The kids want a dog. They've wanted a dog for several years.  We've had a dog for three months 4 years ago, but it was hit by a car and that was the end of our dog days. We have cats - 6 of them. And fish. But we have told the kids over the last few years that when they were old enough to take care of it, train it, and be completely responsible for it, they could have a dog. 

Well Kate decided two months ago that that time had come. Afterall she's working on her babysitting skills and her first (very) part-time job. So, her daddy and I discussed it and decided that she really needed to think this through, so we gave her a list of questions that she needed to answer, considerations to think about, and some research tasks to do.

She was to come back to us with the info and then we would talk about it some more. I fully expected this to take a while; afterall she says she hates to do research.

That was six weeks ago. I think she has at least 80 hours of research into this. In fact yesterday I was telling her that she had so much knowledge, had visited so many websites, and knew where to find the information she needed, that she needed to write a unit study or an ebook for other kids. She's actually considering it.

Her research skills have flourished. She can use Google with the best of us now. But not only has she read everything she can read online, she's read all the puppy books at the library too and is now working on the dog training books written for adults.

After going through the research and comparing breeds and ou family criteria, she's decided upon a beagle puppy. So now we wait for the right opportunity and the funds. Every couple days she goes out and finds the newest listings online and emails them to me. Such cute little faces.

Please pray for Kate and her little Beagle puppy that she wants to adopt. The right dog, the right timing, and the right opportunity hasn't come yet. But please pray for them, that they may find each other and in the meantime my not-so-little girl will have patience and understanding until that day comes.