Allie and Maddie' Early Valentiens Day present

Allie and Maddie celebrated Valentines Day early this year with a new puppy! We had been thinking about getting a puppy that would hopefully be more of a guard dog than Allie. Allie, bless her heart, loves everyone so much and cowers when she gets scared! She is a big baby and we love her to death, but we would feel a little more protected with a dog who actually barks when there is someone at the door.

We went to Gainesville Pet Rescue and rescued an 8 week old Shepard Mix named Ava (we are keeping her name... Ava and Allie go well together!) She is an absolutel doll, and both Madalyn and Allie love her to pieces. Madalyn kept trying to pet her and kiss her like she kisses Allie. (More on the kissing later.) Allie keeps trying to play with her... even when the puppy is napping she brings toys over and tries to get her to play.

We will be crate training Ava to get her housebroken, which will hopefully happen sooner rather than later! Luckily we have tile and wood floors to make the process a little easier!