Preparation

Today is the big day. We are going to pick up our new puppy. For the past two days I have been blogging about how we fell in love with Chessies and how they have become part of our family. We like to joke that each time one of the kids went to college we got a dog to replace them.

Since we moved to Minnesota, both of our Chessie's have died. For about a half a second we considered not getting another dog. We travel to visit family a lot and traveling with a dog is a hassel, and we aren't getting any younger. That does not even take into consideration if anyone enjoys company that brings along a large dog or two. We could kennel the dog and we do sometimes. We found a great kennel, but since we have them so spoiled or maybe it is they have us spoil, we miss them if they are not with us.

A few months after Nikki died, a friend told me about a gentleman in Motley, MN who had a three year old Chessie he was giving away. Needless to say my interest was sparked. Within 24 hours, we were at his house just to check it out. Would we really want an older Chessie? One who already had a master. We were only going to look. We didn't even take a leash. How good could a dog be if it was being given away? That old myth that Chessies could be mean was nagging at me.

As soon as we got out of the car we knew the answer was YES! Four, calm Chessies walked over to the car and one leaned against me. Yep, that was her, Daisy. We could have opened the door to the back seat right then, let her in, and drove away. We decided to be polite and visit with Gary and Jan for awhile. We left a couple hours later; I was riding shotgun and Daisy was in the backseat. We never looked back.

Daisy grew up with other dogs around, so she is ready for the puppy. Ron went shopping and purchased a dog bowl for the puppy. We also havea leash so this afternoon when we ride up to Gary and Jan's we are ready to open the back seat of the car. let the puppy jump in, and head home to start spoiling another Chessie.