It appears that what I imagined to be a roller coaster quest to find the perfect dog was just a gentle meander with a couple of stumbles.  The newest edition to our clan joined us today.  She is cute, dark and has been dubbed Olive.  Although with one light and one dark dog no article of clothing will be void of evidence of our canine companions.  It will be many days before the chaos settles and Hazel (the dog matriarch) forgives me for bringing in the puppy upstart.  At this moment I have no complaints, I have a small warm puppy body tucked up and sleeping on my left side as I sit on the floor, and my large, somewhat distraught, dog curled up against my right.