Her name is...

I'll let you go see her blog to find out her name: http://differentkindofdog.blogspot.com/

I'll also get some Julimae stuff up soon. But don't count on it.

She's Here!

Here she is!

I won't tell you her name yet because we had a name game contest at school between all of the drama classes. I will post her name on Monday and a link to her blog too. If you know the name, don't spoil the surprise!

Puppy Assignment

So last Friday we found out that the new puppy will be a .....


Female Black Lab


whose name starts with......


S





I'm thinking I like:
Shadow
Simone (I think there is a breeder with this name though)
Storm and,
Sky

But I'm super afraid that her name is going to be Snooki.......

BIG NEWS!!!

I'm still here! And so is Julimae! =D How cool is that?

But no, the real big news is..........

My family is getting a new guide dog puppy!!!

After the parvo outbreak my mom decided to submit a puppy application to see if we could get one soon. And we did! We are getting her next week! We don't know anything except that she is 9 weeks old and is a girl. But she did just have hernia surgery with two other puppies and they are all coming to Utah. So if anyone knows anything...... :) *hint hint nudge nudge*

Except for her name. I don't want to know that yet.

Dogs

This past week had been weird in my house with only two dogs instead of three. Julimae has been good and I don't think she has noticed that Rina is gone. Cruiser, on the other hand knows that she is gone. He was very sad last weekend but has been getting better. He does look for her when we get home, I think he thinks that she has been at the vet again. We've been taking him for a lot of car rides to cheer him up. 

We have already started thinking about another dog. I feel bad because it is so soon but we know we will be getting another, it's hard to keep us away from animals. We decided that if Julimae gets career changed we are going to keep her. If not we are going to get a German Shepard. I think we are waiting until we hear news of Julimae before we make a final decision because if we adopted a dog now we would have two pet dogs and a PIT and our city limits 2 dogs per household and then if Julimae did get career changed we wouldn't be able to keep her or to puppy raise anymore. My mom and step dad have also talked about raising a puppy of their own. We don't know yet. 

Anyway, there's an update of our pet dog situation. I'll post some Julimae stuff later today.

Rina

My little Rina girl

My little rat terrier, Rina, passed away this morning. She was my first dog. I got her when I was six for Christmas. She was a great little dog and I love her to death. Her liver started failing two weeks ago and she was slowly improving until yesterday. She started bleeding from her mouth and she was very weak so we took her to the pet urgent care. They did a couple tests and gave her some medicine and they thought she would be fine. On the way  home she died in my arms in the car. That was the toughest thing I have ever been through. The worst part is she didn't get to see her favorite people (my mom and step dad) in her last moments.

She was such a great dog and I miss her very much.

Graduation Trip Part 4: Going Home

On the way home I started thinking about Meade and how I didn't feel like I missed him anymore. I felt like there was closure and our lives are all the way they are supposed to be now. I still love that dog, but I don't feel a need to be with him anymore. It's a good feeling! He has a wonderful purpose in life and I'm proud of him!

The morning after graduation I made this:

I chose this song because it is one of my all time favorite songs and I think it really does describe puppy raising, even if it wasn't it's original intention. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. :)