GodsendJen

Whomever said When it Rains it Pours really should have won a pulitzer for the statement.  I've been very proud of Lucy's progress in the housebreaking department.  No messes in the house for a week (and only one oops in the last 2 weeks). But now, to top off a really horid week as weeks go, Lucy has decided to eat one of my favorite sandles.  Anyone who knows me know that I break out the sandles as soon as warm weather arrives and live in them until fall.  My favorite work sandles, the cute black flat slip-ons I bought when visiting Atlanta July 4th weekend of 2004, are now ruined.  My spunky little puppy ate right through one of them....boom...

Everybody, meet  Lucy!  Jeff and I had talked about getting a puppy for a while.  The ongoing debate: he wanted a beagle and I wanted a Cocker Spaniel.  We'd take turns sending each other photos of puppies we found on PetFinder.org.  Last Wednesday Jeff found lucy.  She and her brother  had a Beagle mommy and a  Cocker Spaniel daddy. It just sounded like she was destined to be ours.  Her shelter was in Greenville Tennessee so on Sunday we took a road trip to pick her up.  So far she is a great puppy.  No accidents in the car, and none of that wimpering wining nonsense.  She is very fluffy and solid black.  There aren't any of those typical Cocker Spaniel curls in her coat yet and her tounge  has black spots.  I've never had a Cocker Spaniel before so I hope this is normal.   I thought those black tounges were just for Chow-Chows.

We made a few stops on the way home for Lucy to practice her outside potty routine.  So far no accidents, but we'll see what's she does while I'm at work today.  She definately likes the back yard and she loves Jeff.  These two are going to be play buddies. So far her favorite things are jumping in a pile of clothes and throwing mulch.  She will stay at my house most nights and Jeff's house on the other nights. Here's to puppy training.