TV Turn-off Week -- Day 2

We survived day 2 with a bit more success.

Of course it helped that most of the evening, the children were strapped into the car travelling to Springfield where we looked at 9 adorable puppies!!!

Yes, we decided to bring one home. She is a doll. They are golden retriever mix puppies and the mix is somewhat of a mystery. The pups are almost all black with white marks except for one brown with white marks. We picked the smallest one for many reasons. 1) She's a bit smaller. 2) She is really cute and friendly. 3) She gnawed on our hands the least. 4) While curious and just as active as the other puppies, she was a bit less in-your-face and much more calm than the others. 5) She barked less and for better reason.

She seemed happy to see anyone and wagged her tail (but not her whole body) happily when she approached us. She seemed willing to be independent of the other dogs, but happy to wrestle with them as well. She is mostly black with a white star on her chest. She has what looks like the perfect lab head right now. We'll see how her nose takes shape. It's a bit longer than her siblings now.

Her mom is an AKC Golden with very good breeding. The breeder's dad is a vet and she is very serious about breeding responsibly. She is a close friend of our puppy's current owner. She is truly a beautiful dog, if a bit large and energetic right now. She's just a kid who got in trouble before they could get her fixed. This is one of the big disadvantages of having the invisible fence. Male dogs can get in. :-)

So anyway, we bring our puppy home Friday and then the fun begins.

I did not bring the camera and so wish I had. Because it was great hearing Lastborn giggle as a gaggle of puppies knocked him to the floor and licked his face.

Firstborn wanted to bring all 9 home. They both think this dog will stay small. Boy are they in for a surprise. Right now, she is shorter than the cats. Which is a good thing. The cats might just give her a chance. Now we need to work our our training goals, where she will sleep, how to keep her out of the cat food, which type of fencing we will use, and many other challenges.

Back to the TV Free Week. The trip to the puppy house was all we needed to entertain the boys. We did play some board games last night. Lastborn is quite annoying at board games. Never remembers when his turn is, can't remember which pile to take the cards from and which to put them on, etc. But we did have fun and maybe, he will improve with more practice. I think a short walk in a neighborhood park might be just the thing for tonight.