Meet Carson

Time to meet the newest member of our family, Carson! We've been talking about getting a dog for a long time and even fostered a friend's dog for a while to try it out. Dan was always showing me pictures of cute dogs from the local Humane Society website, we went to some open adoption times at PetSmart, and still just couldn't decide.

Then the other day he showed me this adorable poodle that was at the Humane society and I said, let's go meet him! You're allowed to view 2 dogs per day so we picked another likely candidate to meet as well. The poodle came in the room and was super super cute, but super super shy. He wouldn't respond to us and just wanted to leave the room. Then you wonder if it would be fine once it got home, would it play with our kids, or just be shy.  So they brought Carson in and he was full of energy but super sweet and submissive at the same time. I was initially against buying Carson, partially because the poodle reminded me a lot of my first dog, and probably because it was going to be a big decision whenever we made THE choice. But, after watching him for a little while longer, we decided that he would be great for our family, and boy he hasn't let us down. Here is our 8 month old miniature schnauzer, Carson!

We've had him for about 3 days now, and he's only had one accident in the house, loves to cuddle, loves to play (with us AND the kids), and has been great around others. He is still a puppy and has some behaviors to learn, but he has been very trainable so far. Dan mad a great choice in Carson and I feel like our little family is complete now. We took him to the Garden of the Gods today and he got pretty excited around other dogs, but loved going on the trails and climbing the rocks with us. I'm sure he'll show up in many pictures to come!