Meet Tessie, Morgan’s early birthday present. Tessie is a one and a half year old beagle and miniature pinscher (a “min pin”) mix — at least that’s what the people at Pets and People in Yukon told us.

The good news is, the dog came trained. She sits, stays, fetches, sleeps in a little doggie cage, and most importantly, is house broken. The bad news is, it’s a chewer. Yesterday Tessie spent the day in the backyard and we came home to find pretty much every pool toy we own(ed) spread out across the yard in tiny bite-sized pieces.

Morgan likes Tessie, Tessie likes Morgan, and Don Piano is on the fence right now but the two of them are managing to co-exist at the moment. Watching the dog and cat interact is like having a Garfield comic strip continually unfold in real life.