Vet day!

Here's some pictures from our first trip to the vet on Monday, February 9th. Rooney got his first negative worms test (yay!) and the vet was impressed that Rooney's breeder, Julie, used high-quality vaccinations. He weighed in at 5.9lbs. We were there for approximately 2 hours, and Rooney spent most of that time sprawled out on the floor sleeping.





He was a sleepy puppy after his big day out!

Finally--Pictures from D(og)-Day and Today + a setback with the doggycam

Here are photos from selection/pick-up day at the breeder's home yesterday. I kept having to change my settings for the bright sun and then the shade over and over as the puppies were running back and forth between both, so I didn't get too many photos lol :) It was all good fun.

(above & below) Rooney's blue merle sister digging away at her cooling hole.

Mama Sydney

Rooney's brother who we were also trying to decide on.

One last run with mama *tears*

All pooped out after a long crazy day. This lasted all of 5 minutes and then came the crying. What a tough thing it must be for a puppy to leave one family and join another!
TODAY

I took these pictures today as I sat down to get the other pictures uploaded. He followed me into the

office and plopped onto Dylan's Spiderman chair (after permission of course) :)

Webcam Woes

So the webcam won't be ready yet! :( Yesterday, I bought a wireless IP camera to setup as Rooney's webcam. Unfortunately, due to my lack of research, I found out there was no easy way, or no way possible, to turn that type of camera into a webcam as they are quite different from your everyday USB webcam or modern day camcorder. Either we're going to have to move a computer or have a dedicated laptop out in that area just to have a webcam going. I found a 133ft USB cable for $289.00 as a possible solution. Um... that's just a little too much.

Four Days and Counting!

I received another email from the breeder, who said that Rooney should be getting his eye and temperament exams this week. I hope to hear from her on Friday, so we should have good information with which to make our final decision. Nothing is set in stone yet, but we'd be absolutely gutted if a situation arose which would keep us from taking Rooney home on Saturday.

We're comin' for ya Rooney!

Visit to the breeder's home

Today, we drove a good hour or so and had lunch in a town near the breeder's home. We got to the house, and she had set up an ex-pen for the puppies. It was their first time outside! Sydney, the pups' mother, was sweet as anything, and very friendly. She welcomed us checking out her little ones (still only 5 weeks old), and liked to stop next to us to get some lovin'. Rooney was absolutely adorable, and I was surprised at how attentive he was. He was outgoing, but not as much as his black bi brother, but too outgoing isn't necessarily a good thing either. When we held him, he loved to cuddle and acted like he could just stay in our arms forever. I imagine that will change as he becomes more mobile. He filled out quite nicely compared to his littermates, even though he was the runt at birth. He seems to be built very well, and I can't wait to see how different he looks in about 3 weeks when it's decision time. The husband is a little worried about size right now, but I think it'll be fine as long as it's a little smaller than the mother and as long as his eyes don't get that bulgy small-dog look. Anyway, I took some pics of Rooney. I was SO happy too, because I couldn't get any of the other puppies to look up at me.

ROONEY!

You can really see the copper coming out in his face in this one.




Here is Mama Sydney trying to read Pesto's shirt.