Man's (and Woman's) Best Friend

As many of you may know, Matt and I are dog lovers. We rescued our dog, Grady, from a shelter when we lived in Texas. Immediately, I thought it would be fun for Grady to have a friend. For a short time we had another dog, but unfortunatly it didn't work out. So we have been talking about getting another dog sometime soon. At first we decided to wait until we moved to Ohio to avoid the stress of a big move. Then, once we were in our rental house, we wanted to get another dog but weren't allowed in our lease agreement. Now that we have our own house and are getting settled in, we thought we would start to look around at the shetlers in the area to see if they had any puppies.

 Grady at the park

 

Grady taking over our bed

 

I have been looking periodically in the past and noticed that not too many puppies come through the shelters. And the ones that do come through are usually adopted very quickly. So I thought the process would take some time to find the right puppy for us. However, I looked at all the shelter's websites the other night and found one that had three female husky/setter mix puppies up for adoption!

 

I was so excited that I emailed the shelter right away and wanted to come out the next day to see them and potentially adopt one. But, apparently there is more red tape to go through to adopt form certain shelters than others. I did not realize that I would have to submit an application and be approved before allowed to adopt a puppy. I think this is a good idea to make sure all dogs go to a good home, but I'm not used to this process and hate playing the waiting game.

 

Either way, I started filling out the application: Do you own or rent your home? Do you have a fenced-in yard? Do you have other pets? What are the names of your pets? Who is your vet? Do you have children? Do all family members agree to have a pet? Yikes! This process was starting to stress me out! I started to feel like my ability to raise a dog was on trial and I started doubting my ability to effectively potty train a new puppy, let alone remember all those vet appointments, heart worm pills, grooming schedules, and exercise regimens. Hmmm.....what am I going to be like when we have children? Oh well, I'll figure that out when the time comes. :)

 

So I made a trip out to the shelter to see the puppies. The people were really nice and asked me a few questions, then let me play with the puppies. They let me pick my favorite one and put it down on my application. They said they would have to check my vet reference and would let me know soon if my application was accepted. Wow, that was easier than I thought. But when are they going to let me know? The suspense is killing me! After seeing the puppies it was hard to leave; they were so darn cute with their floppy ears, and wagging tails, and pointy sharp teeth.

 

This is the one I picked out. This picture was taken from their website.

 

And now we wait.