Bringing Barney Home

Ray and Raymond drove out to Huntsville Friday night to pick up the puppy. He was five weeks on Thursday. They got to see the momma (the yellow lab) and daddy (the black lab) at the breeder's house. These are some pictures from Friday night, as well as Barney's first bath here at home.

Puppy Shopping!

Tonight we went to PetSmart to get some supplies for the our new doggie. We bought a crate, a pad for the floor of the crate, feed and water bowls, a collar and leash, and some doggie shampoo (he kind of smelled bad when we were holding him last night!) About 30 minutes after we got home, Raymond asked if he would fit in the crate. Ray laughed, because he said he knew Raymond would try to get in it! He climbed in, and even put the dog collar on! He then put his crackers in the food bowl! What a goof ball!

Puppy Finding!

We drove 86 miles to Huntsville tonight to look at the litter of puppies we found online. We knew we wanted a black male, and the breeder had 3 black males, along with 3 black females and 3 chocolate males. The chocolates are already spoken for. The breeder brought out all six of the black puppies so we could see them. So cute! We held all of the males and played with them for a bit before deciding on the one we wanted. They are only 4 weeks old, so we will have to wait at least a week, possibly two, before we can bring him home. These are a couple of pics we took of our new puppy, Barney!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year 2009!

We drove over to Ruth's Chris Resturant for dinner, and then over to the Elk's Lodge to meet Ray's grandparents. The lodge has recently been renovated, after being battered by Hurrican Ike back in September. This was the first time I had been over there since the work was finished, and it looks really nice. We stayed until almost midnight before driving home. New Year's Day, we spent hanging out at the house, and went to Micheal's for some scrapbook supplies.

Hope your day was happy!

Puppy Finding!

We found a breeder that has a litter of black and chocolates that were just born on Dec. 18th, so they are barely two weeks old. He said we can come and look at them when they are 4 weeks, so we plan on driving over there the weekend of Jan 17th. The breeder has three black males, so he has us down for one. We Just have to decide when we get out there which one we want, depending on what he has at the time.

Yeah!

Puppy Wishing!

We have finally decided to get a puppy! Raymond has really been wanting a black lab, so we are starting to look! There are a number of breeders around the area, a few have recent litters, so I am going to make a few phone calls and see what is available.

Snow Day in Houston!

It snowed here in Clear Lake, and many places around the Houston Area on Wednesday, December 10th! We got to see the flakes actually falling, and it stuck to the grass and bushes until the next day! It snowed for several hours. Raymond was extremely excited and of course, made a mini-snowman. Thankfully, the impact to the city was minimal, and didn't cause too much trouble, although I did see on the new there were a number of minor traffic accidents around town.