One week...

Well it’s been a week today since Memphis came home and I don’t remember what sleep is anymore. I love him , I really do and I knew that it would be a lot of work but no one prepares you for this.

I mean I did a lot of reading before I even knew Memphis was coming into our lives, no article tells you that you are only going to sleep 6 hours a night and that you should nap when puppy dose. I feel like having a new puppy is a lot like having a child. You have to teach him and play with him and clean up his shit when he goes on the floor while you are away and proceeds to walk in it (totally happened last night!)

I feel guilty when we go out to work or even if we come home and then have to leave again. Cory told me to stop worrying so much and I told him that I have wanted a dog for so long that I’m so scared something is going to happen now that we have him.

I struggle every day with the choices I make for him because what I do today and how I react to him and how I teach him what to do or what not to do will determine what kind of dog he is going to be for the next 10-15 years. It’s a huge weight.

He is so smart though and he’s been learning so quick.  He knows when it’s bedtime and for the last two nights he has slept through the night. He knows when we are leaving for work in the morning – we have to bribe him with his breakfast now….he is starting to explore beyond the confines of the kitchen and living room – he went into the bathroom the other morning while Cory was on the toilet

 There have been an accident or two and a bite/nibble on the toes/fingers but I can see how much he is learning and getting better every day and I thank the heavens for each day I get to spend with him.

Introduction

As some of you know may know or not know it has been a rough road to this point….

 A couple years ago I had a beautiful little boy named Bo and right when he was set to come home he caught parvovirus and went to play in that big dog park in the sky. I have looked at other dogs and puppies since then and no one seemed quite right. It wasn’t until a late Saturday in July that I came across and ad on kijjji for a puppy. Upon looking at the pictures and reading the information, I knew he was the right one , I knew he was meant to be mine. So after some quick phone calls , texts and emails and quick thinking on mine and Cory’s part to determine if we were really ready for such a big life change; we had made arrangements for my mom to go meet the puppy and the breeder to get a feel since we were not able to just pick and leave to PA that day. A couple hours, some more text and phones calls later , he was ours…well he was on hold for us.  Thus began the long wait for him to come home. That day finally came home on Aug 14-14.

The moment she handed him to me I fell in love and I mean the love where you know something is so right and that piece that had been missing is finally in place. Don’t get me wrong I have been so happy since sept 2013 when I met Cory but this was different, this is something that I have had missing in my heart and in my soul for along as I can remember. I don’t want kids and Cory is happy to not have another so this is my child.

I feel pretty to have gotten to bond with him so quickly and as you will be able to tell by the pictures I will post and the things I will write he is a total mama’s boy.