Allison and Sprocket's Blog – April 2012 Archive (3)

Wow, so much can change in a week!  Some for the better and others, well, less than better.  Sprocket is finally responding to her name and she'll come bounding towards you when you say "Sprocket, come!'  It's pretty adorable seeing as most of the time, when she runs, she…

Day 2.  We're both exhausted and one of us is soaking wet.  Silly rain.  If she just went potty when we took her out, she wouldn't have to go out in the rain again and again.  She's finally warming up to "daddy," and finds his fingers to be tastier than anything else, other than my toes.  Won't, ahem, go all the way to the bathroom today; just this morning after midnight.  We tried leaving her alone for a whole hour and opened the door to crying...her, not me.  I think she's the most…

I can't believe I'm finally going to bring home my doodle in less than two days!  My boyfriend and I have been awaiting her arrival for months. 

First, we had to agree to get a dog...okay, I had to convince him, and convince him, and perhaps beg.

Once T was okay with getting a dog, we had to decide on a breed.  At least we both can agree that little dogs aren't really our style.  A labradoodle or goldendoodle sounded like the perfect match.

Then...a breeder.  Thankfully,…