New Member of the Family

Carson is OBSESSED with dogs. His favorite book and movie is Where the Red Fern Grows and he begged and begged to get a hound dog. We tried to talk him into a nice older dog that was already trained and past the puppy stage. Carson held firm for a hunting hound. A really nice farmer, Ron Leavitt, had some red bone coon hound pups and Carson fell in love (actually we all did). We brought home our new baby girl last week. Her name is Ellie after Trent's dog Ellie May. When Trent was younger he had a black and tan hound. Ellie is so cute!!! She loves her big brother, Dodge. She follows him everywhere. The other night Dodge was inside but Ellie got put outside because she had an accident. She cried and cried at the back door. We have yet to hear her howl, but she does cry. Then she went around the side of the house and squeezed through the fence and scratched and cried on the front door. I think most dogs would find freedom and run like the wind. Not Ellie, she just tried another door. So far we think she is so cute!!!