Dexter!

Today was a good day! We got to pick up our newest family member Dexter! Dexter is our 8 week old Cavoodle (half Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and half Miniature Poodle). He is the sweetest little puppy. Cavoodles are bred to be low shedding, companion dogs. They love to sit by your side and are completely loyal. They grow to about knee high, some taller, some smaller, so they are great for going for a walk or run with, as they aren't too small that you have to wait for their tiny little legs or too big that you can't keep up. My boys already love him and are excited about looking after him.

 

Today, we agreed to meet his breeder at a horse show she was riding in which was about half way between our homes. She told me she had a gold car with a purple and pink horse float attached to it, and I really didn't expect there to be soooooo many horse floats at this meet. They were everywhere. It took us about 15 minutes to find her float, and we heard Dexter whimpering in his carrier waiting to be loved. I called the breeder to tell her that we had arrived, and she turned up with her horse a couple of minutes later. She went through his papers, his diet and that the reason why he was whimpering was because he had his sister in the carrier with him all morning, and about an hour before we got there, she went to her new owner, so he was left by himself for the first time in his life.

We took him home with us, with a little detour, and he settled down in the car cuddling up to my 10 year old. When we came home, we fed him, as we were told he hadn't eaten all day, and he lapped up the food so fast, with a water chaser.

 and settled in to playing and jumping around our home, 

before in cuddled up to me on the couch to watch some afternoon TV.

He woke up and did a little puddle on the carpet... so I grabbed him and put him on the puppy pad to remind him that this is where he needs to wee. We had some visitors, he had another sleep and when he woke up, I took him outside on the lawn and he did a poop within about 30 seconds! His first poop with us and he did it perfectly! Such a good boy!!

So, that was Dexter's first day with us. We already love him and he's bringing loads of happiness to our little family xx