No, it’s not a baby not a human baby anyway

I have been really paying attention to Tanner the last couple of months because he has had an amazing growth… with his love for animals. We have two dogs, mature dogs, that simply don’t really like kids. They love adults and aren’t mean to the boys, but basically don’t want anything to do with them. So with Tanner constantly asking me to hold the dogs so he can pet them and watching him at Petco with the animals and just seeing how frustrated he was getting with how Maynard and Moki treat him (not that I can blame them, he has been pretty mean in the past), it was decided that we needed a puppy that could be the boys’ dog. One that would run and play with them, be as active as they are, play a little rough like boys do sometimes and just have fun together. So, introducing….

“puppy” - we don’t have a name yet He is an Australian Shepard (Aussie) and is 9 weeks old.

In this picture I was talking to my sister on the webcam and he decided he needed to get out of my lap and onto the desk…

When I went to get the puppy, Riley stayed home with Grandma Barbie and Tanner came with me. Here’s the first picture I got of Tanner with the puppy…

Here are a couple of pictures right after we got home with the puppy…

Riley only played with the puppy for a couple of minutes before he decided he needed to get back to his first love…trains This is exactly what I expected. Riley just loves his trains and while I know he will love this dog and will play with it, trains will still be his first love. Tanner on the other hand has a first love for dogs

I discovered another benefit to the puppy that I hadn’t even thought about… when Maynard used to (can’t anymore because he is blind) play fetch, Moki would get her play in by chasing Maynard (she never really played fetch on her own). Since Maynard no longer does this, Moki hasn’t had anybody to chase. She immediately took to the puppy and as you will see in the video below, she is already chasing him…

Here are a couple of cute pictures from outside:

And lastly, here is a really cute video I got of Tanner and puppy (and even Moki) this morning. Ok, in case you will be offended (then don’t watch it)… Tanner had just gone to the bathroom and hadn’t put his underwear on, but once he started playing and was laughing so hard, I didn’t want to tell him to stop right away. So you will see a naked butt. Also, I was talking to my mom on the phone while I was shooting this, so you hear me reacting to her a couple of times

I know it is a little too early to be too excited, but only one accident in the house today (the first time he had to go) and twice he whined in the kitchen for me to take him out… how nice is that!!!That’s the newest member to our family. The boys love him. It is going to be a lot of fun to watch them bond with the puppy… should be a fun summer But first things first, I guess we need a name

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