I have a puppy!!!!

Well we went and looked at the puppies last night. Two words describe the litter: FREAKIN ADORABLE!!!! We walked in and the couple brought out the 4 remaining puppies in a little plastic tub. Each of us were immediately drawn to a different little puppy. Right away I saw a "bigger" guy in the corner of the tub. His eyes were just starting to open. I picked him up, he stuck out his little tongue, and gave me a wink with one blue eye looking up at me. Love at first sight.

My entire family asked a lot of questions about the puppies and about the breed of the dog. The owners were extremely nice and answered all of our questions we had. We asked her about separation anxiety when/ if we were to bring the puppy home. She has such a great idea. Since she has been breeding dogs for so long, she has learned that the puppy does better when they go home with their new family to have something that smells like their mother and brothers and sisters. So when each puppy is about 4 weeks she gives them a fleece blanket, so all the smells mix with the blanket. Then when it is time to go home, the blanket goes with the puppy, and they always can smell their family and it helps with the anxiety they may feel. Gee, kinda sounds like why I sleep with Shawn's shirts still.

The four of us sat there for about an hour playing and looking at each of the adorable little fur balls. Finally my Dad looks at me and says, "Well what do you want to do?" I looked at him and my mom and told them I knew what I wanted, but the ultimate choice was theirs because the dog would be living in their house. Yes, it would be my dog, and I would be the one taking care of it, but the dog would still be in their house, the house with two cats who rule the house. Without skipping a beat, they both said that yes, I could get the puppy, but I would really have to work with the cats to make sure the cats gets along with the puppy. So after a lot of research, talking with the breeder I can now say I'm the owner of an AKC registered Botson Terrier.

I picked out a little boy. His body is mostly black, but his tummy is all white. His back legs are all black, but one front leg/paw is all white, and the other front leg/paw is all black with 3 white toes. He has a black mask on his face with one eye being black, and one eye white. Then he has a little white stripe running down the back of his head. His face is also all squished up, being a trait of a Boston Terrier. My mom asked me if I took a camera. I told her no that I had my cell phone and that would work. But like an idiot, I can't get the pictures off of my phone and onto the computer. (can I? I'm not so tech. savey) So I can't show you pictures of my baby yet. But the breeder wants me to come back once a week so he gets used to me. So the next time I go I will take my camera.

Now for the hard question. A name. I want his name to have something to do with football, in a way to "honor" Shawn. Anybody have any cute ideas. I can call him what I want but for his papers I need to have 3 names, because he is a registered dog with the AKC. Shawn's all time favorite football coach was Bo Schembecler, head coach at U of M for 20 years. The two of them are probably "talking ball" as we speak. So I was kind of thinking of naming the puppy Bo. Then his whole name could be....Bo's Coin Toss. What do you think? Cheesy or cute. I'm open to any other suggestions.

As soon as I get pictures I will post them for you all, but I just wanted to update you all on the newest addition to our family.