Family additions

This month has been rather hectic due to some additions to our family. At the beginning of the month, we adopted a puppy that we call Maromi (or Darwin, according to Lego Lover) and there hasn’t been a dull moment since. Two weeks later, it happened that one of the litter mates was back and available to adopt so we brought her home. She has been dubbed Fluttershy. Naming privileges went to Game Fanatic, who has been wanting a dog for many years but couldn’t have one. The reason we have a cat is Lego Lover used to be deathly afraid of dogs so we chose a cat instead. While I’d not go so far to say he likes dogs, he’s not so afraid of them now. He’s more afraid of the damage they might do to his Lego though.

Obviously it was a bit of madness to take on a second puppy, considering how much work a single one is. But I think the extra work in the short term will be worth it in the long term. We’ve found there have been some positives such as companionship and play. On the other hand, training has been a bit more difficult with two puppies running amok. And one of them can easily get the other into mischief, as evidenced this morning when the Scientist came out to find they had ripped up a strip of our cheap and worn carpet in the room where they are penned.

Tonight we went to puppy pre-school and I must admit that it was quite exhausting. After almost two weeks of relatively mild winter weather, the rain returned this afternoon, right around peak hour traffic time. We took the boys with us but it became obvious they weren’t going to cope with the number of people and/or puppies, depending on the particular child. They both ended up waiting it out in the car and won’t be coming with us next week. It was quite a bit of madness with what turned out to be eight puppies at the end. But it was a lot of fun and we ended up learning a few things we didn’t know beforehand.