When Santa brings a hamster and you're about to potty train a toddler, what else is there to do besides rescue another puppy! Ha! Our live is officially crazy now but we've been on rescue lists since April and there's really no better time. With it being winter and kids activities minimal compared to spring, summer and fall and the fact that I don't have much work in the winter ever combined with Derek working from home now, there really couldn't be a more perfect time.
So this sweet girls was dumped with 12 siblings at a shelter and they are thought to be a lab mix. Most of the litter was black except for her and a silver one and another brown. We met her the day before Christmas and then picked her up for good the day after. Her name was 'Grande' because she was one of the largest in the bunch and another family passed on her because she wasn't active enough. She's been very sweet and Ady is OBSESSED and she's fitting right in. 13 year old Bailey is tolerating her and we pray they'll become buddies someday. But MAN training a puppy is much harder with children than before we had kiddos! It's been 13 years and I guess I had forgotten how much work they are but it's now or never. And actually if it's bedtime, in the crate they go. No crying it out or rocking for hours or worrying if they'll ever go to sleep. Ha!
She was just under 13 pounds when we picked her up (about 10 weeks old) and already a week later she's over 16!
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