This….
is Buster. The newest addition to the Miller family.

Chad and I have been wanting a puppy since the middle of the spring semester, but decided to wait until the summer when schedules would not be so crazy that he would not be left at home alone all day as a new puppy. FINALLY, after a few delays due to travel and other events, it was time to go find ourselves a puppy and bring him (or her) home.

After loads of research about dog breeds, behavior, energy levels, exercise requirements, places to adopt puppies, four visits to pounds no where near where we live, and having to push past the urge to take every cute face home with us, we finally made the decision to adopt this cute little guy and name him Buster.

At the pound, he was quite calm for having been penned up for a while (unlike some of the dogs bouncing off the walls), but still had enough energy to be a little sparky, and very friendly. He wasn’t aggressive at all, and LOVED….LOVES to be rubbed on his belly.

He’s a 12 month old terrier mix, although Chad and I think he has to have some hound dog in him the way he acts and looks. Since he’s a year old instead of a couple of months, he’s not quite as hyper as a younger puppy, and he’s already house trained, a HUGE plus so that we won’t have to be cleaning up after two babies come September. Yay!

“Sigh!” the life of a dog!

Buster, welcome to the family!