On Tuesday Jeff and I took Tex to his first puppy class. I had no idea what to expect.

It was fun and informative. My goal is to make Tex an obedient dog and I am willing to put the work in. I think the other people were a little intimidated with Tex because he was the only big puppy. Lol! All the other puppies are small dogs. OMG someone had a teddy bear Shih Tzu. It was adorable! The instructor told us to just let our dogs off the leash to let the puppies play together. The other puppies had no trouble to let Tex have it if he was getting to rough. Lol!

We learned sit/down/stand but for Tex it’s sit/down/up. She said to use words that he understands and not all dogs use the same words. Makes sense. Also we learned to make our puppies to not jump on us. Since Tex is going to be a big dog we don’t want him to hurt people. His word is off, he gets it! Tex has trouble with up but he gets sit and down. I think in time he will get it though.

It’s funny the instructor said that with Tex being a lab everything to him is a game. That’s true so it will be a little harder for us to train but it can be done. I believe her he is a smart puppy. Just have to keep working on it.

Then we put him on his leash and we walked around in the circle. I learned if they pull or go all over the place what to do. Tug and say “heel” he got that right away!

Tex is the only puppy in the class that still bites. She told us to put a very tiny bit of hot sauce on our hands when we know he is going to bite. So he knows not to bite. We haven’t done that yet since we do not have hot sauce but this weekend we will see if that helps. It sucks he is the only one because he is the oldest out of the whole class as well. He should have stopped by now. I hope this stops this. It isn’t as bad when he was younger but it is still a thing.

I am glad we are doing the classes so I can have to tools to make him a better behave puppy.

Jeff and I decided on something that is life changing.

Well we have been wanting to have a baby. But that hasn’t been happening and I went to the doctors etc. I shifted my view. Instead of trying to get pregnant we decided to go the other route. We decided we are going to adopt! I am excited!

We have been thinking about it for some time. A lot of my cousins are adopted and so if I have any questions I can ask my family. It takes some time to adopt as we have to go through classes and such, but it will be worth it. We decided we don’t have to have an infant. We are thinking two years of age or less and if they have sibling or they are a twin we would adopt them too. We will have to wait and see how it goes.

It’s exciting to finally get the option to expand our family.

I now live in puppy land. It’s terrible and wonderful at the same time.

What’s terrible puppy biting and lots of OWIE!!! OUCH!! and swear words thrown in the mix also blood. Note to self keep a stock of band aids on hand. I feel bad for Scotty. I know for sure he likes other dogs so getting puppy shouldn’t be any different. And he has met young dogs before and wanted to play with them. But as soon as Tex came home he didn’t want anything do with him.

What’s wonderful puppy! He is super cute. Even though Scotty didn’t like him he is starting to come around in the same room as Tex. I taught Tex to sit in less than two days. Now he sits for everything. lol! He always has his leash on when not in his area and now I can let it go when he does his business. Still working on communication of when he has to go.

We can sleep for a whole night! Tex goes to sleep about 8 and I take him out at 11. Then he doesn’t have to go till I wake up. I usually wake up in the middle of the night anyways and I let him out. Then he doesn’t have to go till about 6:30 that is when Jeff gets up to get ready for work. He has been good on not peeing in the house. But pooping has been a whole other story. Working process.

Now adorable pics of Tex:

Tex got his first shots at the vet. Of course he was a hit. Everyone saying how cute he was! On the way home this is how he slept. He’s too funny.

OH. MY. GOD!

Guess what we did last Friday? We adopted a puppy! I am so excited. We can’t take him home till September 2. It’s hard waiting.

Story:

Last Friday mom sent me a link from Facebook saying puppy Labradors for sale. As we told my parents that we want a lab puppy. Of course I wanted a black lab puppy who is male. I get to be super picky because this is the dog we will have for a long time. Anyway mom sent me this link and I looked at it. They are all so cute. I contacted the lady to ask how much and what she had left. She had two silver labs which I didn’t know was a thing but those went fast. She had black and chocolate puppies yet for sale.

Here’s why it’s meant to be. She advertise in Green Bay. Jeff sent her message if we could see them on Saturday as we were going to be in GB anyways. She message back and get this she lives 5 minutes away from our house! WOW! So we literally went over there at 8 o’clock at night to look at cute puppies! Jeff told the lady we wanted a black lab that is male and she had 7 males left when were there.

AWE!!!

They all were so cute! However I did pick them all up but I had this feeling about one of them. You just know feeling. He just loved Jeff and I was like that is the one.

We named him Tex. Reasoning because Jeff’s bday is August 27 and he was born in Texas. So I thought Tex and I told Jeff this was his bday present from me. Lol!

We didn’t take any pics just was so excited in seeing them all. We are seeing him again this week. So definitely pics soon to come! Oh we can’t wait to have him here!

Yeah not really…

So when one says girls weekend most think the whole weekend right? Well not in my family. I am not sure why they call it girls weekend should be called girls day.

Thursday we went over there and I stayed the night at my mom’s house. We saw Alice and her kids. It was embarrassing to say the least. We went to a restaurant for dinner and Alice lets her kids run around. She doesn’t discipline them when they bump into people and her youngest made someone fall down. They were bothering the workers of the restaurant. It was awkward.

Friday was an adventure in the morning. We are waiting at a stop light and this older man is in front of us. But the man hadn’t move all the way up to trigger the light. So the line got bigger and bigger and people started to honk. Mom was honking and yelling for him to move up. The older man flips us off. Finally mom opens her door to get out and that makes the man to move up. As soon as he does the light turns green. As we pass him he flipped us off again. I thought the situation was funny! After that we went to breakfast with Aunt Kathy. 

After that mom asked if I wanted to go to sewing class with her and Bree. At first I said no but mom kept insisting. So I decided to go and I wished I hadn’t. Sewing class was for Bree and there wasn’t a whole lot of people but I had nothing to do. For 2 hours and wondered around, it was at a library. So I looked at books talked to an older man reading the paper. It was really boring.

Then mom dropped off Bree at her house and she dropped me off at her house as she had an appointment. While she was gone I colored.

Later that evening we all went to dinner at the Hinterland Brewery. Never been there before and as we went in, I think I will not go back.  The only reason is it was really expensive! If you don’t specify which beer you want you get the bigger one that is more expensive of course.

This beer is 12 dollars! Ahhh!! And for 12 I thought it was okay. The food was okay but expensive. I am glad my sister bought. That night we watched the Descendants which is a kid’s movie. But it wasn’t too bad. Mom and I slept at my sister’s house that night. I got to see their new puppy and he was fun! He is a Labradoodle. His name is Marley and he is 14 weeks.

Awe! I love this pic of Bree and Marley. And of course their other dog Bailey who loves to be petted.

Saturday we went to paint pottery. I am at the point where I don’t have to paint pottery anymore. I am not sure what to do with the stuff I paint. I painted a mug and I didn’t take a pic. That is unlike me but I didn’t take my phone with me. I know shocker!

However it was fun when we did things together.

Today we say goodbye to Koko. I am very, very sad.

We have been debating since January whether or not because he would have these bad days but on Wednesday he was having a hard time getting up. His cancerous lump is engulfing his leg and giving him pain. When he does get up he limps. It sucks. I am going to miss him so much!

I will always remember his story and the joy he brought to our lives.

The story of Koko: Jeff and I just moved out of his parents house as Jeff got a great job. We didn’t even ask our landlord if we could have a dog. Our landlord let us stay renting even after getting Koko. I wanted a small dog because I grew up with a Shih Tzu. Jeff wanted a big dog because he grew up with a German Shepard and Saint Bernards. We were looking on Craiglist and Jeff found a picture of a black lab hanging out on a lawn.

It was instant! I wanted him! I just had this feeling like we belonged. Jeff said I would be allergic which hence why we had a Shih Tzu when I was younger. I told Jeff I didn’t care he needed to come with us. Was I allergic yes I got hives but after living with him that didn’t happen so much. I took allergy pills and kept my house a little cleaner.

When we got to the house he wasn’t shy too much. He was wagging his tail and I could tell he liked the husband. So a guy dog. Lol! We petted him and he was excited but that just Koko he loved people. We talked about it and I was still he has to come with us. So we got Koko. He had a wound on his leg which we found out is a nervous tick he had. The wife told us that he got his leg caught on the fence. I think yes at one time he had and when he got nervous he licked that thing raw. He already had scar tissue under the wound so it had to be there for some time. He also had a tiny scar under his eye. Can tell because of the missing fur that was there but you had to really look under his eye to see it.

When we got him home he was nervous! He drank an ocean it seemed like and had to go potty a ton as well. A few months having him he would whimper that Jeff left to work. But he got over that and we became buddies. He loved walks, playing tug of war and showing off his squeaky toy. He was always there when we were sad and happy. He loved to cuddle on the bed with us till he got too old to do so. His favorite was ear scratches.  Also I loved how he didn’t give a shit about a lot of stuff dogs usually bark at. Mailman, thunder storms or loud noises he didn’t care. We always thought that was funny. 

AND he was our supervisor on projects. He liked to be included no matter what we were doing. That is what we called him. “Our supervisor is here.”  Lol! We had to say “Koko back up” and he would back up literally. We used to joke we should put back up lights and sounds on him. Too funny!

Funny he hated peanut butter we thought that was strange. Also he would get tired of certain treats that we had to switch it up just for him.

I thought it was really funny when he would get mad at us. He would go to the corner of the room and turn his back on us. LOL! He wasn’t mad all that often but still! Another funny is when he knew we were laughing at him. He was clumsy and do silly things which were so funny. Also he didn’t like pics of himself. Seriously I don’t think he knew he was a dog.

Officially we had Koko for more than half his life and I can say he had the best life. He was loved so much! We are going to miss our Koko, Pooh Bear, Pooh pooh, Mr. Brown eyes and Koko Puff.