Anna

here's the annoyed puppy look. sorry the bottom of the pic is messed up

About a year ago, my wife and I woke up one morning and drove an hour and a half to the middle of nowhere looking for a special puppy. We were broke then as we are now but we wanted a dog. We didn't know what the puppies looked like but they were the breed we wanted and they were the closest ones around. We drove from our house (then in draper) to Evanston, Wyoming. On the way, we discussed names and as I remember it, it was a blast. We new we wanted a female dog. I'm not really sure why. I've just always grown up around female dogs so that's what I loved. We thought about names and actually settled on Anna pretty quick. We couldn't name her Annie because of a good friend : ) So we drove to evanston...actually about 15 miles outside of Evanston to a little double wide. We knocked and immediately heard a million dogs barking! A really nice young woman opened the door and greeted us and let us in. Inside, there were about twenty chihuahua's in cages and gated into the front room of the house barking like mad. We saw the little Border- Aussie pups behind another gate in the hall. We talked a bit about what we wanted and we met the doggy parents. We wanted a quiet more mellow female so they took out two of the cutest puppies I've ever seen, one with black spots and a crooked tail that was dead asleep in our arms, and a little white with almost pink spots around her eyes and ears with one faint one on her back. We held them both and talked for a minute, then switched. The black and white puppy just hung there sleepily and the white and brown/pink puppy gave us the look that said "Why the hell did you pick me up? I was napping...." after seeing that look I was hooked and Brooke was too. We paid $45 dollars to the lady, took our new doggy and got in the car, and the rest is history. She's been a huge part of our small family and has brought some irritating moments and far more happy moments. She kept Brooke company while I was rafting all summer, and she keeps me on my toes and entertained while Brooke is at work until late. She's always home waiting to happily give you a big kiss on a bad day, and annoy the heck out of you on a good day. She's always there to share her slimy dog bone, or dog drool rope toy. I'm excited for our future children to grow up with a lovable dog to play with and to help take care of. I never thought I'd be such a trippy pet owner to actually write a post about her but I couldn't help it. Maybe it was out of boredom but I think it was how happy I am to have the little lady in our lives. If you don't like this post....Screw you! I don't care, I love my dog and that's all there is to it. Happy Birthday Anna!

My favorite Anna picture. She had one droopy ear for a month or so : )