After much begging from Hunter we gave in and got him a dog. He kept telling us he was the only one of his friends that didn't have a pet. He said he either wanted a fish with a cool tank or a dog. I didn't want fish because I didn't want to have to clean the tank all the time. So now that we have a puppy who wakes up in the middle of the night to go potty, who has accidents on my clean floors, who threw up once because I gave her a doggie treat that wasn't for puppies, and who I had to give a bath to at 1 in the morning because she had poop all over herself, I have come to realize that I would rather be cleaning a fish tank.
I feel like I have a newborn - only a newborn can wear a diaper. I have walked past the doggie diapers a couple times and have come close to buying them. Would it be weird if I have a full grown dog walking around in a diaper - sounds okay to me :).
Her name is Grace (the breeders named her that). They said that she got stuck in the birth canal and the vet had to do an emergency c-section on the mom. By the time they got Grace out she wasn't breathing. They said they had to work pretty hard to revive her and because of this felt she was a little miracle and named her Grace. Once I heard that, I knew she was ours. I felt like she was a special one and we welcome special ones in our home - like Spencer!
She is a Shorkie and from what I have read and my friend's have one, they are great dogs for kids. So we shall see how this all goes. Hunter said he already loves her - I told him if he really loved her he would pick up her poop and feed her and get up with her in the middle of the night. I guess he really doesn't love her that much :)
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