Yes, today we brought home the newest members of our farm. We're pleased to introduce you to the sweetest puppies......Saber and Shadow. Last weekend Joel and I helped to feed the animals at Craig and Kristi's farm while they were out of town. It was an interesting experience, to say the least.
Let me see, I believe they have 5 horses, 2 jersey cows...or is it 3? Two of the biggest hogs I have ever seen.....they are both the size of a VW bug. They also have 11 alpaca, 1 mule, a turkey and dozens of chickens. We also fed 1 inside dog and 3 outside dogs including the mama of our puppies. Oh, and yes, there were 8 puppies, too! Whew. And I thought we had a lot of animals to feed.
While we were there, I spent a lot more time with the puppies as I wanted to make certain of our choice before bringing them home to our farm. You know, you really can't begin to tell the personality of a puppy until it's a little older. And maybe I jumped too quickly on the "white puppy" bandwagon a few weeks ago when I switched from the black puppy to the white one.
On websites that describe how to choose a puppy they warned over and over again not to pick the one that is too hyper, or the one that is too shy, etc. Wouldn't you know it, as we observed the puppies over the weekend we noticed that the white one was a little more "active" shall we say than the black one. What we are looking for are puppies that can calm down and have a laid back disposition. After working with the puppies over the weekend I/we changed our mind back to the black one. And so, today we brought home the tan male puppy Joel is attached to and his sweet black and tan sister for me.
They were a little bit shy about coming out of the pet carrier once we got them home, but soon they were both eating and drinking from their new dog bowls and playing with one another....little tails wagging the whole time. There's just nothing like adorable puppies, is there? They give you unconditional love and puppy kisses, all the while their tails are thump thump thumping back and forth.
We've been down to play with them several times already today and now they are tucked in their new dog house on a cozy new dog bed. Saber is the tan one and Shadow is the black one. Yes, we have finally decided on names.
They seemed oblivious to the alpacas and our cow, but the alpacas and cow were most certainly watching the puppies from the edge of the fence.
And the alpacas kept screeching their "alarm" sound whenever they looked over and saw those dastardly puppies frolicking around in the grass. Heavens, no! Even Buttercup stood at the fence staring at the newest creatures. Pretty soon these little puppies will be big grown up guard dogs patrolling our property line and protecting all our animals from coyotes and intruders.
As I looked over into the barn I caught the cats lazily sizing up the puppies. It seems the puppies have created quite a stir on the farm.
One thing is for sure, they have already captured our hearts.
In Puppy Love,
Debbie
