Our New Arrival!!

With Jason deploying soon, we've been making plans. Having done this deployment thing before we kind of have an idea how it works and what the problems are. One of the problems is that I HATE being in our house alone. It just freaks me out. We discussed getting a dog, but after the NIGHTMARE pet venture last time I was extremely hesitant. But after looking at some pictures I decided I really, really wanted one. So yesterday we went and got June, our new 10 week old Golden Lab...

The picture's a little blurry, but it's impossible to get her to sit still long enough to take a decent picture. She is such an ANGEL puppy. She rode in the crate the whole way home last night and didn't make a sound. When we got her home, she was pretty freaked out with the new situation. June was just shaking like crazy, but she slept through the night, without an accident. And (knock on wood) we haven't had an accident in the house yet!! She's basically house broken, which is what i was most worried about. I can leave her crate door open and she just stays inside and hangs out most the time. Sometimes she comes out to eat or drink a little, but she's basically in the crate all the time. She knows it's her place and as soon as we come into the house, it's the place she goes.

Here she is hanging in the crate, cuddling her blanket. She has slowly started to get more comfortable in the house. She is fine outside and just goes crazy playing, running and investigating. But in the house she has a hard time. Earlier this afternoon she started to get comfortable and she came out and started gnawing on my shoes. I said a firm 'no' and she stopped, looked up at me and then turned around and ran back into her crate. It was hilarious! She is a fun new addition to our little family and I think she's going to be a great pal!