Sunday, March 21, 2010

Name that Puppy!

So how did I come up with names for the puppies. My husband loves old westerns and we were watching 3:10 to Yuma at the cabin. That gave me the idea. Name the boy Jesse and the girl, Josey. The hubs liked it, but said I had to use the entire name, so they became: Jesse James Turner and Josey Wales Turner. He laughed and said he loved the names.

I spend the first night sleeping in the recliner with them in my lap to keep them quiet. I was afraid if they kept the hubs up he would throw all three of us out in the woods. I actually slept pretty good. Sometime during the night in my sleep stooper, I thought I had broken Josey's neck by crushing her between the arm and the back of the recliner. Panic set in and I picked her limp body and dropped her onto my lap. She remained limp. Tears filled my eyes. Damn, I have already killed one of my puppies!!. I fumbled for the flashlight as I kept my eyes on Josey and she did not move. Finally finding the flashlight, I turned it on and shined it in her eyes. Jesse was beginning to whine due to all of the commotion in the recliner. Josey raised her tiny head and looked sleeply into my face and wagged her tail. A sigh of relief from me and tears once again filled my eyes. This time tears of joy. I think it was just a bad dream and I interrupted peaceful puppy dreams. What have I gotten myself into????
I hope thier mild demeanor is a indication of what sweet and easy puppies they will be to raise. Jesse seems to be the lively one, and Josey appears to be calm and ladylike. They love to ride in the truck and both of the quickly pass out into a slumber as we head home to the Noke. Sweet babies. One of them occasionally whines in his/her sleep while the other one occasionally farts! The farter has to be Jesse. We all know that southern ladies don't fart, they fluff. :-) We stop a couple of times on the almost 3 hours drive home and give them a potty break. Wonderful puppies - no accidents in the truck. My sweet babies.
On the way home I email my boss and ask for 6 weeks of Family Medical Leave to be with my new babies. I won't repeat her response. Needless to say, I am thinking about what to do with the puppies while I am at work.

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