The Newest Member of The Jackson Family

Welcome our first ever puppy!  It was an early Christmas present to the kids.  We wanted to give it to them on Christmas Day, but this cute little guy came available today and we had to take him or leave him.  Vaughn and I have been going back and forth between getting a dog and not getting a dog for months.  We both grew up with dogs, but we both lived on ranches where the dogs were outside, not inside.  So we have been searching the shelters, which was a new experience for us (neither of us have ever adopted a dog), looking for a dog that would suit us.  We found some German Shepherd puppies last week at the shelter but we didn't want to get them right then.  We wanted to wait till it was closer to Christmas.

  Today after school, we had the kids at home and we went to the bigger shelter to just look again.  They had lots of puppies but not anything that jumped out at us and said, "take me home."  We then asked at the front desk if their other shelter had any puppies.  They told us they had one shepherd puppy. We decided to quickly go and see it.  When we got there we found this cute little puppy that we just fell in love with, but...he was already being held for another person.  We told the lady that we were wanting the dog and if the other person bailed out, to call us and we would come and get him.

   So the rest of the afternoon we waited around and took around treats to our friends.  Around 5pm we got a call from the shelter saying we had a puppy if we wanted him.  Vaughn, I and the kids drove to the shelter and the kids figured it out.  They were jumping all around, so excited to be getting a dog. We couldn't get the paperwork done fast enough for them.

Now we have this cute little puppy, who still doesn't have a name, cause we can't agree on one.  Ha ha

Look at his big paws.  He is going to be a good sized dog.  I am glad, because when Vaughn goes to work I will have a protector.   

Taryn is in heaven.  She couldn't get enough of this dog.  She was playing with it and running around and acting like a new little mother.  Tyson, on the other hand, was a little apprehensive about the dog.  He has been scared of dogs since he was little.  We hope that having his own dog will change all of that.  It is time to go to bed and put the dog in its crate.  Only time will tell us how this night will go...hopefully well.