Flea Rex

Ok! Everyone is clambering for pictures of the puppy so here he is. Just at 30 pounds now and full of it.

Puppy - The One!

Well, the puppy is picked. We brought him home on Sunday. He's "stop you dead in your tracks" cute. Now, the name.....

We had been thinking about names for quite a while. A Google search proved helpful, but as usual there were just too many choices. We wrote down quite a few, but we wanted the name to match the little booger. Chewbacca was a contender, but didn't make the final cut.

Once home Bridger settled on Strider; the name of the Ranger in the Lord of the Rings who eventually became King of Gondor. Bridger desperately wanted Tintin; as in Tintin and Snowy by Herge. He has been reading those a lot, but he didn't know about Rin Tin Tin and the fact that it was a common dog name. We kept forgetting Strider and calling him Shredder, but Bridger didn't like that name very much.

Somehow, after a day or s0 we came up with Colter and it stuck. (I swear I didn't plan it) Bridger liked it - he said now Bridger and Colter are together again. So, now the little chewing rogue has a name, which by the way, he seems to have gotten used to it already.

The pictures tell it all... I've got to go and clean up an "accident".

Puppy - visit two

These little guys melted our hearts. One of them we will pick up on July 1st. The breeder asked us lots of questions and based upon her observations, and testing by a outside consultant who tests the puppies, she will pick out the best puppy for us.

A picture is worth a thousand words - here's the pictures.

Puppy!

Well, the deed is done. Bridger's seen the puppies - now we're unquestionably getting one. Yes, news flash - I don't know if we're truly ready, but no going back now - we're getting a dog. They are little Airedales, just like Sabatchka. We will pick him/her up July first. The mom, Kendel, had 10 puppies and they are hungry little dudes too. We don't know which one we're going to get, we kind of want them all at this point, but $10,000 for new carpet doesn't sound too appealing either. So, it will be one. I'll keep you posted on the progress as I don't think we can stay away for too long.