Rico and Deebo

Rico as a baby

Deebo as a baby

Rico at 5 months

Deebo at 5 months

So my children wanted a dog.....and I gave in. We are use to having small dogs, but this time we got a black lab. I am such a bad doggie mama!! I didn't really research labs before I agreed to getting one. I have always heard that they are good dogs and great with children so I figured....what else do I need to know? Oh boy, was I in for a surprise.

One of my friends' dog had puppies and so we agreed to take one. Well, then Sheri decided she wanted one too, remember now that she lives with us! Now we have two puppies in a 1050 sq. ft house that has 7 people in it. Things got pretty tight.

I got caught up in the whole puppy thing and forgot that they are going to grow up to be "big" dogs. It doesn't seem like a lot but when space is limited to begin with, you can see where I am going right? So our back yard is trashed now. The puppies dig, another thing I didn't take into consideration. It is mostly mud now. The puppies have somehow turned our fully grassed back yard into a mud pit in just a few short months. I am just a bad doggie mama.

Sheri is moving into her own place in a few weeks and can not take Deebo with her, so we had to decide what we were going to do. I just can not take on both dogs, so we decided to adopt him out. Tonight Deebo meet his new forever family. They are animal people and fell in love with him right away, and he seems to love them as well. They live in the country and have lots of land for him to run on and they have children for him to play with. He will be missed but he is going to be better off with them.

Now.... I just need to grow my back yard again! UGH.....