Koda!

On Friday we picked up Koda! We also went down to Oregon so we could say we have been there! haha
He's a great pup! A little whiny, but that's ok. The nights have been pretty rough. I'm sure our neighbors hate us! haha
He and Gambi get along really well! It's fun to watch them play!
He's sort of getting the potty training down. Well he knows when we say "Go potty" that he's going outside and should pee. He's still pooing in the house though and that's really annoying. haha We're working on it. Ok he just awoke from his nap. Time to go!

Puppy News!

So we're going to pick up the puppy Friday! I'm stoked! That takes care of the problem I was having leaving Mom for a whole day while she's in town next weekend. The puppy will be only 7 weeks, but the breeder said that the puppies are acting ready to go! Woohoo!

Here is Legolas! He will probably be our pup! I'm still having trouble with what I would like to re-name him. I'm pretty sure I've narrowed it down to Koda and Kai.

Jennifer (the breeder) said that we can meet all of the other puppies and that the other one she suggests for us will still be there for us to look at. This is Aragorn: They're all just too beautiful! So we pretty much have everything ready for the puppy except for his "room" and a bag of food. We might have to buy him new food and water bowls because I kind of gave his to the cat. haha
I will update more though!

Welcome Home Gambit!

So Eric finally got his kitten! He is a Desert Lynx and should be a whopping 20 lbs when he grows up (in about 3 years). His birth name was Huey, but Eric renamed him Gambit. We met his previous owners in Port Townsend. We took the 10:15 ferry and reached port around 10:45 so we walked around downtown. We ended up finding a pretty cool bookstore where we bought Where the Wild Things Are for Faylen's birthday. We finally met up with the owners around 12 and we picked up our new kitten! I was in a little bit of shock the whole way home. I was like, "We have a cat". It's a little more shocking than right before I was about to give birth to Faylen. It's weird! haha
Anyways- Gambit is 15.5 weeks so almost 4 months old. He has a bob tail and more than the average number of toes on each foot. I'm still getting used to that! I think he's gorgeous!



He is such a sweet cat and we can't wait to get to know him!

Kittens

So my husband [Eric] has been getting me interested in exotic looking cats. The specific types of cats are Pixie Bobs, Bengals, Savannah Cats, Desert Lynx, etc. We're currently waiting on replies from a couple of Pixie Bob breeders. I wanted to surprise him for his birthday with the cat of his dreams, but if I do get him one now it won't be a surprise! haha
All of these cats are pretty awesome. They're more like dogs than cats. If we get one we're planning on training it to walk on a leash. We believe a cat would be a pretty good addition to our family.
It's a little crazy though because we will go from having no pets to 2 within a couple of months!

Anyways... Here are a couple of pictures of the cats:
--Pixe Bob--









--Bengal--






--Savannah--

New Addition to Hines Family!

So we are currently waiting to pick out a puppy from a Miniature/Toy Australian Shepherd litter that was born on 09/12. I have wanted an Australian Shepherd for as long as I can remember! Seeing how we live in military housing, they make us have a weight limit of 25 lbs for a dog. So I did some research and found that there is a smaller version of the standard Aussie! Perfect right?! So I found a breeder that I liked within a 5 hour drive and the puppies will be ready on 11/07! That's a day after my daughter's [Faylen] 2nd birthday! So she is pretty much getting a puppy for her birthday. Along with other things of course, but still. All of the puppies are male so we will definitely have a boy dog. The litter has blue merles (what we want) and black tris. We want to pick mainly by personality, but color will definitely be put into consideration.
We are slowly getting ready for the puppy. We have his crate, padding, and food/water bowls. We have picked out quite a few toys for the puppy! Faylen likes to help with that! We bought a plain black leash and collar. We're thinking about buying a harness, but we'll wait until the puppy is here for that.

Here are a few pictures of the litter:

^^ Puppies @ 1 Day Old ^^

^^ Puppies @ 1 Week Old ^^

^^ Puppies @ 2.5 Weeks Old ^^

^^ Puppies @ 4.5 weeks old ^^

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