Our anniversary with Lane, its been 1 year!

Well it was a year ago that we decided to foster a little puppy named Lane. I had been volunteering at the Humane Society for 6 months and 4 little Pit Bull puppies caught my eye. It is protocol to keep puppies in the 'Not Ready' area in the back on the Humane Society until they can be spayed or neutered at around 3 months of age. Actually all dogs are kept in the 'Not Ready' area until they are spayed or neutered and then can be in the main kennels up for adoption. Lane's siblings were Kelly, Wrangler and Tuff. 2 were fawn with black masks and the other was brindle and looked just like Lennox as a puppy. The 4 were named after characters in the movie '8 Seconds'. Remember, Luke Perry starred in it, he was a cowboy named Lane Frost. Anyway Lane being solid white with pink skin and a pink nose stood out to me and I kept telling Tony to come see him. We talked about getting Lennox a playmate, he was 3 years old and if we were going to do it, we needed to do it soon. The thing is, we weren't sure how 2 male Pit Bulls would be together. Lennox had some interaction with other dogs, but most people aren't too keen about you bringing over your Pit Bull to play with their dog. Lennox was so curious about all the dogs in his obedience class, it was more like social hour for him. So we thought if we fostered Lane we would  be able to see if it worked without a total commitment. Tony really made it all up to me, I just was really drawn to Lane, he was just so cute and little. Lane and his siblings were dumped off at the Humane Society on July 4th so when we got Lane, he was about 11 weeks old. Lane and Lennox met for the first time in the play yards at the HS and Lennox didn't pay much attention to him at all, so all was a go! It was okay to take Lane home. Lane wasn't all that well from not getting that great of care when he was days old and we had to bring back to the vets to check him out. Lorie was very helpful, she herself has over 15 Pit Bulls and encouraged us to try it out. Her males all get along for the most part although she said there are some fights, as with any group of male dogs. Lennox had one, 'show him who's boss' moment and after that, Lane had learned to respect his older brother.But Lane officially has never completely backed down, just has that respect for Lennox. We knew they would get along.  So after Lane was neutered I went in and officially adopted him and Lane became a Darakshani-Brown :) We thought about changing his name to something catchier, most people consider Lane a name for a girl, but Lennox and Lane sounds so cute together, and it just fits him. Now, a year later I cant believe we almost didn't get another dog. Lane is so much a part of our family and has been a great playmate for Lennox. Dogs are pack animals and really need interaction with others. If you are thinking about it go to your local Humane Society or rescue group and foster puppies and or dogs, try it out, you don't know what you are missing..and by fostering it can be temporary, although I'm glad Lane is with us permanently. Its funny to look back at these pictures, Lane is a lot taller than Lennox now and even out weighs him, his pink nose has now turned black and he has hundreds of spots on his pink skin although his fur remains as white as ever, and thicker than before. We are now not even sure that he is 100% Pit Bull, the thick fur and taller lankier body confuses us, but nonetheless we lover our Laners!