Friday, June 06, 2008

New Puppy

Mom with puppies

Dave's first choice

My first choice


Some of you may know our plan was to get another puppy when we got into the house, and for others it may be a surprise! Fenway is incredibly active and loves to play with other dogs and with our new big back yard it seems like the perfect fit. DAve and I have both always loved Rottweilers and knowing how wonderful "Candy" (Jenny and Don's rott) is, we knew it was the breed we were going to get. We didn't care if it was a full blooded rott or a mix, we just wanted the coloration and size of a rottweiler! I've been looking for about a month now on petfinder.com. It's a great website to go to to see all of the animals, from chickens to dogs to horses, that are up for adoption in your area. We adopted Fenway through a rescue center that posted on the site and we obviously feel great about that decision. We could have went to a breeder and found one right away, but we both agree that adoption is the only way to go! There are way too many homeless animals!!! Anyway, I was looking a few days ago and found Rottweiler/Catahoula mixes! They are only about 4 weeks old now and won't be ready to go for another 4-6 weeks, which will hopefully be around the time that we are in our new house. Oh, yeah by the way, we talked to our construction manager yesterday and he thinks the house will in fact be done by the end of this month!!! The lady in the sales center is the one that said the end of July. I hope this is the last time we get conflicting dates! Anyway, the mom was a recuse that was brought into the center starving and very pregnant. She had 12 puppies 3 days later! Half of them look like Catahoulas and the other half like Rottweilers. Our application was officially accepted yesterday and we will be going right after our vacation to pick out our new baby boy!!! There are 4 boys that have the coloration of a Rottweiler and we will get the first pick of those 4. We're sooo excited for........."Lambeau" to come home!!!

3 comments:

Mike said...

You're determined to have a zoo in your house, aren't you? Next thing I know you'll be adopting a Llama. :-)

Dave and Laura said...

Oh yeah, we got a fish too! 2 dogs and a fish...that's not bad!
Our new puppy will need some tough "Michael training" like you do with Daisy...so, when are you visiting??? :)

Dr. Faith said...

Ran across your blog doing a search for "Catahoula/Rottweiler mix" since I believe that is what my puppy is.

His mom was a Catahoula, but he looks just like a Rottweiler. I also have pics of his brothers and sisters, and they are the same as your puppy: half look like Catahoula and half look like Rottweilers!

ALSO, I named my puppy after a baseball stadium as well: Jack Murphy (old name for the Padres stadium). Just thought I would share since our puppies are so similar.

Here are some pictures of Jack (and his family):

http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=32631&l=dbdfd&id=577909426