Eko

Over the past few months we have been pondering, reading, stopping by the Humane Society and most importantly...praying. Yesterday we put a little 10 week old Black Lab/German Shepherd on a 24 hour hold. This gave us time to pray, think, and shop for puppy supplies. And today after work we picked him up from the Society!

After a quick and reserved car ride home he was busy checking out his new home. After a meal, a few outdoor "banyo" breaks, a couple indoor mishaps, and a couple hours of roaming/exploring he crashed into Eme's arms.

He is SO cute!

Jeff and Shelley even stopped by for a surprise visit as they were in the area celebrating their 14th anniversary. Happy anniversary Jeff and Shelley! (Insert Jeff into this picture. He was sitting on the chair adjacent to Shelley)

Notice the dog books from the library on the ottoman...this is our first puppy! We are getting ready for sleepless nights.

You're welcome to come on over and meet Mr. Eko!!

It's funny how you read some things and you think to yourself that it sounds kind of weird or crazy. Take this yellow towel for instance. Some of the books said to wrap your new puppy in a towel or blanket that has been in your house so he gets your scent mixed with his scent. That way he gets to know you and is comforted at the same time. Well, we didn't wrap him in this towel but we used it to wipe the snow off his feet. Later on tonight he walked over to the patio door and nuzzled up right next to the yellow towel.

We thought this was great because then we could place the towel in his kennel and he would want to go in there without coaxing so he could curl up and sleep next to it. He did for a little bit, but wanted to get out of the kennel soon after. When we let him out he went to the patio door, looked around for the missing towel (it was still in the kennel), and curled up to sleep. Incredible!

So we brought the towel back out to him so he would associate it with bed time. Then after a while we picked him and the towel up and put them both in the kennel. He went right to sleep! Awesome!