A bit of background on my choice of a mixed breed puppy.

I searched for 3 years for a small mixed breed puppy.
I wanted a puppy that would grow into a small enough dog to have
in the house, yet be a hardy enough dog to stay outside for short
periods of time, if need be.

I surfed through hundreds of info sites on the many different breeds.
None of the purebreds completely fit the bill, too big, too small, too furry
and so on.  I decided that a mix breed would be my best bet.
I read want ads and searched through the petfinders & every place  locally.
I just couldn't find the right pup anywhere.

My husband met Penny's owners by chance.  The owners discussed
their 2 puppies, a boy and a girl and they were mixed breeds.
They also offered my husband his choice of the 2.
He discussed it with me and told me the pups would be ready in 2 weeks.

Again I surfed the breeds reading about the temperment and aspects of
each of the known mixes in the pups.  I was so pleased to discover
that within the genes of these puppies was the possibility to have an
inside-outside dog, just like I searched for all these years.

I decided on the female, and my husband called and let her
owners know that we were interested in giving her a home.
2 weeks later, they called and Penny came home.