Growing Family

Ok so the biggest news in our household is that our family has grown by one member. Though he is not very big less than six pounds at the moment to be honest. So now we have had to go by special food for the little guy, toys, place to sleep, the whole works. It is not cheap that is for sure, but so far it’s been totally worth it. So to all those who don’t know we got a dog! His name is Brovi and he is a miniature Labradoodle. He is mostly dark brown almost black with light brown patches over his eyes, under his nose, on his bottom, and on his lower legs (his legs look like he has socks on really). He is quite the handsome little fella. So far I don’t think he knows what to make of us or his new house. He is by far the calmest dog I have ever seen. Nothing seems to faze him. He just keeps doing his own thing regardless of what is going on around him.

Now I have to admit up front I didn’t want to get a Labradoodle. I thought it was a silly kind of dog, a designer dog. I wanted a bull dog, a mutt, or maybe a sheltie. In fact my plan was to just go to the pound or some rescue society and pic up a dog there. But as with most things in my life the wife had another idea. It is funny how that seems to happen on most decisions. Honestly RG didn’t want to get a dog in the first place as she knew she would be doing most the work. But then she started looking around and fell in love with a Labradoodle in Kentucky. Unfortunately he was just too expensive and we did not get him. But by this time she was sold and when she saw Brovi and his siblings she was sold. So we got a labradoodle.

I think we decided to get Brovi in early August. However we could not pick up until after Labor Day as the kennel was very strict about how long the animals need to stay with them. So for the next 3 or for weeks I think RG checked the website at least 8000 times a day. I would not be surprised if she programmed her browser to bring it up and just display all day actually. As we got closer to the day we got more and more excited. So finally the day came. So on the Friday after Labor Day we drove down to meet the kennel owners at MSP airport (they were shipping other dogs to their new owners) and pick up our little pup. Like I said before he didn’t know what to do. RG was driving so I held him and petted him, finally letting him sleep on the car floor. When we got him home he just kind of explored the first floor. We did get him to play a little but he wasn’t that interested most of the time.

Now the first day or so I think RG was a little worried. She had spent 3 or 4 weeks reading everything she could about dog ownership and had a lot of ideas in her head. One of the big things was she was worried about him eating. Apparently the literature said if they don’t eat in the first 24 hours they could go into some kind of shock. Well he didn’t like the dry dog food. So we got cat food which is more fragrant. He didn’t want to eat that. So there were some worries in the house. Until RG put a little cat food on her finger and put that in his mouth. Then he seemed more than happy to eat the food and all was good! Now of course the hard part comes. House breaking… Oh no.