We did it again - we got a dog. Ava has been begging for another dog since we had to re-home Tato. I kept saying I wanted to wait until the girls were all older, but I felt bad not letting Ava have a dog. She's an animal lover like me and I remember how that felt begging, wishing, and praying every day of my life for a dog of my own. I also noticed Lilly starting to get nervous around animals, which is so not how I wanted to raise my girls.
When we saw this sweet, scared puppy at the shelter I almost brought him home right then and there, but we decided to wait a week, think about it, and if he was still there, go get him.
Tyler agreed with the whole thing on one condition - we name the dog after a race car driver. Welcome Fernando Alonso!
The girls LOVE him and he is devoted to the girls. He lets them carry him around and treat him like a stuffed animal. He had no training whatsoever, but he's starting to pick up on things. I really wanted to adopt an older dog that was housetrained, but everyone at the shelter recommended going with a puppy, so that it is raised totally used to the kids.
The shelter's best guess for Fernando is that he is a Scottish terrier/dachshund mix. It's a ton of work having a puppy, but I'm thrilled for the relationship the girls are developing with him.
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Those pictures of full of love for the new little guy. We will have to come visit so that my kids can get their dog fix in! Tyler-you're a trooper. :D
The girls look so so happy!! I hope it's going smoothly! Gabriel loves dogs so he will be very excited to visit :)
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