The New Kid in Town

This is Smitty. I prefer to call him Schmitty. Smitty can't really talk, so he can't tell me the origin of his name. Bummer, cuz it's an interesting one. Anyway, he hitched a ride home in Jacob's carseat the night they were at Yankee Stadium. I guess he was tired of living in the city. Either that or he was afraid of being being crushed when they tear down The Stadium (Zach tells me you must capitalize this) and sought refuge in the country.

I wasn't convinced we needed another dog in the house, so I actively tried to 'escort' Schmitty to the curb via the garbage can, but Jacob successfully petitioned his acceptance into the house by insiting on letting Schmitty come everywhere with us that I finally just got used to him. We've decided to let him stay. He and Pilchard immediately hit it off because they have a common interest (see attire below). Jacob even let Schmitty wear his mini Yankees hat (backwards of course). The rest of the gang is gradually getting used to him and I expect one day very soon Baby Tigger, Little Bear and Moosey will all come to love the little guy just as Jacob does.


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