What Would We Do Without the Dogs??

Hmmm...what would we do without the dogs????....Let's see: Take a vacation without worry about finding someone to care for the dogs, be able to sleep in, RELAX, be truly lazy on Sundays instead of coming home from church rushing to feed dogs and then head back to church, live a "normal" life??? But the truth is...we'd be bored and not know what to do with ourselves!

There is always something to do with the dogs. While I handle most of the feeding and watering, there's some things I can't do especially since I'm expecting. Poor Bobby works all day and then usually has to work most of the evening outside. And on the nights when we think we can be lazy sure enough something will come up that needs done. Just this past Sunday, we got home from church and the feeding was done. Everything seemed to be under control. Then all the barking started. We looked outside and Jack, one of our Springer studs, is running around the yard. How did he get out?? Oh he managed to bust right through the chainlink door on his kennel. Lots of dogs in heat will cause a him to do this I guess. So as Bobby was fixing the door he said, "Something always needs done." And it's true.

But would we change anything?? No way. We are so blessed to have these dogs in our lives. As I type this, an 8 week old puppy named Zander is hanging off my skirt. If we didn't do this, Zander wouldn't be here and on his way to his new home in FL at 2:00 today. If we didn't do this, we wouldn't have the excitement of planning a litter, delivering puppies, watching pups eat food for the first time, or romping in the yard with them. If we didn't do this, we wouldn't have met the wonderful families and friends that we have. If we didn't do this, we wouldn't receive the cards, letters, and videos of our puppies in their new homes and the joy they bring to that family.

We had decided no more puppies until Connor arrives but we couldn't resist. So last night, we allowed our dogs, Buddy and Mollie Bea to mate. If the breeding was successful, we'll be having puppies sometime between March 25-March 30th. The puppies will be around 4 weeks old when Connor comes...if he arrives on time. :) But that's okay...we'll manage! It's all I know to do! We're already planning on adding a playpen to the puppy barn so Connor can hang out with me during deliveries, feeding times, and puppy pen scooping!

So yes, we may gripe and complain every once in a while. But when we step back and ask ourselves "Is it worth it?" Yes, it's worth it! Well, I need to run....gotta get little Zander ready to leave for the airport so that he can meet his new family today!