.

Here's a couple pictures of our old dog Jackie, she was a strange mix of black lab, whippet and some pitbull. And then Layla, the new edition.

Sorry for your loss, we are close with our Bella, she is really starting to slow down.

Layla is beautiful!

Congratulations on the addition to the family. My condolences for the loss of a friend.

Noting quite like the relationship between a dog and its owner.

One of those gifts from life.

This dog we adopted is so sweet, I can't believe anyone abandoned her let alone multiple families! But she is now so happy as are we so I guess it worked out well. There are so many animals available in the shelters to pick from you can't go wrong. We were thinking a younger dog but we're in a position we could help an older dog and this has turned out well.