Puppy Love

Yes, that's right!  We got a puppy!  We've been wanting one for so long, and now that we have a house (and the paint stuff is put away) we were able to get one!  His name is Dopey.  He's a black lab/ australian shepherd mix, but as you can see looks like a chocolate lab (from the auzzie coloring and lab body).  He's 2 months old.  He's such a sweetie!  We named him Dopey, like the dwarf from Snow White, because he was the runt, is so sweet, calm but has a silly personality, floppy ears, and is kind of a klutz.  And he loves to give kisses!

  Josh fell in love with him as soon as we saw his picture on KSL.  We got him from a sweet couple in Payson who love the mom (the Auzzie) very much, and loved the puppies the same.  They started Dopey's shots (they called him Brownie), we just need to finish them up in a couple weeks.  Since he was the runt of the litter, he was kinda shy until his sisters were adopted.  Then he got more playful with his remaining brothers.  But we came and snatched him up.

Quinn and Dopey love chasing each other around the yard (though the puppy runs out of energy faster than my son does).  Last night, his first night with us, Quinn refused to go to sleep, because he knew a puppy was in the house, and didn't want to leave him.  But I had a migraine, and Josh was exhausted, so we just brought the two little boys into bed with us.  Dopey is very cuddly, and just snuggled up with the three of us.  During the night when I got up to get more medicine, I put Quinn to bed in his own bed, but Dopey stayed with us.  He was so cute!  

He's almost house trained.  We just take him out every couple hours, and he goes potty right away.  Then he holds it pretty well when inside the house.  We've had a couple small accidents when we've waited too long for the poor little guy, but we'll get it. 

The only real struggle we have is convincing Quinn to leave him alone while Dopey's trying to sleep, and to leave the puppy's food and water alone :)