A Dog

There is something odd going on here. Miss Hannah proclaimed this week that she would LOVE a puppy. Every day she begs for one. She even said she wouldn’t mind scooping poop. She’s trying harder to show us how responsible she is.

Historically my kids have all been scared of dogs until they got to know Kota. Aunt Julie brought Kota over for the kids to take care of. We get to be his doggie-daycare during the summer. Here, Hannah is showing us that she isn’t scared of Kota.

She has been searching KSL Classifeds for puppies. At first we looked for Siberian huskies. I think this type of dog needs too much running for our life style. But we need an outside dog.

A gal in our ward needs to sell her yellow lab puppy that they just got. She is allergic, unfortunately. Last night I took 4 kids over to see him. They loved Gus. He licked Truman’s face and he giggled. Hannah loved him and said, “If dad could just see him, he would fall in love.” If we had a lab, we would need a smaller lab. I don’t do big dogs. He was really cute – I admit. Kind of like this dog with the red collar.
These other puppies were ones that Hannah liked on KSL.

The weirdest part of all is that I think a dog is a good idea. A few years ago I declared that we would never, never, never have a dog. I really don’t love dogs. They scare me.

And then we had Truman. I think this boy needs a dog. I think a dog would be good for Abraham too. And the others would have fun with a dog but probably wouldn’t bond as much. But desperate times call for desperate measures… and if a dog would be a good constant friend for these boys, I’d do it.

Can you even believe I’d consider a puppy? I have 5 kiddos that I can’t even keep up with. sigh… But we would need a little puppy to get used to dogs.

Jimmy isn’t as keen on the idea of a dog as I am. We would love a bigger yard… and a bigger garage for the dog to live in. I guess we’ll see what happens.