Jason has always loved dogs, labs especially. Me? Well, I'm fearful, but for good reason. I was attacked by a dog when I was younger and have been quite skittish of them ever since. I'm okay with dogs who belong to our friends but you put a barking or stray dog near me and I'll climb a telephone pole. You can say that the attack left a HUGE mark on my life.
So when Jason decided that he would like to get a puppy this spring, I was a little hesitant. I love my clean carpets and furniture. I already have one child that I was cleaning poop up after and didn't want another. And who'd watch it when we visit all of you out-of-towners?
On Saturday, I was perusing craigslist.com. It's an online auction/classifieds like ebay. It list things for sale by market cities. They have a pets section on there too that I like to look at, just in case someone had a lab for sale. I saw a post that an engaged couple from UT living in separate college apts. were looking for a family to take their dog until June. They were graduating, planning a wedding, then moving to Chicago when they'd take him back. The would pay $100 a month for the family to care for him and visit him weekly for playdates and to drop off his food. So after talking it over, Jason and I thought that this would be a good situation for us. We'd have a dog on a trial basis and could determine if it would be a good time for our family to get one. So here's Miller. We met him on Sunday afternoon, then he was dropped off this morning to live with us, just after getting a good bath, nails clipped and one last night sleeping in his owner Danielle's bed.
Monday has been crazy. The kids have never had a dog and are fearful of this puppy who jumps and licks on everyone. By the afternoon, he's calming down a little and has left quite an impression. Hannah already says, "Liller!" I've got my hands full! He's almost completely potty trained but left me a few surprises today. As I was cleaning them up, I've been thinking, "What have I done?" Me with a dog?" Oh, grace, grace.
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He is SO cute! I hope he quickly adapts to your family. I never knew how much I would enjoy a dog until my second dog, Buddy.
FYI - Labs are beautiful, but training them can be quite a chore as my friend, Lisa (mother of 9), learned. She has no toruble managin 9 children, but the Lab almost pushed her over the edge. They have boiundless energy, are very smart, and love to chew. However, now that Max is trained (thanks to an electonic training collar), he is a joy to the whole family.
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