Yep, we've added to our family. This may come as a shock to some who know how Nick talked about never owning pets, but come Monday or Tuesday, we will be bringing home a dog! I have been hoping to get a dog since we knew our closing date on the house and Nick has been hoping this desire would leave, but alas, it did not. And, Nick finally agreed to a dog this week. So, after a lot of looking at breed info, training info, and other info about how to get a dog that matches your family via energy levels and all sorts of stuff like that, I sent a few e-mails to some rescues about dogs that we were interested in, they initially had gotten back with me, but then I didn't hear anything. Meanwhile, Harvey and I went to a shelter this past week and walked a few of the dogs. After meeting this dog though, I knew she was perfect for us and that Nick had to meet her to see for himself. Today, we had the chance to all go to the shelter together and we decided she was ours! She is super mellow, very obedient and she does awesome on a leash. To give you an idea of how she did with Harvey, I sat down and put him farther down a bit on my lap. She calmly sat there and waited for Harvey to make a move. Harvey reached out his hand and grabbed her lip and eyelid. She had a natural flinch but did not get mad or show signs of aggression at all. She sit when we asked her to sit, stayed when we asked her to stay, and doesn't pull on a leash at all. We could see how great she was, so we snatched her up before anyone else could. We filled out the papers and have officially adopted her. The way this shelter works is to make sure all the dogs get spayed/neutered and/or up to date on shots, they set an appointment for a vet once you adopt and put your adoption money towards the vet fees and will take the dog to the vet for their appointment and then you pick them up from their appointment. So, hence the waiting until Monday or Tuesday. It all depends on when an appointment can be fit in, though they said they should be able to get her in on Monday.
Her name will be Cassie from the name Cassiopeia (via Nick's request to have a Greek mythological name so he can keep his dog naming trend going with that. Cassie is our compromise.) She is pretty medium sized. Smaller than a lab, but larger than beagles or chihuahuas. She is all white with a few brown spots by her face and one spot on her back by her tail (you can't see too well in this picture and it's kind of a dark picture too). She is a great dog and we (well, mostly me, haha) are excited about bringing her home Monday or Tuesday! :)
(More and better pictures to come! We forgot to take a picture while we were at the shelter today. This one was from their website so it's not the greatest, but you get the idea.)
