Monday, April 1, 2013

Meet Monte

This weekend was a while in the making.  The McHusband and I decided a few months ago that we were ready to take the plunge and expand our family.
So this past Friday, we brought a puppy home.
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Come on!  First, it’s us and second, it’s April Fool’s Day.  You didn’t really think I was going to make a pregnancy announcement, did you?
This is Monte.  He’s a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog.
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He’s 8 1/2 weeks old and weighs 16 pounds.
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He wasn’t too sure about his adoptive parents, but he took to his new sister immediately.  I think the jury’s still out on how she feels about him.
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In the week before we picked Monte up, the breeder had given him a vaccine, dewormed him, and bathed him so for the first couple of days he wasn’t as perky and playful as you’d normally expect a puppy to be.
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But by Sunday, he was feeling more normal and energetic.
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Monte running around
We won’t be holding him like this for too much longer, that’s for sure.
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Plenty more on Monte to come this week, including the Meet and Greet I hosted in his name on Friday.
P.S.  Happy Birthday, Bruce!

2 comments:

Gina said...

Congratulations! He is ADORABLE! That first picture of him looked almost like a basset and I got really excited...but he is still super cute. P.S. Dogs > Kids...trust me - I have both :)

Jenny said...

OH MY GOSH... HE IS SO STINKING CUTE!!!Sorry I am a blog slacker and just now commenting but I can not wait to meet my new nephew!