12 Dog Days of Christmas Page #5

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and brought back really fast.

And Skippy here

obviously has cataracts

and can't see much

of anything.

Can't they be

fixed or something?

I don't know,

can you afford the surgery?

'Cause we sure can't.

Well, um, I'm all out

of stains, sprayed,

not a penny to my name.

You know, funny enough, though,

Skippy can still fetch.

He wants to play ball 24/7.

This is Bruno.

He's super smart,

but in dog years,

he'd be our in-house

senior citizen.

So no one wants to take him

'cause he's so old.

And this here is Boomer.

He really likes

to roughhouse.

Probably belongs

more in a frat house

than around children.

And our little lady Sadie here

has a ton of skin allergies,

so whoever takes her

is gonna have to pay

for her shots.

Poor Poppy.

We think that she was

abused and abandoned

by her prior owner.

And we're pretty sure

it was a man

because she's

terrified of them.

So she's afraid of all men?

Yeah.

That's so sad.

And finally, there's Petunia,

our longest-running resident.

She's been here

for over two years now.

How did

she get here anyway?

It was before I started

working here,

but Blair told me that the woman

who brought her in said

she saw her and her mom

in a ditch

filled with water

the day before.

She's pretty sure

Petunia's mom abandoned her

because she was too weak

to climb out of the ditch.

She nearly drowned in there.

Well, she's not weak anymore.

And besides, how was

she not already adopted?

She's easily the sweetest dog

in here.

Only...

She's not pretty or perfect?

Not all of us can be

like Hillary, huh, Petunia?

I was actually gonna say

that she is

kind of perfect.

Maybe people are just

too blind to see it.

Okay, so I have

the perfect idea

for where we can start

trying to find homes

for these dogs

first thing tomorrow.

You want to come?

We could really use

your persuasive skills.

Huh, Petunia?

Yeah, sure.

in need of a home

for the holidays,

and we thought

if you would be

so kind as to let us,

maybe we could try

and find homes for them

by doing some sort

of doggie adoption day here.

We? Who's we?

Me and J-- Jack!

Oh, no, not you again!

No way, miss.

Forget it.

Any luck?

Nope, we went 0 for 11.

Not even a nibble.

Well, don't let one bad day

get you down.

You know, it's Christmastime.

It's the season

of miracles and hope.

You are frighteningly

optimistic, Blair.

Well, maybe if we all

get in the Christmas spirit,

it might help our chances,

you know?

Yeah, just gonna

be a lot more work

than I originally thought.

I guess we'll pick

a new neighborhood tomorrow

and see if we can place

any of the dogs there.

Jack, you hear

anything I just said?

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