Potty talk.....and Dogs

Alex has had a first great week of using the potty. Just a couple of accidents all week! He's even figured out how to do #2 the other day, so we're very happy about that. He's earned enough stickers now to get his bike! Of course, when we went to pick one out, Toysrus didn't have the one in stock that he picked out. So, we'll have to search a little more.

We decided to get a dog. We've talked about this for awhile, but kind of kept putting it off because we don't have a fence up yet. Spent some time on Thursday looking around and found a couple possibilities. Then we found "Shelby".(http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=10949246)

So, we took a drive to Spooner, WI to meet her. She is a great dog, sweet and friendly. She seemed to like Alex. Alex really liked her! He's seemed a bit afraid of dogs so we weren't sure what would happen, but after he got used to her today he was fine. We took her for a walk and Alex just wanted to walk right by her. He got close to her and pet her, which he's been hesitant to do with dogs. Shelby walked very well on a leash and knows how to sit. She kept her eye on Alex, never nipped at him and never barked after she initially came out of the shelter (a lot of new dogs there due to a local confiscation and she didn't seem to like that much). She's very much a puppy, but listened very well and was pretty calm overall. I guess I thought that if we liked her and had the cash, we'd be able to bring her home. But, that's not how it works. We had to fill out an application, as a few others have, and they will let us know by Monday or Tuesday if they pick us to take her. Made me sad to have to leave her there, but hopefully we'll get to go pick her up sometime this week. Keep your fingers crossed!