Number 1!!!

Hey!!! So, I thought I'd try out the craze they call blogging. It's like journaling, but on-line? Well maybe not. I guarantee you'd learn WAY more about me if you read my journal! But, since I don't write in it as often as I should, I thought I'd try this out since I am on the computer a lot in the evenings after the kids are in bed anyway. So, we having been debating on if we should get a dog or not. Dawson has been pretty scared of them, but is getting better. Yesterday, we were on our way to Costco and had decided that we weren't going to the Humane Society that day, when a Humane Society truck drove by us TWICE!!! So, we were like, "Um, I think it's a sign!!!" and off we go to the HS. We walked through the dogs (not as much barking as last time). There were a lot of Pitbulls, and quite a few Chihuahua mixes. A couple of Lab and Golden Retriever mixes. None of the dogs we saw really felt right. Until we got to this sweet little 18 month old named Lucy. A German Shepherd/Boarder collie mix. So, we took her out for a little walk around and played with her for a bit. It was the first time that Dawson wasn't climbing on the benches to get away from a dog! But she was shedding like CRAZY!!!! My BIGGEST stipulation on getting a dog was NO SHEDDING!!!! (like I said I HATE cleaning, including vacuuming!!!) So, we decided to take her home. We stopped at Zamzows on the way to pick up a few things, and 200 some-odd $$$ later, we had ourselves a new pet. (Oh, and at the shelter Dawson told the ladies "She is finally going home!!! She is going to be ours FOREVER!!!!" I have the most ADORABLE kids EVER!!!!) Then the "fun" began. Now, I'm not saying she wasn't a good dog, she was, but, well, you'll see... All the way home from the store she whined (I think my husband and son are EXTRA sensitive to noise, not good...) We got her home and Dustin's parents came over to meet her. The whole time she just ignored Dawson, and only seemed to like Dustin (we wanted a dog who Dawson could have playing with). She acted like the kids weren't even there. To make a longer story a little bit shorter, she woke Dustin up because she was barking, and the kids and I were gone (Dustin sleeps during the day). He took her for a walk, tried many different things and they just couldn't bond. I never bonded with her either. We tried, we really did.(She also puked on my carpet, which Dustin had to clean up, because just the smell almost made me loose it!!!) So, Dustin took her back to the Shelter today, before work, so she can be adopted by a family who can love her and give her all of the attention that she needs. She was a great dog and highly adoptable, but I just don't think she was very into kids, not mean to them, but not friendly either. So, as Dustin was driving away with her, Dawson had a total melt down. He said as he sobbed "But I wanted to keep Lacy forever!!!" It was so sad! So, Gramma Sue and I took him out for ice cream and he felt a little bit better. We also brought him over to see he Double doodle, Trixie and told him that we could dog sit her at our house this weekend. So, he is happier now knowing that he can see Gramma's dog and play with her too. Now we just need to teach her not to JUMP!!!!