Things to know about my dog

• Her name is Francie, short for Frances, because two of my favorite people are named Frances; Frances Nolan from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Frances Gumm, better known as Judy Garland. I basically have always known I would have a dog named Francie.
• If I can't find her, she's either under the dining room table or in the bathroom.
• She's in the bathroom because her favorite food is the shag rug.
• She is the noisiest dog EVER. She growls, and barks, and fusses. I don't think she's crabby, but she just always...makes noise.
• She is almost housebroken.
  
• She sometimes sits when I tell her to. Next up? Shake, I think.
• Our older dog? Only a fan sometimes.
• Seriously, she loves this rug.