It wasn't an easy choice to make.  Everyone wants a young, good-looking pet with a perfect temperament.  But that leaves a lot of animals on death row, with no future, because they are a little long in the tooth, or not especially easy on the eye.

We must have spent over two hours at the animal shelter before finally deciding on the animal that we thought was most in need of a good home.  That was a week ago.  We've got our work cut out with Charlie.  He's very large, a little destructive, and has already got out and caused havoc in the local village, breaking into a chicken shed and killing two dozen laying hens.

No one said it would be easy.  But anything worth having is worth working for.  He has only bitten me once, but having twenty stitches in my hand was no fun.

Anyway.....Charlie doesn't answer to his given name, so we've decided, with your help, to change it.  Please post your suggestions, and I'll let you know which name we pick.

Below is a shot I took of Charlie yesterday, as he came out through a window to meet me.  Isn't he cute?

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