.A Day In The Life.: .Puppy dog tales.

I have never been a "dog person". Ever. I've always had my kitty cat fur babies!

Cats are a breeze to take care of. All they need is food, water and some love.

Since the mister and I have been together, he has wanted a dog. He is what you would call a "dog person". Unfortunately for him, I rescued a cat (My darling Suzie) that does not care for other animals. At all!

We have had Suzie now for over 5 years. She can be the sweetest ball of fluff... When she wants to be! She loves to snuggle with me, but is a mean kitty when people come to the house! I love this cat more than anything, but I was watching a show on Animal Planet called Dogs 101 and saw the cutest dogs (Australian Shepherds!) and thought, "that kind of do would be a good addition to our little family".

For my amazing husbands 30th birthday, I threw out the idea of maybe getting a puppy. I was more thinking out loud than offering it as his present, but the look of pure joy on his face told me that the damage was done! We were getting a dog.

I did a ton of research on Aussies before we decided for sure on the breed. They are herding dogs, which means high energy. I got some puppy books and started to familiarize myself with what to expect with a puppy in our lives. Once we decided an Aussie was for us, I found a reputable breeder and a week later, we made the hour and a half drive up to Hemet to meet her puppy's.

Since it was the hubby's birthday present, he got to pick the name (Sadie Roofus!) and he got to pick the puppy he wanted. At only 10 days old, how do you pick your future best friend? I don't know how he did it, but he picked the perfect puppy!

Here's Sadie at 10 days old

We were able to visit Sadie a few times while she was with her litter. It was so fun to see her get bigger each week! My mom and grandma even got to see her at 6 weeks old.

Sadie meeting her grandma and great grandma at 6 weeks old.

7 weeks old with her papa!

We got to bring our big fluffy puppy home on Saturday, September 29!

We are so lucky she is such a good girl in the car!

She made the adjustment to her new pack very easily! I was expecting some crying the first night, but she went right to bed! It's like she knows she was meant to be with us.

We have had her home now for 24 days, and she is such a joy! Most of the time at least. She IS a puppy after all.

We enrolled her in a puppy kindergarten class shortly after we got her. The class is more to teach us what the heck we're doing with this puppy! She is doing very well and has already mastered sit, down, stand and is working hard on roll over!

She has had a few play dates with her new friends, or "mentor dogs" as we like to call them in puppy class. Mommy loves how tired the little bear butt gets after those play dates ;).

I think I have officially turned into a "dog person". I did fight it, but I finally gave in! Suzie on the other hand is taking a while longer to warm up, as we expected she would. Maybe one day she will learn to love her sister!

Here's a few more pictures of our little Sadie Bear!