I am dedicating this post to our puppy Kain. For those of you who don't know, we got Kain mid-January. He was a stray that was found on the side of a busy Hwy, about to get hit. A lady Mitchel works with picked him up and took him in. She already had several dogs and couldn't handle another one, so she asked Mitchel to take him. He sent me a picture of him (the one posted above) while I was at work one day, and said "look how cute he is", and told me the story. I agreed that he was super cute, but we were not ready for a puppy, things were so busy at school for me, and at work for Mitchel, we were house hunting and I just couldn't see leaving the little guy at home everyday while we worked. Plus the house we were in was not really set up to have a puppy. I wanted to wait until summer so I could be home withe puppy to housetrain it. He agreed and I didn't hear from him the rest of the afternoon. He gets home from work and tells me he wants to go drive by this house that is for sale that someone at work told him about, I think nothing of it and say ok..so we head out the door. Well.....my sneaky husband was NOT taking me to look at a house, he was taking me to look at the puppy!! Which at the time I was pretty upset about, as I realize it when we are pulling up to the people with the puppy in a parking lot. Anyways....as you can tell..we ended up with the puppy! LOL He was so scared from his rough day and we could immediately tell he was going to be a sweetie.
After taking him to his first vet appt. we learned he was about 9wks old, still very young. He is a mixed breed, we aren't 100% sure, but we think he has boxer and black mouth cur in him. Which are both good dogs so we were happy about that. The next few weeks/months were kinda tough. It was still winter, which is not a good time to try and housebreak a puppy. I was super busy with teaching...and was just stressed!! I have to admit I wasn't very fond of him at first. It was more work than fun..and I guess with all our other stress I just couldn't relax about it. He got into everything and even managed to destore some of my clothing with his puppy teeth! lol
Now, 7 months later we love him to pieces!!!! I couldn't imagine not having him! I never pictured myself with a big dog, I grew up with a little toy poodle, but I have adjusted and it's going good. I am a freak about having a clean house and clean floors so that has been a challenge for me to deal with, but whateve! It is what it is. He stays inside most of the time, and now that's it's so hot outside he really doesn't like staying out for a long period of time! lol But I can't blame him. He keeps us laughing, he is pretty clumsy still. He is a very sweet and fun loving dog. He LOVES Mitchel!! He gets so excited when he gets home from work! But now that I have been home with him this summer, he is getting very attached to me. He follows me around the house all day, and lays on the couch with me. He pretty much keeps me company while Mitchel is working. He loves to eat ice, look out the windows, play in the sprinkler, lick, he will seriously lick you silly! He loves any form of water, HATES loud noises. He is scared of the vacuum cleaner, garbage bags, my swiffer sweeper, the lawn mower, and basically anything with a motor that makes noise! He gets super jealous of Mitchel hugging me or giving me a kiss and tries to work his way in between us! He is so spoiled rotten but Mitchel is to blame for that one!! He is definately our "baby" right now. Don't know how he will react when a little McDaniel comes into the picture(no,not happeneing anytime soon!) He is pretty well behaved, he is still learning commands and is a little stubborn at times, but he is still a puppy.
We know he is going to be a great dog and he is definately a part of our family and very loved!
I seriously have wayyy too many pictures of him so here are the most recent ones that I like! Enjoy!
