Lucy

This was my Lucy when she was 8 weeks old. This was the 1st or 2nd day that we had her. We decided to get a dog after we moved into our house. I started looking to adopt. I wanted to adopt a dog from an organization that fostered dogs so that I could have some idea of the dog's personality before we got it. I applied to adopt a few dogs from a certain rescue group...that will remain nameless...and was whole heartedly DENIED DENIED DENIED. I didn't have a personal vet reference for a dog (because my parents had owned all of the dogs we had). I didn't even get to the part where MY DAD IS A VET. Needless to say I was pissed that they assumed I couldn't handle owning a dog. So in retaliation...I bought a puppy. Looking back, I suppose it was shameless, and not necessarily the way I would recommend others going...but we got lucky...very lucky.

I wanted a dog...like yesterday. Michael wasn't so sure. So we compromised. We got a dog, but he got to pick the breed. He wanted a border collie...I talked him down to a Rough Coat Collie. The border collie would have been too active for us. I found a breeder 2 hours away from Wichita and picked out the sable puppy. We went to get her on June 1st 2007. She was much smaller than I thought she would be...and my heart melted instantly. Our house isn't well designed for house training a puppy...so that took a little longer than it should. But other than that, we have had such an easy time with her. She doesn't chew stuff...she never had really. She has such a sweet disposition, she just loves everyone. She is even excited to see the vet. The long hair is something I could live without, but it is pretty.

Lucy, Lucifer, Lucy Loo, Fuzzy Bunny