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A New Family Member ~ Harley!

The Farrell-Landers clan has been wanting a new dog to our family for the past year.  Since I am allergic to most dogs, including our current fifteen year old dog, Capone, we wanted to make sure that our next one would be suitable for me.  Typically, these types of dogs are not available through shelters or rescue facilities and so we were seriously looking to obtain our next dog through a breeder.  However, last week, Josh's sister, who was also looking to get a new dog, spotted a dog for us through one of her web searches and immediately emailed Josh, who, in return, emailed me.  Here is his profile from Petfinder.com:

After viewing his information, I immediately told Josh we should contact the rescue and check him out.  Josh emailed the contact and after much back and forth over the course of three days, we finally made an appointment to meet Hootie last Saturday morning.  He was so precious and good tempered.  My only concern was his size.  At eighteen weeks, he already is much bigger than we wanted, but all of his other qualities were exactly what we wanted..  If you can believe it, we actually left our first visit without him.  We wanted some time to think about him.  However, it didn't take us long, actually about fifiteen minutes, to decide that he was the dog for us.  So, we turned the car around and made Hootie a member of our family.  

The first thing we decided to do when we received him was take him immediately to the groomer.  He fur was all matted and he still had tons of all of the other dogs dander on him, so we want to get him cleaned up. Here is his before and after:


After we picked him up from the groomer, we went to Petco so the kids could assist in picking out all of his stuff.  It has been a long time since we have had a puppy.  We also conducted a family vote to change his name.  We all, except Aiden, decided on Harley.

So far, he is transitioning nicely.  He and I instantly bonded, but at first, he was super cautious of the kids and Josh.  Each day, he gets more and more comfortable with his new home.  The kids love him and wish that he wasn't so weary of them.  He and Capone are still getting used to each other.  She realizes he is here to stay, but she isn't too happy about it.  Potty training is in full force, so is walking on a leash.  He loves rolling in the grass and bringing me little treats from outside like leaves and sticks.

Welcome to the family, Harley!

Harley

Comments

Teresa said…
He sure is cute! Can't wait to meet him.

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