The New Addition...

I was PLANNING on going for a wonderful 12 miler on the treadmill after work today, BUT instead decided to go check out some little doggies about 2 hours from KC.  Rach and I have been researching and looking for the past few weeks, and ultimately think we found some good candidates! We have been stocking up on puppy supplies the last week, eagerly anticipating the new guy.

And yes, our 5lb dog WILL have a tire to chew on...

Searching for things at Petsmart and Walmart eventually led to us discovering some pretty interesting items.  People might be a little too attached to their pets...

Ridiculous...

Seems to be a ripoff of "Kitten Mittens". See Always Sunny in Philadelphia
if you have no idea...Maybe a future Friday Video post

As soon as I got off work, Rach and I hopped in "White Lightening" and headed to BFN, Missouri. We got there a little before 6, and eventually walked out with a "little pup".  To reference a critical scene in "the Lion King", BEHOLD:

SIMBAAAAAA!

Okay, for real...

His name is Max, and is a great little guy (posting this before his first night...).  We actually were picking between 2 dogs, and chose him because he was the runt of the litter.  

Going for the first walk. And to give you a reference point, Rach is 4'11"-5'6" depending on who you ask...

He is pretty energetic, but stayed fairly under control during the car ride home. Best of all, no accidents in the car!

We had a pretty enjoyable drive, with some great views of some rolling cornfields in Missouri.

Max was pretty tired or "maxed out" about 30 minutes into the drive home, and quickly fell asleep.  Rach probably took 400 pictures of him on the way, so I can understand why he was so tired. 

We stopped at Chick-Fil-A for some quick dinner on the way home, and got the attention of the drive thru staff.  We actually never received our drinks, nor noticed we forgot them until we were about 10 miles away. Thanks Max!  

(As of writing this, I have found our first "present." Such a giving animal...)

We are about to start some serious crate training!  Wish us luck!