Last year about this time we had to bid farewell to Tyler, our faithful lab mix. He was the best dog and my oldest son still says, “Tyler was my best friend.”
It was a difficult time and I really struggled with it for a while, but back in January we got a new puppy. The family decided to call him Link since there is a dog in the neighborhood named Zelda and you must have a Link to go with Zelda 🙂
He was born on Thanksgiving, so it is easy enough to remember his birthday. I thought he would be a great pup. His siblings were either all black or all yellow but he was black with some white spots. That made him special. I felt super excited when they let us bring him home.
The first month was tough. He didn’t kennel well to start with but we kept working with him. After a month of taking turns sleeping next to him we got him comfortable sleeping in his kennel by himself. Now he sleeps through the night and does a really good job letting us know it’s time to go potty.
Anyway, here are some of the pics we took with Link so far.
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First Picture! -
Not so sure about this lady… -
you do smell nice -
and this is a nice toy you have here -
but all my family is back at home … -
this smells like my siblings -
what was that? -
and that? -
so much is happening I’m so sleeping -
I’ll take a nap now -
hey, you woke me up! -
sleeping -
sleeping in the store -
who are these people? -
what’s this? -
it makes noise? -
and more toys? -
we didn’t have this many toys at home -
I might like it here -
Day two with link, it was the start of a huge blizzard. -
that didn’t stop him from making himself at home -
or from getting annoyed at the pictures -
but the pictures don’t stop a sleeping puppy -
He claimed my OU blanket early on. -
he insisted on sleeping with it. -
all the time -
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he also worked out with me -
and sometimes slept while I worked out -
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and sometimes played at sleeping -
before attacking -
and attacking -
like a little raptor -
hungry for fingers -
he kept on attacking -
and learned his favorite game is tug -
A month later he barely fit in the box we brought him home in -
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the box we brought him home in -
he didn’t want to take the picture -
so we had to keep trying -
and trying -
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and trying … -
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made em think of Rocky -
ADRIANNN!!!!! -
chill -
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he loved this toy … it’s dead now -
dog and his bone -
2 months later it was almost impossible to put him in the box he came home in -
Susan had to fight and fight -
and even then it didn’t work. -
we tried -
but this was the best we got … -
Link getting the puppy tax -
he gets to lick the container clean -
he loves looking out the window -
or sleeping with momma -
or sleeping by himself -
he takes up much of the love seat now. -
this was his firs toy -
he killed the squeaker this day -
he was very sad -
no matter how much he pushed -
it just wouldn’t squeak any more 🙁 -
and this is Link helping me work out. -
obviously I don’t need to see the WO video -
took a 2 mile walk -
it was 88F -
he got really hot and took a while to cool off. -
pretty sure his tongue is as long as he was when we got him Xd
Painting fun
My experience as dad: my son
Living in a world of dragons and finger paint
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