What Have We Done?!?!

It's no surprise that we like dogs in this house, hence the two years of puppy fostering we've been doing. There have been a few pups here and there that stand out in my mind that have been very hard to give back and not keep. But we've stayed strong..... until now! There were a couple breeds of dogs that were on an approved list with Peter. They weren't something that would likely come into a rescue organization so he sat pretty safe for 2 years.  Until this guy came into the picture! This beautiful boxer boy came up on rescue! The odds of an (almost) full breed boxer PUPPY coming up on transport to the rescue was very surprising and we couldn't help but scoop him up! 

The best part of it all is that since we are fosters we were able to test drive this boy and see how he fit in with our family! Our Junebug, while we loved her was neurotic, and stubborn, and not the best with the kids when they came along so while we loved and adored that girl, we weren't ready to repeat history of her personality. 

This guy from the beginning has been awesome! He's easily our best large breed foster we've ever had and I'm not just being biased. He had the added benefit of spending a lot of his early life in foster in California so he has been around people and in a home environment. Most large breed struggle with jumping on and trying to use the kids as chew toys but he never had any of those behaviors with the kids. But he loves and adores the kids and is super patient with them! It is fun to know the kids will have a dog of their own to grow up with and the kids are so excited after being so good at letting puppies go back all these years. 

And even Peter after years of being the tough one may be a bit smitten too. He reminds us so much of our Junebug. 

So there you have it, after 2 years of puppy fostering and 69 puppies brought into our home, we have a keeper! The kids have named him Groot, he's 5 months old and we are in the midst of potty training and basic puppy training.  Never a dull moment around here I guess but we sure are happy for this unexpected pup coming into our family!