HERE IS THE NEW ADDITION TO THE FAMILY. HER NAME IS MURPHY, BUT I ADMIT THAT I HAVE A FEW OTHER NAMES FOR HER WHEN SHE GETS ME UP AT 3 IN THE MORNING WANTING TO PLAY. (NOT REAL BAD ONES...LOL)

MURPHY WAS ABOUT 5 WEEKS OLD WHEN THE FIRST PICS WERE TAKEN. SHE IS 4 MONTHS OLD IN THE LATTER PICS. SHE IS PART LHASA-APSO, AND PART JACK RUSSEL TERRIOR.

MURPHY IS A RESCUED DOG. SHE WAS LIVING IN AN 8 FT CAMPER TRAILER IN A 12 X 12 INCH BOX. THE CAMPER HAD NO AIR CONDITION, NOT EVEN A FAN, AND IT WAS A VERY HOT SUMMER. SHE HAS ONE LEG THAT IS WEAK FOM NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE ABOUT. SHE WAS COVERED IN FECES, LICE, FLEAS, AND HAD THE WORST CASE OF WORMS I'VE EVER SEEN IN SO YOUNG A PUP. SHE WOULD NOT HAVE LIVED MUCH LONGER.

SO FAR MURPHY HAS MANAGED TO TOILET PAPER THE WHOLE HOUSE, EAT PART OF MY MINIATURE IRONING BOARD, DIG THREE BIG HOLES IN THE FLOOR OF HER ROOM (CHIPBOARD FLOOR), EAT PART OF THE LIVING ROOM WINDOW SILL, DESTROYED MY AB EXERCISER, AND NOW HAS EATEN PART OF A FOOT STOOL.

MAYBE SHE IS PART GOAT?

SHE HAS STOLEN EVERYONES HEART, BUT I SURE HOPE SHE OUTGROWS THIS DESTRUCTIVE PHASE SOON.

MURPHY UPDATE...SHE FINALLY DID OUTGROW THE DESTRUCTIVE PHASE, AND IS NOW AN "OLD LADY" AT TEN YEARS OF AGE. SHE'S GENTLE, LOVING, AND HAS NEVER MET A STRANGER.

MURPHY AND I URGE YOU TO BE RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERS, AND HAVE YOUR PETS SPAYED OR NEUTERED. WE ALSO URGE YOU TO CONSIDER ADOPTING FROM YOUR LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER IF YOU ARE WANTING A PET. IF YOU DO NOT SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHELTER THEN MANY MURPHY'S WILL MISS OUT ON BEING PART OF A LOVING FAMILY.