Having a brother-in-law that owned a pet shop was rather convenient. Elsie could pop over whenever she liked to pick up treats for Dora as Philip always had some on hand. Della liked to credit meeting her now-husband to the family dog; had she not stopped in for treats that one day who knew if they would have met.

It appeared neither her sister nor her brother-in-law were around at the moment, though the employees mostly knew her by now as well and they all knew Dora. With her mutt at her side, Elsie waited while the treats were being gathered for her in the back by wandering the shop, Dora trotting alongside her nicely on her lead.

Elsie stopped to ogle the kittens, the adorable little fluffballs, not entirely unlike the one Della had gotten for Christmas, so cute and clumsy. They played in their little pen together, some napping, some romping around just generally being precious. Dora nudged her hand for attention as Elsie's was clearly distracted enough nearly miss what the gentleman nearby had said.

Looking up, Elsie realized she recognized Mr. Skeeter, though she hadn't any idea if he was addressing her or not. Nobody else was around however and it would be terribly rude to ignore him. "I've heard poodles are generally very smart." She motioned to the apricot colored puppy snoozing in the back. Elsie motioned for Dora to sit and her pup obliged happily. "It's nice to see you again, Mr. Skeeter." He had rescued her from being stuck in the mud in Irvingly after all!