Temporary Peace

The day after we returned from San Diego, Bryan & I loaded Maverick up in the CRV and drove to McKinney, TX to pick up what we thought would be Goose, our second and final puppy for a long time. The name she already had was Peace.

She was basically a tiny cotton ball with loads of personality! She was easy to love from the very beginning because she wasn't scared of us, wanted to explore, play, climb, roll around, swim in the baby pool, you name it ... in fact, she was already more mischievous in that first 24hrs than Maverick has been the last 4 months! That evening after we got home (side note: the 5hr car ride back home was insanely hot because my car's A/C went out - yuck) my parents stopped by to meet her as well as our neighbors. I think just about everyone loved her!





She did really well that night, only crying about 20 minutes before going to sleep in the crate (jaw-dropping, I know!) and then she cried for about an hour the second time we put her up after a 2am potty break. We were super impressed. We were even more impressed when she ate right away.

The problem was that we already thought she was going to have to go back that evening, and were even more sure that morning. Although Peace was non-to-low shedding, she still had dander, and it's dander more than fur that bothers my allergies. Every time I held her or played with her my eyes started tearing and I started sneezing. This is a big problem when you're signing up for it for the next ~12-17yrs! I also knew we'd never be able to give her up if she stayed a week or longer with us - it's just way too easy to get attached.



Therefore, on Sunday Bryan, Maverick, Peace & I drove back up to McKinney (this time in Bryan's car with A/C!) to make the 10 hour round trip the second day in a row to leave Peace at her original home. Maverick was pretty bummed out because he really enjoyed having a playmate, even one as tiny and squeaky as Peace was at first :) We were pretty bummed out too.



We are still thinking we'd prefer to have 2 dogs, even if this one wasn't it. The people that raise the Goldendoodles are going to let us know when they have non-shedding & dander free puppies again, and we'll see about it then. Until then, Mav's still an "only child."

We did have a wonderful time with Peace the short time we had her!! We're going to keep her as "Peace" to us and leave the name Goose for when we have the one that will stay.