Welcome Queso!

Queso- a bie-sized little cheesy doodle!

Well, we took the plunge, and let me tell you, there was a lot of stress at the start! The stress has quickly dissolved to bliss, so we're all very grateful and feeling the puppy love.

The story starts with us all piling into the car early Sunday morning and driving off to Arvada to pick up the little bugger. We still hadn't reached consensus on a name, but decided to go with the goofy option on the drive down. We took over the breeder's house, cramming all five of us in with the eight or so other dogs she had in residence, although most were in the backyard. We swooped her up and had a nice ride ride home- she continued to be sweet and docile all the way.

Sleeping on my legs while the rest of the team parades

When we got home, it was time for the final rehearsal for the Paddy O' furniture Lawn Chair Drill Team in front of our house. This year's World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade. Well, long story short, I didn't end up participating this year because Kate and I were in the throes of deciding whether we needed to bring the pup straight back to the breeder. Boden had developed itchy swollen eyes within the first hour of having her home. After frantic talks with each other and the breeder, we waited to see what would happen with Boden. He just kept getting better, and we put the pup in his face a lot to try to confirm if it was her that was inciting the reaction. We concluded that it was probably hair from one of the other denizens of her home that set him off, and stress slowly turned to bliss.

Now, on day two, there's no sign of allergic reaction reoccurrence and she's been a perfect little sweetheart. She passed her vet's exam and she's passed out on the rug next to me now from a big afternoon of playing in the yard with the kids.

Phew!