I did the unthinkable…I got a puppy!!
Everyone, big news! Our family just got a brand new addition. Her name is Kailey, and she’s three months old. As you can tell, she is absolutely adorable.
She’s a mixed breed puppy, half Sheltie (Shetland Sheep dogs) and half Bichon (aka. Yorkie, I believe). I’ve looked all over the place to see whether this mixed breed even exists, and it seems like she’s a bit one-of-a-kind. I hope it doesn’t lead to medical problems a little later on, but she’s perfectly fine and healthy so far. We’re taking her to the vet tomorrow. Oh, her name is Kailey. It’s not too feminine, and the K name goes with the family tradition of everyone having a name starting with K (exception being my mom. My Vietnamese/middle name starts with a K).
She was the fiestiest of the litter at the puppy center, which my mom associated with being a good sign. For a puppy, we feel she’s pretty well-behaved. She obviously has no control of her bladder/anus though, but at least she mostly goes on newspaper if we can’t get her outside. She also waivers between extremely hyper to downright lazy, but that’s normal too. She loves grass and has a strange fear of empty soda cans, and is easily distracted by everything. She learned to climb the stairs today and it was a true moment of preciousness. I just REALLY hope we’re ready to take care of her. Already, I’ve spent practically my life’s fortune for/on her (no regrets so far!). The issue is my brother and I go back to school in the end of April. And my parents both work, so it’s crucial we get this thing somewhat housetrained ASAP. Just having it this weekend so far, it’s needed far more attention than I originally imagined. Tomorrow is the first big test of leaving it home alone for an extended period of time.
How we even got to this point still baffles me. I begged, pleaded, and was on best behavior for the past two weeks in order to convince my parents. To them, it seemed kind of random, and really, it was. But I got bored, and I’ve always wanted a pet, so one day, I started begging and manipulating until they saw I wouldn’t back down. It’s how I get most things from them. The original plan was to get a young cat but not kitten. We visited a crazy cat lady on Friday to see our options, and my mom didn’t like any of the easy-to-maintain-but-just-as-cute cats. Instead, she sees two little kittens in a room where the walls have been literally torn apart and instantly falls in love. This is ironic given my mom’s OCD. Her rationale is we could train those kittens to the personality we want. Plus, they were the cutest. Hard to argue that. With that issue deadlocked, we headed to dinner in West Hartford. On our way to dinner, I remembered there was a Puppy store that we always passed but never went in. So, we went in, and let me just say, cutest-but-most-expensive puppys and kittens ever. But sure enough, come Saturday morning, Kailey’s in our den/family room.
This puppy has already brought the family somewhat closer, in my opinion. The biggest surprise is that my mom has taken such a liking to it, however selective.
Pictures of Kailey below. Notice the brown eyebrows, one of it’s cutest features.
