Introducing Anastasia

Thurs­day our daugh­ter brought over a puppy for us to see. Her neigh­bor had a lit­ter of pups and this one was the last and needed to go. I was happy with only hav­ing Bella but when my wife called me at my office and told me the puppy had come to visit, well, I could tell she had already fallen.

Anas­ta­sia is an eight-week old  Ger­man Shep­herd — Husky mix and 100% adorable. Two nights of hav­ing her and she is already sleep­ing through the night! How­ever, I get the feel­ing that potty train­ing is going to be a chal­lenge. Anastasia’s dad weighs in at around 130 pounds with the mom being more petite. From the size of her paws, legs and appetite I am not so sure she will fol­low in her mother’s size.

I can­not help but think back to the first day we got Bella. My wife, as you have read from here before, did not share my excite­ment of hav­ing a puppy in the house and she did not hide her feel­ings. The first night, Bella jumped in our bed, instantly cre­at­ing an argu­ment; but when Bella started lick­ing the sheets, that was the final straw. My wife informed me that there was no way she was sleep­ing in a bed with a dog, espe­cially one that licks the sheets. That is just gross. Oh, indeed it was a rocky sev­eral months, but I am glad that Bella and Becky are very close now.

Move ahead to night one with Anas­ta­sia. My wife puts the puppy on the bed to sleep with her. At 4:00 a.m. the puppy walks over to where I am sleep­ing and pees on me and the bed. My wife’s response? Just get a towel and put over it. Uhm, who is this woman and what has she done with my wife? Need­less to say at four in the morn­ing we were chang­ing all of our sheets.

Over­all though, she has been a fan­tas­tic puppy. She is already sleep­ing through the night and loves to cud­dle and snug­gle. No won­der she has won over my wife! Anas­ta­sia has already been to the park, taken sev­eral car rides and expe­ri­enced ice-cream. A friend of mine at work said that if she believed in rein­car­na­tion, she would hope she came back as one of mine and my wife’s dogs. Hmmm, just don’t pee on me.

Anas­ta­sia Sleep­ing Under Cof­fee Table