Monday, May 19, 2008

Our Newest Family Member

It was a typical Saturday...we had just made some major inroads into our garage organization project...organizing and cataloguing/photographing all the items we are donating or selling on Craigslist. After we finished we decided to reward ourselves with some lunch and a quick stop by our local Petsmart. We like going and looking at all the animals (Brian especially likes the aquatic frogs). We didn't realize it, but our local SPCA brings out about 25 shelter animals (cats/kittens, dogs and puppies) every Saturday. Let's just say that one of them stole our hearts. He is a 6 week old Jack Russell Terrier/Chihuahua mix (I looked them up on the web and they are called Jackhuahua's or Jack-Chi's...lol! They are considered a hybrid by the American Kennel Club - I wonder if they get good gas mileage?). ;-) He looks just like Wishbone and he is very smart. Brian named him Jack-Jack (after the baby in the Incredibles). He has been a wonderful addition to our home. He is doing really well with potty training, is learning commands such as sit, off, and let go. Jack-Jack is already very good at not chewing or biting and we started crate training the first night. He loves his crate and likes to drag his toys into it and play with them while I am working. Jack-Jack loves walking on the leash too. We take him for walks twice a day. He is very well-behaved. We are going to start socialization training with other dogs and kids in the next couple of weeks. He has had a very busy few days...last night he looked so adorable fast asleep having puppy dreams while cradled in Brian's lap. Check out the first pics!









2 comments:

annette said...

Awww! How cute! Congratulations! You guys are amazing- getting to training him right away and so quickly too!

Panama Jones said...

Sounds like Jack-Jack is fitting right in. Even though I'm not a huge pet person, I like dogs and how loyal and obedient (when properly trained) they are. Jesus taught that we should all become as little children if we want to enter the kingdom of God. Maybe we should also be a little more dog-like.

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