Meet Jilly

In 2010, long before I met Ty, I was on the search for a new companion. I spent months looking at shelters and adoption events trying to find the right puppy for me. I knew I wanted a small dog and I was really interested in a Yorkie. After not finding the right puppy I started looking at KSL.com for a purebred. I still continued to visit adoption events but my search ended when I came across this tiny little chihuahua puppy.

A litter full of brown puppies and one mostly white one. I contacted the breeder however felt like I still needed more time. I was having mixed emotions about not getting a rescue dog and I wouldn't be able to pick her up until the weekend due to work and the breeder living pretty far away. So I waited.

Then on a Thursday night I couldn't sleep. I was up once again searching KSL when I saw Rhonda's latest post. This little white puppy was the last one and she was sure when Jilly was born that she would have been one of the first to go. I emailed her right away that I wanted her and that I would be able to pick her up right after work the next day. Luck would have it that she would be able to deliver her and we could meet the next day. I was so excited. The moment I held her I instantly fell in love.

There have definitely been some challenges. In January 2011 Jilly got into a little fight with our older dog and ended up loosing her eye.

Now a days Jilly loves to be lazy and snuggle under the covers. When she's not in bed she likes to sunbathe out on our patio. Her favorite person is her uncle Kaleb and will do whatever she can to be by his side watching him play his video games.

She's not always huge on eating but has been known to steal peoples coffee or beer. Her second favorite snack is lettuce.

Meet Dozer

Ty wanted a dog of his own and when we bought our house we decided that it would be a great time get a new member of our family. On New Years Eve we found this cute boy on KSL. New house, new dog and a new year. It was perfect.

He is a Boxadore, a nice mix between a Boxer and a Lab. Bringing him home was a world wind of an adventure. To start our other dog Jilly was still recovering from the death of her old best friend Max, who had passed from cancer a month earlier. We where not as prepared for a puppy as we soon realized. He comes from 2 very smart breeds and sometimes its hard to keep him fully exercised and entertained but we are getting there.

Currently his favorite food is anything Pork related- but his favorite is anything bacon flavored. He once stole a full bag of Beggin Strips off of my parents counter, devoured and licked clean before anyone noticed.

He loves to go camping and go for car rides. He loves being off leash and is a good listener and likes to stay close. Nothing beats going to the Grandparents houses. He knows just what we mean when we say we are going to Nanny/Papa's house or Grandma/Grandpas and refuses to do anything until we give him the car command.

His absolute favorite toy is the laser pointer. He has no problem spending hours chasing that little red dot for hours. Even when you put it away/out of sight he still knows right where it's at and begs for you to just push the button one more time.

Got his head stuck in the corn box. 

Our First Camp Trip

June 22 we planned our first trip together. We planned to go with a friend Tess and her then boyfriend Mike. I hadn't been camping in years and it was my first trip going with a boyfriend. It was a blast! Aside from the whole peeing in the woods thing- I had a blast.

 

 

We got there when it was dark so while the boys unpacked the truck, I started the fire!

We now have a habit of putting up the tent in the dark. We've gotten pretty good at it!

It was my first time shooting a gun. This picture was staged. My first time no one got a picture so before we packed up and went home we got this picture. It was a blast. the mosquitoes where bad though- i found around 43 mosquito bites! It really was the first of many trips.