May 2nd, 2010: Emma

Do you remember Amare? No? Well we got Amare in March of 2008. He has spent the majority of our ownership at my parents. After we got Deagan, we expected the two dogs to be best friends. So. Not. The. Case. He didn't want anything to do with Deagan. He hated him. Amare never ate, never did anything, just was grumpy all the time. So we went back to be my parents dog.

Boxer lab mixed puppies are very social dogs. So naturally Deagan was going to need a friend. A coworker of mine had a litter of boxer puppies, and we ended up purchasing a female from her named Emma.

I love Emma. She is so funny. She is definitely the top dog in the house. She eats the most, she gets the most privileges, she is so stinkin' cute too.

Emma and Deagan are in love. It is so funny. When one get in trouble and ends up outside, the other waits by the door until the other dog gets to come in.

Anyways. Emma and Deagan have lots of fun together. They eat a ton of food, go on walks to the park, and occupy us with sneak attack play time and cardboard box eating.

March 24th, 2010: Deagan

I'm doing some major back tracking. Today is not March 24th, but I need to tell you about that Wednesday evening nearly four months ago. Now I would totally just cheat and change the posting date to March. However, I don't think it is fair to cheat when it is four months past due. So the title for the next few blogs will reflect past events. Thanks for understanding.

Now, back to March 24th.

Earlier in March I had been doing some research on buying a dog. A bigger dog. Brett and I wanted a female chocolate lab. But, as Brett and I got deeper into puppy research, we kept finding out that lab puppies were puppies forever. So we moved our ideas on from buying labs to adopting... something else. Well, when you adopt a dog it is usually hard to find a) pure breed dogs b) not ugly dogs c) specific genders and d) puppies. So we started doing research on different breeds that we would be happy with and decided we wanted something that was at least a boxer.

So on March 24th, while I was diligently working at my desk compiling property information, I came across adoptapet.com, which had a fresh batch of boxer mixed puppies. I contacted the adoption clinic to make sure that our drive to the far side of Scottsdale would not be in vain.

After a good forty minute drive, we saw bouncing dark puppies with gorgeous giant eyes. Seriously after seeing these things, you can't just not buy one. So 175 dollars later, we went home with a way super cute poop smelling puppy.

So meet Deagan.

So here is a bit about Deagan's doggie pedigree. His mom was a pregnant boxer that was found in Blythe. She was found by a different shelter than the one we had contact with. The original shelter was going to euthanize her. However, the Cocker Spaniel shelter we were in contact with ending up coming across Deagan's mom and delivered all 13 of her puppies. Three didn't make it, but Deagan did. So, when talked to the shelter they had determined that Deagan was part chocolate lab.

We don't have an exact date for his birthday, but we got him at about 6 weeks old. So as of right now, I declare his birthday to be February 10th, 2010.

And today... Deagan looks more like a lab than a boxer. He still has his white paws and white chest. But he totally has the face of a lab.

He is completely awesome. We completely love him. He loves swimming. He loves running. He loves other dogs. He loves other people. And he loves his rope.

More to come on doggies...