Sukie Outlined

• We got a dog
  
  • Rat terrier named Sukie
    
  • Her name was already Sukie
    
  • But it's likely we would have named her Sukie anyway
    
    • "Sukie in the Graveyard" by Belle and Sebastian is a favorite song of
      
      • Me
        
      • My daughter
        
        • It's actually not very age-appropriate song for a kid, lyrically speaking
          
        • But you can't really understand what they are saying
          
          • Sung fast
            
          • Scottish accent
            
        • But the organ beat is unstoppable
          
• From Craigslist
  
  • This should have been our first warning
    
  • The second being the people met me at a gas station 30 miles out of town
    
  • The car had
    
    • The grandma, who
      
      • Was driving
        
      • Didn't glance in my direction
        
      • Didn't stop the engine
        
    • Three blond kids
      
    • Pregnant woman in her twenties that
      
      • Handed over the somewhat dirty kennel
        
      • Explained that her fourth was on its way and the Grandma had a seven-year-old herself
        
      • Wished I would've taken the dog and run
        
• For free
  
  • No such thing as a free dog
    
  • We though she was just nervous and timid, then
    
  • We thought she was sick
    
    • Worms
      
    • Lethargic
      
    • Throwing up
      
  • And she was
    
    • Virus
      
    • Nothing that couldn't be fixed by
      
      • $300
        
      • A couple days at the vet.
        
• For my daughter's seventh birthday
  
  • When I left to pick the dog up we told her
    
    • One of her friends was getting a dog
      
    • So they needed to go get a collar and bowl and etc etc for them
      
  • When I got back she saw her
    
    • And said Oh is that [friend's] dog?
      
    • And fell apart when we said it was hers
      
• We are training her
  
  • Crate in the house
    
  • Total Dog Whisperer style
    
  • To walk on a leash
    
    • She hates leaving the house
      
    • And loves to come back in
      
• And so far, she
  
  • Walks best with my daughter
    
  • Is quiet
    
  • Is a pretty good dog.