We want a dog. Like real bad. But the timing just isn't right...we're living in a basement, we're gone all day, we're going to be in a rental living situation for the next year with no yard...
So instead of getting a puppy, we satisfied our puppy fix by going in with TJ and Jamie to get a puppy for Matt for graduation.
Meet "Duke".
We have all grown quite attached and Matt has become quite the proud parent.
Ryan and I found out about the puppy from a friend whose aunt and uncle had a litter...in Florida. Since we couldn't have a dog, I mentioned it to TJ since the farm was not far from Gainesville (FL). Now isn't the best time for him to have a dog either (with a full time summer job and then another semester left of school), so we talked about maybe getting it for Matt for graduation. TJ went to see the dog, of course couldn't turn down his little puppy eyes, so with a week left of school, he took him home with him. In that week TJ got pretty attached and wanted to keep him, but in reality, he knew Matt would have more time to spend with him, so he decided to give up the pup so we could all give him to Matt as a graduation gift.
Ryan and I found out about the puppy from a friend whose aunt and uncle had a litter...in Florida. Since we couldn't have a dog, I mentioned it to TJ since the farm was not far from Gainesville (FL). Now isn't the best time for him to have a dog either (with a full time summer job and then another semester left of school), so we talked about maybe getting it for Matt for graduation. TJ went to see the dog, of course couldn't turn down his little puppy eyes, so with a week left of school, he took him home with him. In that week TJ got pretty attached and wanted to keep him, but in reality, he knew Matt would have more time to spend with him, so he decided to give up the pup so we could all give him to Matt as a graduation gift.
He brought him home that weekend, handed him off to me and Ryan, and we drove him up to Durham to Matt.
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| TJ saying bye to Duke. |
That baby just laid on my lap or at my feet the entire 5 hour drive. He is sooo sweet and has such a good personality! We drove straight to Matt's track meet and the little guy sat through the rain and watched Matt run before getting to meet his new "dad".
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| check out the cow-lick on his tail! |
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| He cheered Matt on in his race |
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| Matt got to meet "Duke" after he ran his prelims |
On Saturday, Duke sat through another day at the track meet. Instead of rain, we got heat...he tried staying cool by sleeping under the shade of the bleacher.
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Matt started working with him right away on sitting, staying, fetching, going outside to pee...
I think he likes his graduation gift. He was just lucky that we were needing a puppy fix ourselves, but couldn't have one of our own. ;)
1 comment:
Oh my word! That dog looks perfect. Maybe you can get a sibling one day! Good to hear from you!
Julie B
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