Am I Crazy or What? It must be puppy love!

Meet our new puppy Chocolate Chip but we just call him "Chip".

It all started when Shelby came home from a bike ride on Saturday saying that the sign down the street that said {Puppies for Sale} now said FREE. I told her that I didn't care if it was free, we weren't getting a dog as they still had two in Arizona.

Two hours later....I get a phone call from a number I don't recognize. My son, Collin is on the other end explaining how him and Shelby went for a bike ride and stopped to just see if they could look at the puppy and he was just so cute....Mom can we pleeeaaaase get the puppy....he's free!!! I told him no, but after much persuading, I agreed to at least stop by there and look (fully intending to say NO!) Anyone who knows me well, knows that I am not a dog kind of person. I tolerated the other ones just cause my kids loved them!

I pulled up putting on my tough mom face and went to see this so called "cute puppy" but what I saw was a really cute puppy and deep smiles of joy on my kids faces. After grilling the poor lady about what kind of dog this was, his temperament, do they jump, chew, be obnoxious, bark a lot....you get the idea and after my kids negotiating their way through me, even telling me that they already knew what his name would be...Chip cause he's the color of a Chocolate Chip.....my tough mom face caved and I couldn't say no. They have truly been through a lot this last year and if this helps them heal and gives them some joy....I guess I can learn to love dogs or at least this one! I do have to say that he is the cutest puppy with a very sweet disposition.

So here are the facts: He is a three month old German Short-Hair Pointer known to be family friendly, eager to please and a great hunting dog (this is the part Collin likes). They are a medium sized dog and need lots of exercise.

He already has his first shots, tail snipped shorter and dewclaws removed and was still free until I had to go buy dog food, leash, collar, chew toy....... kinda like a New Car...great deal until you drive it off the lot and it automatically depreciates a ton. No I am just kidding kinda, I am not regretting the decision yet, although the newness hasn't warn off yet...we will see! We are working on training him so that hopefully that will help him be a good dog. For the meanwhile we are enjoying his soft fur, extra skin, floppy ears, paws too big for his body, big eyes, sweet disposition and lots of walks!