We had a meeting all set up to meet Duke, the handsome yellow Lab from a rescue group, on Sunday. I’ve been so excited, leaving his petfinder ad up on my computer all the time just so I could look at it.

Well, this morning I got an e-mail canceling our meeting. It seems that Duke has taken ill and is in the hospital. They say he may have been exposed to distemper and may now have special needs, but they will not know for sure for some time.

After my last post, please forgive me if I’m a little suspicious. However, I have to say that this rescue group has been very kind and on the ball so I must believe them.

I am sad about this news (both for me and for Duke). I try to look at it as though Duke must not have been “New Dog.” And Vinny wisely pointed out (as he is oft to do) that if Duke had taken ill after we adopted him it would have been terrible in light of what we’ve just been through.

Oh well, I’ll just have to obsess over the new iphone again instead!