For quite a while now Tylee has asked about getting a dog! I think at least once a day we have heard "when I have my very own puppy..." I started hinting to Cory, to see how he felt because I would have a dog in a heartbeat but Cory doesn't really like them. After a few weeks of hinting to get the just of things, I finally came right out and said I think we should get a dog for the girls (Tylee). To my surprise Cory was pretty on board with it. He just had a few minor stipulations, had to be an outside dog, small/medium size, minimal shedding lol and he didn't want to have to clean up after it (pretty fair). So last Thursday after dropping Tylee off at school, I thought Ry and I could go see if we could find an animal shelter or someplace just to browse, to get an idea of a "type" of dog we would like. We went to the Maricopa animal shelter and it just so happened they were closed that day. So I had another little errand to run, then after Ry was tired so we decided to wait till another day. In the meantime I started looking online for a breed we might like. Saturday Cory ended up having to work so the girls and I decided to go out and have a "fun" day. We went to the mall and to lunch, other little shopping outlets and mommy was getting tired! lol Tylee wanted to look at animals and we happen to be driving by a Petsmart, and there was an adoption going on. We stopped and of course had to pet/hold the animals. As we were leaving we saw this cute little black dog. As we talked to the people we found out she was a pug/chiuawa mix(they think). So she was as big as she would get. She was 2 yrs old and her name was Paisley. I of course thought she would be perfect just what we were looking for. Ry loved her and was excited petting her. Tylee wanted to take her home then. I got more information and told them I would have to talk to my hubby :) I called Cory and he said he would come back down with us after work to look at her. I found out they had a foster type program, so we could actually take the dog home and make sure she would be ok with us then choose to adopt her after. The girls and I headed out to get "dog" stuff, and as long as she was not adopted by that night we could take her home. Tylee was sooo excited! She decided we needed to call her Minnie though, because that was a great name lol (They love to watch Mickey Mouse) Cory came home from work and we went back down and Minnie was still there. I filled out some paper work and she was ours for now. We are having a blast, she is such a good dog. She is a little shy, but quiet and sweet. Tylee has been outside all day checking on her dog. It looks like she will be a perfect fit for our family! Here are a few pics from our adventure to the park today
