New member of our family – Part II

(If you missed part I – catch up by clicking here)
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In a few years my daughter would be too grown up and too busy with her teenage life to fully appreciate the work and reward a dog could give her. It was now or never…

Of course I had to let my husband in on the secret that I had broken down and we could begin looking for a dog. A few months back my husband and daughter were getting lunch at Burger Bar. While they were waiting for their order another customer had a Pembroke Welsh Corgi there. The two of them fell in love with the goofy fox-like ears and long body. They did some research and found the breed would actually be a good fit for our family considering they are good with cats, small children, and are easily trainable.

We found a litter of 6-week old pups online in Idaho. Once my daughter saw the pictures she squealed in delight and picked the cutest one out saying it was her favorite. At this time she had no idea that I had relented and was considering getting a dog, so she simply thought it was a fun way to see puppies. I sent the photo to my mom and not knowing which one my daughter picked, my mom made her pick. My mom then sent the photo to her good friend (who owns Corgis) and she made her pick. Ironically, they were all the same pup.

My husband and I made arrangements to go look at the litter a week later while our daughter was in school. Of course I invited my mother to come along so she could help me do some simple aptitude testing. When we arrived there were 3 puppies left in the litter: the one my daughter wanted, a boy, and a girl. During the aptitude tests, the pup my daughter wanted was the only one that retrieved for us. Sold!

On the way home from Idaho, we derived a plan to surprise my daughter. I would hide in my parent’s computer room and my husband would bring our daughter over under the ruse that we were going to eat dinner with my parents that night. We knew eventually she would walk into the computer room and would see me sitting there with the puppy in my lap. We stopped by the store and bought a big blue bow to put on her new puppy.

Below is the video of our plan unfolding perfectly. After a few moments (waiting time edited out of the video) my daughter entered the computer room as expeted. The clip begins right as she walks in to discover me with the dog in my lap:

Password = puppy

So please meet [my daughter's] Little Gamble, aka “Keeno” — the newest member of our family.

These photos were taken a few days after we got him when his ears will still floppy:

And his first snow. You can see his ears finally came up!

I think it’s so funny how he has a huge snowball in his mouth in this one! He loves to eat the stuff. LOL

And doesn’t he look just like a fox coming out of the weeds like that?! So cute…

Until next time,
~Shay