Rolandes Ramblings

For the past few months, we have taken our kids to the Pet Store so they could play with dogs. We hadn’t really had any intention of actually getting a dog. It was just something fun for the kids to do. Well, that changed last weekend when we saw this little brown and tan Lhasa-Peke mixed 11 week old puppy. He had such a nice personality and really handled our loud children rather well. He just seemed like the perfect dog for our family.

Murphy

We spent 2 hours there while my wife tried to make up her mind. I was sold and the kids were excited. She finally gave in and decided to do it. So we went home with this little puppy along with a crate and a bunch of other things.

I have to say that he has been a good puppy to take care of. There are the usual puppy issues to deal with but, for the most part, he does well going to the bathroom outside and he has been sleeping really well in his crate. He doesn’t really bark much at all. He growls at shadows and whines occassionally to get out of his crate. But other than that he has been very quiet.

Our kids are loving it. They think it is the neatest thing to have their own dog. Olivia has been picking him up and carrying him around everywhere and insisting that she take him outside and walk him. She has even been giving him rides on the back of her tricycle and in various baby strollers. It has been rather hysterical to watch. She explained to one of the neighbors the other day that “he has a penis because he is a boy”.