My failed attempt to steal a dog

We got to dog-sit last weekend, and she was the sweetest little baby girl dog ever.

I wanted to keep her.

I mean, look at her. She's perfect. She's small, house trained, quiet, affectionate, and so freaking cute.

She is the exact dog I've been looking for.

Don't get me wrong, I love my Bubba and Gizmo, too, but there are two big obstacles to stealing them. First, Gizmo is not a fan of Lily, and the two are kind of a package deal. Giz could probably get by without Bubba, but not the other way around. Second, Gizmo is a pretty hardcore mama's boy. He gets seriously depressed when she's not around.

So then we had our first weekend with Lilli. Lilli the dog/Ewok. Doesn't she just make you want to say "jib jib" and give her a cracker?

Even Kitty tolerates her.

She's very sweet and timid. I thought she'd jump out of this little wagon when I tried to take her picture in it, but she froze in fear. Poor thing.

She gets along with my Lily, too, except for the sharing. My Lily is pretty territorial about her stuff now, especially her chips. And for some reason, she needed to have a chip in each hand before she could take the dog for a walk. Pretty sure you can guess what happened.

So, I had to come up with a plan to keep her.

Simple enough....First, we changed her name to Lilo for obvious reasons.

Then, when Jason and Michelle came to pick her up, I would just pretend I didn't know them. If they pushed their way in, I could hide Lilo, ET-style.

Hmmm...but then there was the problem of work. I'd have to go to work eventually, and Jason would probably not just pass me in the hall and say "Hey, what's up, how's Lilo?"

So I would make a peace offering. I took some amateur pictures of Lilo that I could give them to remember her by.

Flawless plan, right? So Sunday came around, and they knocked on the door. I started in with "Hi, can I help you?"

But then Lilli came running out from behind me and attacked them with kisses and tail wags.

Sigh. I tried. I guess it just wasn't meant to be.