Bandit!

We have been discussing whether or not we should get a dog for the kids for the past year or so, but felt like we should wait until the adoption is completed to take on that responsibility. Well, seeing as we started the adoption process two years ago and we have now been waiting for a longer time than we had originally thought, we decided that we would go look into the Pet Adoptions with Twyla's Friends. My friend, Amy, told me about it and they had gotten their dog from there. So Saturday, we ventured out to see the dogs. I had already looked online at several local Pet Adoption sites and thought I might be set on one particular dog I had seen.

Brittany and I drove up to check out the dogs and it seemed like they were all HUGE dogs like rottweilers, greyhounds, german shepherds, etc. We petted a few of them casually and then Brittany spotted a precious little black and white freckled puppy hiding behind the tree. She pointed him out to me and I fell in love with him! He was a beautiful, playful little puppy but very docile (which is what I was most looking for). When I walked up to him, he immediately fell down and rolled over, never puppy biting, just licking continuously. I asked his owner about him and she said he was a 4 month old Australian Cattle Mix (the mix part being border collie) and he was crate trained! Music to my ears! She had also trained him to tap a bell on her door to go outside! I was sold! I quickly called Brad because other people began eyeing "my" dog! He got the kids in the car and met us up there to see how the kids responded to the dog. The kids got to walk him (and his brother, Smokey) to see which one they wanted and we all fell in love with little Bandit! We decided to adopt him on the spot, paid a donation fee, but were sad that we couldn't take him home just yet because he needed to be neutered. His appointment to be neutered was today and she will be bringing our new little puppy to our house on Wednesday! We are all thrilled and excited to have our first pet (since we have had Isabella and Elijah) in our family!