My New Best Friend.

Three months ago we got a dog. I had vowed not to get an animal until my kids could take more responsibility for its care, but here we are… Theodore (Teddy, Theo, Ted Lasso, Tayo, Thee) joined our family at the end of December.

When we started contemplating taking the plunge into puppy life, I found the Sheepdog-Poodle cross (I can’t handle sheepadoodle) and fell in love. Emma used to always joke that as the youngest of five siblings, she was partially raised by Daisy. Her childhood sheepdog.

It didn’t take me long to find our breeders. We got on the list and were preparing for a pup in March, but before I knew it, we had our heart set on this little guy and were driving down to southwest Ontario to pick him up. 

Sure, I tell people we did it for the kids, but he’s my new best friend.  One of my favourite memories to date was taking him to visit Susan at the hospital and sitting outside for 25 minutes as he snuggled up beside her. He knew what his job was.