Newest Member of the Family

No it isn't a baby, although it may seem like it sometimes. We are proud mommy and daddy to Bosco, an 11 week boxer. After calling a guy that advertised in the local newspaper to see where he was located, we found out he was only 20 minutes away! Now this was a huge deal as everyone else I called for weeks was 2-3 hours away. We decided to go look at the puppy after Matt got off work, and well Bosco was too cute!! He was friendly but took a second or two to come up to us. His mother was on-site and looked so pretty. The breeder had put the ad up on Tuesday and by the time we got there on Thursday Bosco was the only one still available. I can't imagine why anyone would have passed up such an amazing puppy! Here is our first family photo with Bosco!

As soon as we got in the car with the little guy, we realized what are we going to do with him while we buy everything? Well I decided to call my mom and see if she would dog sit the little guy, and she was more than willing. So not only did Mom and Paul get to meet Bosco, but Bosco got to meet Maggie. At first she wasn't too sure about him since he is so small but they warmed up and seem to be good friends! Luckily Maggie didn't seem to mind being climbed on that night.

Once we got all his goodies and watched him play with Maggie for awhile it was time to head home, and get him used to his home! Soon as we got there I took outside to go potty with no success, he had many obstacles to overcome though since he wasn't used to being outside or on a leash. I mean really what dog doesn't like grass?? Well that would be Bosco on the first night we had him. After trying to get him in the grass and to go potty in the grass he had worked up quite an appetite so it was time for some dinner. While it was late, we wanted to feed him to make him more comfortable. He seemed to love his food and had no trouble eating!

He seemed kinda sad once he was all done eating. I mean who could resit this face?

So after some more potty outings he really started to love on his stuffed goat that we got him!

Then it time for bed, and well Bosco didn't exactly love his "house." I don't have pictures of this stage since there was some hard core crying, and Matt ended up sitting/sleeping right next to his "house" so he would stop crying. The first night went pretty well after he fell asleep it was just a long process to get him to sleep. It has been getting better each night, so hopefully before long there will be no crying!!