Meet: Brody!

If you somehow happened to miss my news yesterday…we got a puppy! His name is “Brody”.

He is a Mini Schnoodle (which is a mini Schnauzer and mini Poodle mix). He is tiny now and will be about 10 pounds when full grown. We’ve been looking for about 4 months and finally found him.

I’m already in love with him!

So is Madison.

We all are.

Honestly, who could not love this guy?

He loves to play.

Although he showed no interest in the 15 other toys we bought for him (most of them look like they were made for a GIANT dog next to him so I’m not surprised) but this little raccoon, he’ll chase this thing around the room and play tug of war for… well, for 10 minutes. Let’s face it, who wants to play tug of war for hours?

He loves to cuddle!

He also does fine just by himself in his “pen”.

Madison has wanted a dog her whole life and I’ve always said I will NEVER have an inside dog.

Well… 😀

Despite the fact that the climate here is not “harsh” and contrary to our original plan to get a fenced yard and a couple Labs or Retrievers that could live in the basement and outside, we ended up in a house with no possibility of a fenced in yard and found that the climate here is “rain with a chance of downpour” with hot and humid summers and wet and wetter in the winter.

So, I changed my tune and Madison changed her “dream dog” from Golden Retriever to something very small and that doesn’t shed and is “allergy friendly”. (Both Wes and I are allergic to every animal under the sun.) We spent time with my sister and her daughter this summer, when I went to help her get her house ready to sell, and they had a Mini Schnoodle who Madi and I both fell in love with. I had NO allergic reaction to at all so we decided that’s what we wanted.

We’ve been looking for about 4 months and finally found him. He’s perfect for us (And I hope we’re perfect for him.)

I’m looking forward to many happy memories like this: