Had my eye on this bitch from the minute the first pictures of the litter came off the presses.  And I didn’t have first pick on it either.

Poor Karen…, (the girl is going straight to heaven when the time comes) if she didn’t hear from me more than once a day about this puppy she was lucky.  It was a long eight weeks for her. 

So, not only didn’t I have first pick of the litter, I also found out that Mike and Rose McCarthy had fallen in love with her too!  Phrases like, “she figures things out faster than any of the others” and “she is the cutest one” kept pushing this puppy up to the “pick of the litter” category and further dashing my chances of getting her.

Then the day arrived when we all met to evaluate the puppies.  Karen, Mike, Rose and I.  Standing outside with nine puppies running all around, my eyes were on one.  Karen’s eyes were on all.  Mike and Rose making the final, last chance, are you sure you do not want to keep her?, decision. It seemed like an eternity for me.

And then it happened.  Rose decided not to keep her, what with the baby and a full time job, she just didn’t want to have a new puppy quite yet.    Great!  One down, one to go.  Karen was still processing and then just looked at my pitiful face and said, “take her” and man did I!

That puppy and I were in the car and down the road before she could change her mind!  Didn’t even know what she was going to charge me for her… didn’t matter, she was going home to be with Morgan.