welp... its official!
That's right... It's official! I'm gonna be a Mama again!
Remember those 7 sweet little Puppies that were born into our Husky Rescue? Well, I was asked about a month ago, if I would consider fostering and/or adopting one of the Puppies. At the time, I said that it wouldn't be a good idea, for many reasons.
Here is the problem though... About 6+ months ago, I had a very vivid dream where I was walking Maya, and she found a teeny tiny solid white Husky Puppy in the woods. The dream itself was uneventful, but it was one of those dreams so vivid that it just kinda stays with you. At any rate, every once in a while, for no reason, the Puppy would just kind of make a cameo in my dreams. Weird, huh? So I always said that if we just HAPPENED to get a solid white Husky Puppy, that I would take it as a sign, and adopt em!
So of course when our litter was born, there just happened to be 3 of them that were solid white! Why is this strange, you ask? #1, we almost NEVER get Puppies, especially Puppies this young. #2, solid white Huskies are not all that common, so the odds of getting a solid white Puppy are pretty slim.
But at the time I was originally asked, I was too stressed out over finances, and was not sure about the direction I wanted to move in my life, and was really afraid to take on the responsibility of a Puppy, since they are SO much work!
Anyway, it has been gnawing at me ever since, and has gotten particularly stronger over the past week. I considered checking to see if the one I was most in love with had been adopted out yet, but decided against it. Well, lo and behold, I was asked out of nowhere AGAIN, if I would please consider adopting one, and that's when I finally broke down :)
Before I said yes, I called Stephen to ask his advice, and to see how he would feel about me having a Puppy in the house. I didn't want to piss him off or inconvenience him, or cause any strain to our relationship, etc... And didn't think it would be fair to go out and do this without taking his feelings into consideration, since he'll be living here too... He was beyond exstatic at the idea, and begged me to say yes... In fact, he is just as excited, if not more, about the whole thing. He really wants to help out with him, and hopefully he actually will, hehe! (We all know my past experiences with this type of thing, LOL! :)
So anyway, I can pick the Pup up any time that I want, but I am going to wait until Sunday, so that we have a chance for all of the chaos of the week, to die down. I don't want to go get the Puppy (who is going to be super stressed anyway, from being taken to a foreign environment and away from his family), and then a couple days later, have more new people come in, and have us banging around moving furniture and stuff. Plus, we're gonna be all over the place, and Puppies can't be left alone for too long.
I have 2 Home Inspections to do in Palm Coast on Saturday, which works out great, because Stephen and I wanted to go to St Augustine after he gets here anyway, so that we can have a day together, before we have to go back to responsibilities etc.... So this way, we can do all of that, and then Sunday, zip down to Jo Ann's house and pick up the Pup. :D
Jo Ann has been an absolute miracle worker with these Puppies... She has 5 Huskies of her own, plus the 7 Foster Puppies, plus their Mama, and for a while she had another foster Dog on top of it. So 15 Dogs! And she kept up with every single one of them, like a Pro! And they are all doing wonderfully! She's been working on crate training the Puppies, and also has them clicker trained. This is AWESOME, and will help me to continue his training and all that.
So without further adue, here are a few pictures of my sweet baby Boy, who I have decided to name Halo. I need to check for sure, because I can't quite remember, but I think he's around 12-13 weeks old now. All of these pictures are very recent:
He's the one on the right:
Remember those 7 sweet little Puppies that were born into our Husky Rescue? Well, I was asked about a month ago, if I would consider fostering and/or adopting one of the Puppies. At the time, I said that it wouldn't be a good idea, for many reasons.
Here is the problem though... About 6+ months ago, I had a very vivid dream where I was walking Maya, and she found a teeny tiny solid white Husky Puppy in the woods. The dream itself was uneventful, but it was one of those dreams so vivid that it just kinda stays with you. At any rate, every once in a while, for no reason, the Puppy would just kind of make a cameo in my dreams. Weird, huh? So I always said that if we just HAPPENED to get a solid white Husky Puppy, that I would take it as a sign, and adopt em!
So of course when our litter was born, there just happened to be 3 of them that were solid white! Why is this strange, you ask? #1, we almost NEVER get Puppies, especially Puppies this young. #2, solid white Huskies are not all that common, so the odds of getting a solid white Puppy are pretty slim.
But at the time I was originally asked, I was too stressed out over finances, and was not sure about the direction I wanted to move in my life, and was really afraid to take on the responsibility of a Puppy, since they are SO much work!
Anyway, it has been gnawing at me ever since, and has gotten particularly stronger over the past week. I considered checking to see if the one I was most in love with had been adopted out yet, but decided against it. Well, lo and behold, I was asked out of nowhere AGAIN, if I would please consider adopting one, and that's when I finally broke down :)
Before I said yes, I called Stephen to ask his advice, and to see how he would feel about me having a Puppy in the house. I didn't want to piss him off or inconvenience him, or cause any strain to our relationship, etc... And didn't think it would be fair to go out and do this without taking his feelings into consideration, since he'll be living here too... He was beyond exstatic at the idea, and begged me to say yes... In fact, he is just as excited, if not more, about the whole thing. He really wants to help out with him, and hopefully he actually will, hehe! (We all know my past experiences with this type of thing, LOL! :)
So anyway, I can pick the Pup up any time that I want, but I am going to wait until Sunday, so that we have a chance for all of the chaos of the week, to die down. I don't want to go get the Puppy (who is going to be super stressed anyway, from being taken to a foreign environment and away from his family), and then a couple days later, have more new people come in, and have us banging around moving furniture and stuff. Plus, we're gonna be all over the place, and Puppies can't be left alone for too long.
I have 2 Home Inspections to do in Palm Coast on Saturday, which works out great, because Stephen and I wanted to go to St Augustine after he gets here anyway, so that we can have a day together, before we have to go back to responsibilities etc.... So this way, we can do all of that, and then Sunday, zip down to Jo Ann's house and pick up the Pup. :D
Jo Ann has been an absolute miracle worker with these Puppies... She has 5 Huskies of her own, plus the 7 Foster Puppies, plus their Mama, and for a while she had another foster Dog on top of it. So 15 Dogs! And she kept up with every single one of them, like a Pro! And they are all doing wonderfully! She's been working on crate training the Puppies, and also has them clicker trained. This is AWESOME, and will help me to continue his training and all that.
So without further adue, here are a few pictures of my sweet baby Boy, who I have decided to name Halo. I need to check for sure, because I can't quite remember, but I think he's around 12-13 weeks old now. All of these pictures are very recent:
He's the one on the right: