As Most of you know, since our
last post we've gained 2 more furry children of our own. We now have 4 pups
running around the house and we couldn't be happier. They say that having a dog
before children helps you to "practice" in a way. Young couples tend to
get a puppy in hopes to challenge their parental instincts and get warmed up
for the real deal. Travis and I do not want kids for quite some time but until
then we have plenty of hairy ones to attend to. It's nice To see the fatherly
side of Travis come out everyone and a while. He's not bouncing a baby on his
knee or bottle feeding at 4 am but he sure is a fun daddy! Plus, at our age
dogs are a heck of a lot easier! Every time I turn the corner he has a pup in
his lap curled up watching TV even if it's Kodak our 70 pound big boy! Here's
an update on the gang.
TRAVIS
Travis has been working in the
security field for a long while now but has just been hired on for a company
called OPW. This job will guide him into a full blown career which will offer a
bright future for our family. His Step dad has worked there for many years and
Travis has decided to take his advice and try his luck in this large company.
LAURA
As for me, I've been working full
time at Red Dog Pet Resort in Cincinnati. This allows us an outlet for the dogs
to have an all day play option when they get a little "too crazy" at
home. If it wasn't for the line of work I'm in we wouldn't have as many dogs as
we do. I love my job and I love being surrounded by puppies all day everyday.
NANOOK (American
Eskimo/Spitz)
Nanook was our
Christmas present to each other only 3 months after getting married. He's our
"first born" as we say and he moved across the east coast to North
Carolina to live the military life for a while. He kept me company while Travis
worked each and everyday teaching me how to take care of more than myself and
in return learning how to be a wife. He's about to turn 3 in September and now
that he's older his activity of choice is....Sleeping. lol. He'd rather stay at
home and snooze until dinner time rolls around again. Oh Nanook.
AUGUST (Siberian
Husky)
August came along
as a playmate to our Nanook. She was a feisty one then and still is now. She
made Nanook the lazy boy he is today wearing him out day to day with her puppy
energy. She LOVES daycare and would go to work with me everyday that she could.
She comes off as pack leader between the 4 but has the softest side to her.
Such a cuddle bug. This pup taught me how to properly groom a dog and with four
hariy ones, this became a very important skill for me. She will be turning 2 in
September.
KODAK (Leonberger
Mix)
Now this big boy
was a blessing fallen from the sky. My coworker found him tied up to a gas
station pump on a hot summer day. He was 3 months old and was left for someone
to find in hopes for a better family. From the first day she brought him to
work with her to offer up for adoption or even to foster he had to be ours.
Travis fell in love with his "Eyore" attitude the first night of
fostering and the rest is history. He grew to be 70lbs of pure gentle giant
with every one of his siblings and is has the biggest heart of all. He just
turned to be 1 back in march.
DUBLIN (Australian
Shepherd)
This little
bundle of fur was an act of pure craziness. We already had three so why not
four lol. She came home to three big sibling sniffing, poking, prodding, and
biting on her and she grew from a weak 5lb ball of fur to a 25lb ball of
nothing but though. She grew up sitting behind the desk at my work and is now
considered somewhat the official greeter at Red Dog. Every client knows her
wiggling stub of a tail. Predicting to be 50-60 pounds like her parents, she
has shown to be the extreme runt of the litter weighing in at only 25lbs at 8
months (she categorizes for a miniature). That's Ok because her size doesn't
limit her love for anyone willing to rub her belly. She tries to override the
pack but August doesn't allow it. The boys let her sometimes lol.
As for the rest
of the summer we plan on grilling out 7 days a week and enjoying the warm
weather out back with the pups.
