The baby was adopted by our family this past Wednesday, November 7th, 2012. She is a beautiful 8 week old little.................. German Sheppard name Bella :)
I came home Thursday night, and that was the first time I had ever met the little puppy. By the time I arrived home at 7:15 PM, my family already had a system in place of how and when to feed her and how and when to take her to the bathroom. My family was really working together as a team.
Don't get me wrong, my family knows how to work as a team... but it has always been different when pets are involved. My sisters each have their own cats, and it has always been more of a competition of who takes better care of the cats and who's cat is the cuter one. Now, we have to learn how to work together as a family to raise this puppy. It's not about who looks cuter with the dog or who does the most to train her. It's all simply about the dog, and making sure she is raised to the best ability that we can raise her.
I got to take my first night on "Puppy Duty" Thursday.... and it was not as easy as it sounds. Waking up every two hours to take the puppy outside to go potty is not a glamorous job in any way, shape or form. Being that it is November, it's extremely cold at night. I don't really like being outside at night either... Plus, missing out on sleep is not a fun thing either. It seemed like no big deal, but I also knew that I would get to sleep in all day today. I give so much credit to Madre and Kyle for willingly signing up to do this for the next few weeks until we have Bella potty trained.
Bella will definitely be an awesome addition to our family though, and I can't wait for the hundreds of puppy stories I'll be able to tell soon :) So everybody..... meet Bella! Welcome home puppy :)
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