Andrew (my husband) and I have grown up having family dogs,
but somehow the perspective of having a dog of our own was exhilarating! We
knew we wanted a medium sized dog, and a dog that would be good with kids. We
did our research and finally found a boxer breeder that was in our budget. We
began to communicate with the breeder. We were able to get on a puppy waiting
list, and he said he’d get us pictures of the litter within the week. Let me
tell you, that wait (closer to three weeks versus one week) was nerve-racking!
I was constantly checking my email for pictures to no avail.
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| One of the first pictures of our Lily Noelle |
Finally,
he sent us pictures of the females in the litter. We had to choose from three
female puppies: a fawn (all brown), a partial flashy fawn (brown with some
white), or a fully flashy fawn (brown with a full white collar around the
neck). After looking and deliberating for an hour, we went with the partial
flashy fawn, our future Lily Noelle. J
After telling the breeder our choice, he gave us the date we could pick her up…
June 18th. It was only April 20th at this point! Thus
began another waiting game eased by the promise of more pictures. Slowly (very
slowly) the weeks passed, a couple pictures were seen of our little one, and
our excitement grew! We began purchasing the necessities: bed, bowls, and toys,
which only fueled our growing excitement! J
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At
last, that fateful day came, and I was bouncing off the walls! We made our way
to the breeder’s home in Jasper, Minnesota. Once we arrived, the breeder went
to get our little one from the barn. He brought her out, and I was in love. She
was SO tiny and perfect! The breeder gave her a quick bath and cleaned her ears
for us. While the breeder and Andrew talked business, I held a shaking little
Lily, who weighed a miniscule 6.8 pounds! Slowly, Lily began to warm up to
Andrew and I, giving kisses and wagging her little tail.
We
began our trip home. Lily slept most of the way and didn’t make a sound the
entire time. Once we were home, we played and snuggled some more. Thus began
one of Andrew and I’s greatest adventures! J
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| Lily Noelle on her ride home, sitting on Mama's lap :) |
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| Lily was a little nervous on the ride home. |
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| Sleepy Lily Noelle |
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| Lily checking out her new home! |
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| Lily Noelle and her daddy :) |
Lily is so adorable! I like the picture of you holding Lily with the porcupine toy! Your story is quite amazing, and I bet you were ready to have her in your arms by the time you guys were finally able to pick her up! This brings back memories of when my dog was a puppy!
ReplyDeleteAnyways, how big can Lily get? And have you both taught her any tricks yet?
Nancy, first off, thank you for the compliments! Lily knows just how cute she is, and she plays it up whenever she can! :) We weren't told by the breeder how big her parents were, but generally female boxers will be between 35-45 pounds. She will be ALL legs though, so she will be a very tall puppy! Actually we have taught her quite a few tricks which will be in my next few posts (so stay tuned!)
DeleteI am SO jealous! How adorable! I can't wait to get my own little puppy. Just curious, how/why did you decide on this breed? I can't wait to read more about Lily!
ReplyDeleteBecca, we actually picked a boxer more as a compromise than anything! :) Andrew likes smaller dogs (like a miniature sheltie) and I LOVE big dogs (like a great dane). We started looking for a medium type dog that was also good with kids (we are children's pastors so we around kids A LOT), and we found the boxer breed!
DeleteShe is so cute!! Just curious how did you pick the name lily? Is it random or does the name have meaning to you?
ReplyDeleteLily Noelle is actually a combination of favorites. Andrew always liked the name Lily for a dog (and I liked it because I thought it was from Harry Potter...) and I like the name Noelle because I think it is a very pretty name :)
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