We got a Bear!

Matt has been in the field for the past month and a half more than he has been home. So to keep Tucker from getting bored with me, we got another puppy! We got a chocolate lab. Having a Chocolate Lab has been a dream of mine and I always pictured myself going on long runs with a chocolate lab when I was younger. I have the lab now but I don't know about the long runs. I struggle to run a half a mile. Fortunately it's going to to be a while until he can go on long runs so I have time to build my endurance.  It took us three days to name our new puppy.  Probably because we decided to get him after only three days.  I was watching a friends black lab for a few days and when Matt came home for the weekend he loved Sam and I knew we were going to get another dog. After finding a breeder Sunday night and going to see the new puppy on Monday we had him by Friday. After having our puppy for a few days we finally decided to name him Bear. He is going to be huge. He is 10 weeks old and weighs 20 pounds. When Tucker was 20 weeks old she weighed only 20 pounds. Though Bear being huge is exactly what Matt wanted, so that is good! We were surprised at how small Tucker was and we were really bummed when we found out she was terrified of guns. So far Bear is making up for Tucker's downfalls.  On the second day we had Bear we introduced him to guns. We started further away with my 9mm (our quietest gun). He didn't flinch at all. Next we got out the shot gun and began to move him closer to the gun. He still didn't care. We were so excited and Matt is really looking forward to using Bear as a hunting dog.  Eventually Bear even fell asleep while we were shooting. Hopefully he won't fall asleep if he goes hunting. These dogs are definitely keeping me busy but it is slowly getting easier. They give me something to do while Matt is gone but I will be very happy to have him home in the evenings and on the weekends. After this week he will be back in from the field for the rest of the Summer. That makes me happy!

We apologize for not keeping up with our blog. Matt thinks about it more than I do, but since he has been in the field he hasn't had a chance to update it. This month we are planning to hike Pike's Peak so hopefully we'll have an amazing blog post up soon.