Meet Cash James! The newest member of our family. (the puppy above may not be Cash)
We have been talking about getting a puppy for a year. We wanted to wait until the right time. A lot goes into caring for a puppy. And, I knew I would have 90% of the responsibility. For months we researched a few breeds we liked. I followed the local shelters. One day I took the kids to Petco for an adoption day. Ailyn was being her insane self. The puppies/dogs were not there yet. A lady came up to me and rudely said "Your daughter is a liability". I couldn't argue. She was. So driving home with tears flowing, I decided that buying a puppy from a breeder would be best for our family. We needed a puppy from birth to grow up with Ailyn.
One Saturday I called a ton of breeders. Most breeders were "sold out" because it was Christmas time. Everyone wanted a puppy for Christmas. Not the perfect time to look for a puppy. I was looking at this one breeders Facebook page. I loved all the comments on people who bought a puppy from them. Luckily, he had two puppies left in a little just born. We put a deposit down that day.
The breeder was 2 hours away. This breeder would have let us visit whenever we wanted. It was so hard not to jump in the car to visit!! BUT, we were keeping it a secret from the kids until Christmas Day. So we met the puppies when they were 2 weeks old. It was the mother's first litter. The parents were amazing dogs!! The father thought we were there to see him and wanted all our attention. The breeder and his family were such nice people.
When the puppies were 6 weeks old we got to pick one out. The breeder was choosing 2 puppies for other people so we had the choice between 4 puppies. The breeder new about Ailyn's CP and gave us his opinion of which puppies he thought would be best based on their personalities. Right away we narrowed it down to two puppies. But, knew Cash was the one.
Cash is on the right.
The kids had NO idea. Camden asked Santa for a "live dog" and Santa said that he wasn't able to bring live dogs because they jump out of the sleigh. But, he would bring puppy food and toys. This was OK with Camden. He knew we were talking about getting a puppy. But, thought we would get one in the spring.
After opening a 20 pound bag of dog food, Camden said "WOW! This is a lifetime supply of food!!" Then we handed them a box to open. It had two framed pictures of Cash and a collar with his name. Which BTW Daddy and I decided to name him so we didn't end up with a puppy named Fluffy or Darth Vader.
Of course I was day dreaming of this moment for weeks. I wanted it to be perfect. It was such a huge moment. Adding a dog to our family was big! Besides for my dying camera taking crappy pics and Ailyn's whiny mood, it was perfect. Camden asked "Where is he??" Thinking a puppy would come running around the corner.
He took the news pretty well that we were not going to pick him up until New Years Day. Ailyn understood we were getting a puppy I think. We prepped her the entire week.
So much anticipation on the drive there!!
Cash was HUGE! he had grown so much! The kids fell in love instantly.
Cash fit in our family from day one. Camden and Ailyn are loving him.
So far he's a great puppy! We are having a lot of fun with him. He loves to be around us. He sleeps all night long. I take him out twice when he wakes to move. He pees and goes right back to sleep. We crate him when we leave the house. This does not make him happy at all! But, I know better than to leave a puppy roam the house ;)
Stay tuned for some super cute Cash pics. Aaron bought me a new camera for Christmas and I have already taken 1,000 pics of Cash.
