Puppy Love

My husband and I finally (after almost 3 years) got a new dog. Our last dog came to us late in his life and we loved him very much. Unfortunately we had to put him down right before our wedding because he got sick and there were few options that were fair to him.

After waiting until we were ready, we starting looking for one a while back. We decided to check out the classifieds. The old school way of advertising for pets and sales, etc. in your local area. We ended up answering an ad on eBay Classifieds for Lab Mix pups in Brooklyn, NY.

We drove out on May 14th and got us a cute little fur-baby boy. He is 8 weeks old and he is BEAUTIFUL. He is a Silver Lab mix. I had never heard of a silver lab before... so I googled it and they are gorgeous and rare... He is Gray with Blue Eyes. His coloring is so unique and his eyes just make him one gorgeous pup.

His name is CHARLIE (I call him Stinky sometimes too, lol). You can see his picture over in the right column. Stay tuned for more pictures of Charlie as I am in LOVE with him and completely obsessed with taking his picture. I refer to myself as the Puparazzi. ;) I think I will update the pic as he gets bigger & older...

We took him to his first vet appointment where he tested negative for worms & parasites. YAY!! He had his nails trimmed and was given his distemper shot. Going back in three weeks for round two.

We are finally getting a crate for him tonight and will begin his crate training. He has been as good as can be expected being gated in the kitchen. He has minimal accidents and he is getting so good at going potty outside. :) The crate training will just bring that to 100% no accidents when we're at work & in between our breaks to come home and let him out.

We've also started the BELL training for outside. Ivan Pavlov is a genius (If you don't know, google it)! Our vet recommended that we place a bell on or near the door to outside and ring that bell every time we take him outside to go potty. Within a couple of days he should pick it up and go ring the bell to let us know he needs to go out. I really hope this works because that would be AWESOME!!! :) We are on day three of that training today.

I am so excited about him that I had to share. I am sure many of my upcoming blogs will be about Charlie or Charlie related things. :)

Stay tuned and thanks for stopping by.