Our family grew by two!

That's right! Our little family grew by two last weekend! We brought home two super cute and super fluffy little German Shepard pups. Meet Dez and Penny!
Dez

Penny
Dez and Penny are only ten weeks old but we brought them home when they were 9 weeks old. They're brother and sister. We got them from a guy who lives a few blocks away from us. He has two military service dogs who had babies back in January. We knew we were going to get them for a while but had to wait until they were old enough to leave their mama.

 Picking names for them was pretty hard. We knew that if we got two boy dogs we were going to name them Lewis and Clark. But when we decided on a boy and a girl we had no idea. I suggested Mr. Beaver and Mrs. Beaver (you know, from Narnia). But Dan didn't like that. He also wouldn't let me name them Beyonce and Jay Z. I did some research on the internet for dog duo names and seriously, people have some of the worst ideas. A top suggestion was Cheddar and Monterrey Jack... Really? Monterrey Jack? Another suggestion was Hades and Satan. Come on. Imagine being at a dog park and someone sweetly shouting "Come on Hades! Come on Satan! Over here!" What? No. No chance. Ever.

 We were brainstorming one night before bed and somehow got on the topic of one of our favorite TV shows, LOST. Our favorite characters of the whole show were Desmond (which we shortened to Dez) and Penny. As soon as we said the words we knew that they were perfect names for our pups!

He actually feel asleep like this.



 They've been so fun! The first night was rough. They had never been on a leash or in crates before and they hated it. But we've had them home for over a week now and they're doing SO much better. They're getting really good at potty training. And they can both sit, lie down and shake their paw! They're also starting to develop personalities. Penny is definitely more shy and aloof. But Dez is super goofy and is constantly cracking us up.


I apologize in advance for the next 12 years of my life because I know I'm going to be that crazy dog lady that posts pictures of them every single day. But I mean, come on. Can you blame me?





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