Manchego in the Window

There's been a lot of talk over here lately about adding a new addition to this team of ours. 

Back and forth we discuss whether or not we're ready for such a big change and if this is the right time. 

So to help us make a more informed decision we looked into some resources around the city and found just the one to give us the insight we needed: 

SPCA's Puppy Parenting Class 

PUPPIES you say....well, what did you think we were talking about????? 

Oh yes that other kind of 'addition'. Wellllll, we will just have to see about that another time....

Boy did we learn a lot at that class. First of all we were late, not just a few minutes but like 15 minutes late and thinking back on it that's not a good start to learning how to be a good puppy parent. 

Apparently puppies urinate frequently and thus are required to be taken out every 2 hours or so. This would be a serious adjustment to our schedules as most days we are very 'go with the flow' kind of folks. But SPCA made it clear that puppies' bladders do not accommodate such flakey behavior. Ahhh, I'm already feeling like a horrible parent!  

As we all know, during the teething process, puppies will find anything and everything within your home to chew on. I can just imagine this future scene: 

We walk in to find a half chewed voodoo doll hanging from the mouth of our dear puppy. 

Now you can't easily replace a voodoo doll my friends. This one in particular (and you are wondering why we even have a voodoo doll - you can take that up with my husband) is from Togoville, a small West African village in the country of Togo, that we had to take a boat to get to, so not cool future puppy-child!

However, puppies are loving, furry-soft, playful creatures that will love you unconditionally with their big brown puppy dog eyes and hearts; as well as leave you little presents in your shoes or under your bed. Nevertheless, there's a reason we are so smitten with our canine companions - 

c'mon they're supercute! 

All in all, the Puppy Parenting Class gave us a lot of good information, so much so that we're not really certain of our next step. There are a lot of wonderful older dogs out there that also need homes and perhaps a puppy is a choice we make later in life when we finally do decide to start adding humans to our clan. 

So at this point we are torn and won't make any hasty decisions until we feel the timing is right or fall in love with a particular dog - like that one named Manchego at the SPCA shelter!!! 

*uber-joy* 

I know it's a silly name but you should have seen him! Oh he was so cute and adorable with his sweet doggy ways and delightful jumping and playful tricks. 

Hmmm...maybe a Manchego will join our team or perhaps another dog, 

someday.....

Here's Bosco, my parent's dog who just showed up one day last October, maybe that's how you find the right one, they find you first!