Operation Dog: Success!

The kids have been wanting a dog for quite some time, and so we got our hampster Renegade in January to satisfy their need for a pet.

At the park last week, they decided that they REALLY REALLY wanted a dog, so when we got home from our walk, they went upstairs and prepared a persuasive presentation on why they needed a dog in their life.  They spent almost an hour on it, and they were so nervous and excited when they were doing the presentation.  I will say their teachers have done a great job with teaching the persuasive writing, Brad was on board straight away.  I took a few more days to come around, but I caved eventually.  how could I not when they were RELENTLESS about it!!!

So, introducing: ARCHIE SCHEINER.  He is a cockerpoo puppy born on 2 March 2020.  We collected him from Ilford yesterday (30 April).  He is SOOOOO cute and happy and they kids are beyond thrilled.  I haven't seen them so happy in quite some time.  We are still working on the potty training and crate training but hopefully that will come with time.

First night home, Lauren and I slept on an air mattress in the kitchen.  He fell asleep in Lauren's arms several times and we attempted to put him in the crate to sleep, but he was not having that at all.  He was missing his mom and his siblings.  After a few bits of crying and escaping, we decided to let him sleep with us.  He curled up next to Lauren and slept until 6:15.