Yes! It’s true, we just got a new puppy! I had a hard time believing it when Janie suggested that we get a dog. I’ve always been a big dog person, but a big dog is not practical in our condo. So we started looking at small breeds and settled on the Havanese. We know several people who have them and they are smart and cute!

My next idea was that we get a rescue dog. I thought we could avoid housebreaking and take a dog out of a shelter. We soon realized that the only adult Havanese available are special needs dogs. As much as I would love to provide for a dog like that, it is just not practical with Janie’s challenges. So we settled on a puppy.

Before we even decided on a specific dog, Janie and Sarah came up with the name, Finnegan. That’s a boy’s name, but I have always had female dogs, so I was hoping for a female. Strike 3 for me! Here is a picture of the dog we found on the web:

How could we resist?! He had a sister, but she was not as cute. We actually went to Tacoma to meet the dogs and the boy took to Janie right away. The girl was a more nervous dog. So no big dog, no rescue and no female.

We had to wait several weeks until Finnegan was old enough to come home with us, but he has arrived and I couldn’t be happier! He is smart and mellow and funny. Leslie picked him up on the way home from work and brought him home Friday. Emma and Sarah came over to stay for the weekend, and everyone has been getting to know him.

A picture is worth a thousand words, so here they are:

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