Asher Has An Announcement!

Asher Noam would like to share our joyful news--the arrival of his little sister. 

Tovah Rose

Born May 5, 2012

Gotcha Day July 3, 2012

Big brother, big sister, Mom and Tovah Rose are all doing wonderfully! 

Asher is a very watchful big brother. Mom and big sister were most nervous about his transition to the puppy, but he would like everyone to know that he has learned to play gently with Tovah, share his water bowl, let her steal his treats, and share toys. In fact,  he says, she makes him feel young again! :)

  Our biggest challenge is that we are all exhausted, which is to be expected!

Tovah is amazing and Emily is head over heels in love with her. Asher hasn't seen her smile this much in a long time and Emily hasn't seen him so playful in a long time. She just wishes all of the playing didn't make him so sore and achey. 

Mom picked up Tovah in NY. Since then she has been on major potty training and puppy duty. She's being a super trooper.

We're so incredibly grateful for the blessing of this new family member, and to Dayle, our breeder for entrusting us all with the care of this beautiful girl.

Blessings,

Asher

Puppy Switcheroo

All three puppies! :) June 24.

We received an email from the breeder earlier last week saying she felt that she had jumped the gun in matching the puppies to the families. She so wanted us to be able to follow one puppy and know she was ours, but ultimately asked myself and the other family if we would be okay with a little switcheroo.

So, instead of the girl in the middle, we will be getting the girl on the left. The middle girl is more active and likes chaos, while the girl on the left likes to be held and have her belly rubbed. The other puppy will be going to an active family with two young boys. We all agreed that Dayle (the breeder) knows best and we would be fine with the switch.

I admit that I had gotten attached to the sweet little face in the middle, but now I'm just as ready for the other girl to come home to us, and I've fallen in love with her sweet face. Now, if only I could decide on a name!!! 

Here are some photos of our new girl taken Saturday afternoon.

Dayle and our girl.

We've been busy getting things set up before the puppy arrives and letting Asher get used to all of the new things. He seems very interested in the xpen and most especially all of the boxes that have been arriving with puppy goodies. 

We've spent the past three months working with an animal behaviorist to deal with Asher's anxiety and barking issues. Looking back, it's something we wish we had done years ago. He's happier and more relaxed. We feel in many ways that, while he still cannot handle certain situations, we have a new dog on our hands. We hope this hard work will pay off as we introduce a new family member. It has been a great learning experience for all of us, and I am excited to use clicker training with the puppy, as it is something that people with limited mobility can easily do.

Another box? For me?

Let's see. What do we have here?

Ah-ha! A toy!

I had to 'rescue' this toy from Asher, since it is specifically for a puppy.

Just some of our goodies.

Thankfully, the family receiving the other puppy had kept all of the photos Dayle had sent of the puppies. So, we exchanged photos of our girls. Most of the photos overlap a great deal with the ones I posted earlier, but here are a couple of her when she was smaller.

Mom and Jeannine will be meeting Dayle at a halfway point to pick up the puppy on Tuesday around noon. She'll be here with me by Tuesday afternoon! 

I'll do my best to keep up with you all via my blog and Facebook, but I expect email to fall even more by the wayside than it already has. I appreciate your continued patience and acceptance of my inability to keep up, and apologize in advance for the fact that my correspondence is likely to get even more sporadic with the arrival of a puppy! 

I want to enjoy every moment with her. 

Blessings,

Emily