I had a lot of nice people respond to this thread about looking for a puppy last week, so I wanted to give an update.
http://vb.foureyedpride.com/showthread.php?t=49871
Our search online turned up a good candidate at a shelter a couple hours away, so we headed up there on Monday afternoon to check it out. They had a litter of shepard/Lab pups around 9 weeks old. They had two males and two females available. We chose one of the males. He was the biggest of the litter, and seems really laid back for a pup. The other male was so squirmy you couldn't really hold him, and when you put him down he just ran around like a little nut! Our guy (we're going to call him Zeus) was much calmer, didn't struggle when being held, and just walked around when put on the floor.
So we filled out the necessary paper work that day, as they screen people before they let them adopt one of their animals. On Wednesday they called to say we were approved. All pets are neutered before they will release them, and our boy was altered on Friday. We will be picking him up tomorrow.
Pictures to follow sometime tomorrow.
It's kind of funny that we spent today puppy proofing the house, it's almost like baby proofing. I made up some gates to confine him to the kitchen if we're not home, until he's potty trained, as we really don't want to crate him. We figure the poor guy's been crated his whole life. The kitchen has a tile floor, so that will help with the inevitable accidents. The rest of the house we made sure all electric cords were inaccessible, so he doesn't get shocked chewing them.
We are very much looking forward to bringing the new guy home.
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