Mike and I had a pretty great Thanksgiving, so great, in fact, we adopted another dog! We've I've been hankering (yes, I just said hankering!) for a new pup for awhile and I just so happened to be cruising around Craigslist (while Mike was on a business trip, no less!) when I saw a black labrador retriever that needed a new home (do y'all know how hard it is to find labs to adopt!?). I immediately emailed the family and fortunately they still had one of their dogs left (the male!). They were giving away a female lab too, but she was already spoken for...which was probably a good thing or Mike probably wouldn't have come back home if I told him I adopted two more dogs :)
Charlie is super sweet and still acts like a crazy, young puppy...which I love. Bear already seems more youthful from hanging out directing Charlie around. Charlie is a pretty huge lab, especially compared to Bear. When I drove out to meet him, I didn't know what to expect, and when I met him I just knew he had to be over 100lbs. Later that day, I casually mentioned to Mike that I "stumbled upon" a dog, or more like, someone dropped him off on our doorstep. I warned him that Charlie was, ahem, a rather sizable lab. Sure enough, one trip to the vet later and he weighed in at 103lbs solid.
Bear has always slept in our bed-I mean, I can't help but to spoil him, so when we brought Charlie home, I had to do the same. Needless to say, I'm surprised our bed hasn't crashed through the floor into our living room with all of us crammed on it.
They are getting along so well...at first, there were a few snafus, involving territorial issues and establishing alpha male status (Bear definitely won out in this category), but now they've settled into a cute routine of Bear being the leader and Charlie doing whatever Bear does.
While Bear is that once-in-a-lifetime-perfect-dog-that-will-never-happen-again (we once left multiple hamburger patties on the edge on the counter and went off to run errands and they were left unscathed), Charlie is the opposite and more like a typical lab...running into the Christmas tree, making off with random objects on the street during our walks, digging through the trash can and we love it. He's so sweet and I'm so happy I found him!!! :) :)
Laying under my desk chair... :)
I've been shooting a lot of film lately and I love it!
Happy Monday!
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charlie is a very handsome dog! i'm so glad that they get along with each other, they will be the best of friends! yay for more dogs! and adopted dogs at that (not that i'm biased or anything :)! so happy for ya'll!
(12.06.10 @ 08:35 PM)Charlie - Lola and I think that you are very handsome!!! We are so excited that you and Bear (and oh of course - Whitney and Mike) are coming to visit us for the holidays!! I know that we will all have so much dog fun together - maybe we can plan a dog party!!! Don't worry if Lola seems a little shy at first, but just remember - I'm the boss!! I'm sure that Bear will tell you all about me - Lola and I look forward to meeting you!! Lots of Luv, Lucy
(12.07.10 @ 04:42 PM)He is so cute! Congratulations on the new puppy!
(12.08.10 @ 05:47 AM)SO Adorable!!! He looks like he's Surf's long lost brother- about the same weight too :) We should all go play at the beach sometime.
(12.11.10 @ 08:15 AM)