It all Started in Hobart

The chaos that has brought peace

So we decided that I needed to experience raising a puppy for the very first time in my life. Now, after a lot of conversations about needing to get Ollie a dog after losing Maverick, we decided to start looking at dogs. Tami found a breeder (yes I know… rescue, rescue, rescue. I’ve done my part until this point.) that looked liked a great breeder who was actively having litters (Thank you KP Goldens).Now, we were not expecting to ACTUALLY adopting a puppy when we did… We just happened to have said “Keep us in mind…” when someone apparently only wanted a female puppy… So here we are….

That was day one and two… the adorable monster took up all of my time, so much so that I took a week off to help get him settled. I could not have done it any better than that. (I called it my “pupturnity leave” since there aren’t any children in our future.) Wasn’t her so adorable? And then he grew up…

But Seriously though…. How cute was he? And then he turned into a real dog and completely became a part of the family. He is still just as adorable, and has absolutely become a necessary part of the household.

Then out of nowhere, he became this thing… A mud monster who has no sense of self, or self aware. He also refuses to understand personal space; That of his older brother Ollie, and Tami and I. Seriously though, we have no space in bed.

But at the same time I cannot get over this guy. He is so goofy, and such a character that I can’t help but just stare at him… We are so happy that we acquired him when we did (though we weren’t really ready after Maverick passed. He just fell into our laps.) that there is no way we would go back at this point.

And now he’s a whole grown dog and I don’t know when that happened. I am so happy that he found his way into our family, and into our hearts. He’s just right in his insistence in being in physical contact with one of us and his absolute aloofness when he is feeling his oats (shoutout Robinson family for that phrase).

From Berko to you; All the best and keep on smiling.