Rebecca's new friend: A dog named Murphy

Meet Murphy, a young German shepherd/Doberman mix who's joined Rebecca's household in Rochester.

"First puppy selfie"

Murphy with Cameron

"We adopted him because his owner lived in an apartment and so had no yard for him to play in all day," Rebecca writes.

"He turned one in July. So he's pretty much full sized (65 lbs) but he still thinks he's a puppy."

"He's almost too friendly, and wants to play all the time. He'll look out the window and bark or whine excitedly any time someone walks, runs, bikes by the house.

"We're extremely excited to have him around!!"

Rebecca is also the proud owner of six fancy rats. Here are just a couple of them, looking cute.