Lucy Lue and Desi too...

So we decided to get our second doggie. Desi is a yellow lab and is 11 months old.
Let me back up and start from the beginning. My Boyfriend's birthday was the 10th and I had teased him that I wanted to get him our second dog. We have wanted to get a buddy for Lucy but Jake thought that it wasn't time. Lucy still needs a bit of training with jumping and little things like that.


Friday after work, Jake told me that he had called the breeder that his Uncle purchased from and there was a dog that we should check out. It was out of nowhere and we hadn't really saved any money for a pure breed. This breeder has a waiting list for some of their dogs. A couple of cardinal's players have gone there too! So if was an opportunity that didn't come around very often. The opportunity was that they had a couple dogs that they were going to breed with from a recent "batch" that weren't perfect. For example one of their testicles didn't drop correctly,etc. They only breed "perfect" dogs. So on a beautiful Saturday we went on a long drive. An hour and a half to get there, even a ferry ride (Brussels), through country side and river roads. It was a great drive . I lived up in the bluffs of Grafton when I was younger, so part of the drive brought me back.
We finally got there and they were dogs everywhere. Different buildings and a huge barn. 88M acres total including farming land and a pond.
Long story short the breeder paired us with our Desi. He was awesome in the truck. We drove from the breeder to Webster Groves animal hospital. The breeder had a deal with that hospital so our first checkup would be free and he still needed his rabies shot. The doctor's office took forever the drive there was ridiculous..I was ready to get home! 2 hrs to get in the checkup room and forever for the vet to come in...He wasn't going to the house how dirty and stinky he was so he needed to go to a groomer. I couldn't describe the smell and doubted that I myself would be able to get his totally cleaned. So to get to a groomer the dog must have had a rabies shot. We called everywhere and ended up getting into Petsmart in Belleville. That was another 2hr ordeal.
We finally got home and introduced the two dogs in the front yard. The rest is history. They are best buds. Right now they are laying together on my feet. We love love love them. They are a bit of a handful at the moment because of Lucy the little one loves to attack him. They play forever then lay next to each other. It is very cute.. Dogs are like children, you can't keep your eyes off them because they are constantly challenging the boundaries. So far so good, just don't ask me in the mornings...They have a 6am pee and eat time and then HAVE to play.They won't go back to bed until I am ready to be awake....Ugh! What did we get ourselves into??????????My favorite thing about Desi is that he is 100lbs and little Lucy attacks him so fiercely. He bites back but nothing like he is capable of.Which I like because we plan on having kids in the next 3 years. He comes to me to save him from her when he gets tired of it.
I will edit and post pics very soon. Jake needs to email me some since my phone pics never show up.