Life with Dexter.

I was never much of a dog person. Well let me rephrase, I liked dogs but not near as much as if they were my own.  Tony and I discussed getting a dog for several months, and one evening when we went out to do some Christmas shopping, Tony drove me to the Humane Society to look at a couple of dogs he had seen on the website that morning. 

We looked at a pup named Coal and we instantly fell in love with his cuteness. He is a 3 month old, border collie/lab mix and came in as a stray. Tony and I slept on the decision and the next day, we adopted him. 

Meet Dexter

We decided to name him Dexter since Coal was his temporary name and I didn't like it spelled like a 'lump of coal'. He's 23 pounds right now but the Humane Society thinks he will get up to 65-70 pounds. His paws are already pretty big for his size!

Life with Dex has been great (I say that now) the last couple of weeks! Tony and I are working on our "parenting skills" and it's been so fun to have him around. We have him 95% potty-trained with only a handful of accidents in the house, he doesn't whelp or cry at nighttime which we were afraid of since he's a puppy, and we're working on kennel training. 

I don't mean to brag, but he's one of the most fun-loving, carefree, energetic pups I've ever met. I'm completely obsessed with him and I treat him like he's my own child. I know we made the right decision to rescue Dexter; who knows where he will be if we didn't. He's definitely going to be spoiled with love and joy from us!