Meet Ben, aka "The Tank"

Yesterday my daughter and I went with Cecily, Charlie and Tori to the PSPCA. They wanted to meet a Pitbull named Beau. Even though it hasn't been very long since saying goodbye to their Bubba, they are a dog family and Cecily especially felt adrift without a canine companion. They figured why not help a dog while helping themselves?

We spent about 2 hours there and met 4 dogs in the yard area. Beau, Boomer, and Remi were all sweet, beautiful dogs but not quite right for them. All signs pointed to this one. He is 3 or 4 years old, so a bit mellower than some of the others. He is nicknamed by the staff "the locomotive" (Charlie is a train connoiseur). He was originally a house dog in a halfway house for recovering alcoholics/drug addicts (we all are). Charlie said "we need a shorter dog" just before Cecily came to his cage (he has the legs of a Basset Hound or Corgi...very, very short).

And then he picked them, too.