Josie's new home?

I think we've found a home for Josie. Remember the mean dog that barked at Petey and knocked him down? The people who owned him got rid of that dog shortly after the incident and we heard that they had the dog killed because of our anger over it's aggression. I've felt badly about the whole thing but perhaps we can make up for it. Our nanny and Mariannette's nanny talked to these particular neighbors and explained to them that we were looking for a home for Josie. They said they'd be glad to take her!! Now we need to decide when we will hand her over. Honestly we feel the sooner she's out of our house, the better. However, if she's only moving up the road from us, I think it will be confusing for her. She'll want to run back to our house every chance she gets. Maybe we should wait until we leave? I take her for her final rabies shot on Friday, so we won't do anything before then.

These people live a very simplistic life. They collect cardboard to recycle for extra cash. They raise their own chickens (which Josie is scared of) and they often have slabs of meat hanging up on the tree outside their home. I think this is to cure the meat. They always have the door to their home wide open, so I've seen inside plenty of times. It's always extremely tidy but also pretty sparsely furnished. What will they think when we hand over Josie, with her accompanying bed, toys and dog food? Will they think it's absurd if they knew we bought a space heater just for her? They probably don't even own a heater. As for dog food, most people just feed their dogs table scraps around here. We can't even buy dog food in our little town. We have to go to Nanjing to get it. It will be a very different life for her, but a good one. These people love her already and always say hi to her when they see her out and about. Sometimes I look at her and I think she's such a loving, happy dog and I can't imagine getting rid of her. Other times, like tonight, she constantly attacks me (playfully) while I'm trying to read peacefully on the couch and I find her so frustrating! She deserves a better quality of life than we can give her right now.