Our family has grown by one in the last couple of weeks while we were offline. We now have a 4 month old mini dachshund girl who we named Princess Leia. Some of you may be thinking, "Didn't the Cliftons already do the dog thing and it did not go well?" To answer your question, "Yes we did!" It has taken me many years to get over our first dog experience but some how I was convinced to give it another go around. Now, this caving in on my part did not come with out some conditions.
What were some of my conditions? Here were the top two...
1. It needed to be a small, tiny dog.
2. I was not going to be the one taking care of the dog. I already have a 6 month old to care for not to mention the other three (four if you count Clint).
This surrendering did not come quickly. Clint and I had discussed it on many occasions but one night after dinner discussing it with the children we thought we would just look some pups up on the internet. I was doomed from there! My whole extended family is hooked on dachshunds so naturally we checked them out first. We found a mini dachshund breeder nearby who had some pups for sale so we asked for them to email us pics of a few. It was love at first sight! We were all gathered around the laptop opening the emails and when the one of Princess Leia opened we all knew that was OUR pup! The boys were jumping and running around excited and Ruthe was balling her eyes out in desperate need for that dog. It was hilarious to see their reactions! It was one of those moments that we knew there was no way we were getting out of buying them that pup. Clint got all the details worked out and we picked her up the very next day! It has not been easy house training her but she has definitely been a great little pup!
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