Monday, August 11, 2008

The one?

So this is the one we're looking at and will get to meet sometime this week. If she is as good as the owner has spoken to us regarding being house trained, cage trained, kid and cat friendly, we're highly interested. In fact, at this point her character would have to be a real downer to change our minds. But we figured with Matt 100 feet away she could play in the yard for 1/2 the day, be put in her crate for the second 1/2 of the day (3-4 hours) and then the rest of the time she'd be with us. We've even already had an offer for someone to watch her one our 4 day anniversary if we needed to get her sooner. But after talking with her current family, they said they'd keep her until after our anniversary if we can stand being away from her for so long. =) So yeah... we'll see soon... oh and FYI, she's 10 months old which is not exactly what we were going for in looking for a grown-up, but regarding the fact that she'll be 1 soon and the average lifespan is 10-15yrs with very few owners giving away them prior to 8yrs, we thought we could bend the rules just a bit. Besides, having a young and moldable one right before baby comes is not necessarily a bad idea. My primary concern is that she doesn't eat Cheddar. And Matt's primary concern is that she doesn't repetitively pee on the mansion's carpet. Both viable concerns. So again... we'll see after we go meet her, watch her interact with the family's 4 yr old and walk with her. More to come soon regarding the outcome.....

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm really looking forward to learning about all these new additions to your family!! And I can't wait to visit "the mansion." :-)

Monica said...

we're to go meet the dog Saturday night. We;ll see what happens. =)