Cooper lost his beloved Marly last August... okay, okay, we lost our Marly, Cooper wasn't old enough to remember. We originally thought we would go without a dog until we had a bigger back yard. But we wanted Cooper to have a dog now! So, for some time, we've been teetering on the brink. We filled out applications for a few different rescue organizations about a month ago and have been going through the process ever since. That's right, it is nearly as difficult to adopt a child as it is to adopt a dog. We were actually DENIED at our first choice organization, the Weimaraner rescue. We know Weims and Dalmatians have the same demeanor and personalities and we thought we'd be a good match for them. However, the Weim people felt like we were not worthy of rescuing a weim because we were not either A) independently wealthy or B) retired; so they did not feel we would be home for enough hours of the day to hang out with the dog.
While that was a massive blow to my ego, I figure everything happens for a reason (only after much convincing from Ryan that it was going to be okay) and we went to our second but equally as impressive choice, Golden Retrievers... good family dogs. So, on Saturday we got THE call. They told us they had a brother/sister set and would we be willing to take two? We decided to give it a try, but think we might go crazy before our seven day 'fostering' period is up. Cooper has already lost one rubber binkie down the gullet of Daisy (she swallowed it practically whole, yuck). Here a picture of the duo, Daisy and Dante.
Last weekend, we walked in our fourth annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5K. We had a great time and raised just over $1700 as a team! Cooper came with us even though he was battling a fever. He was a champ.
More updates will follow soon as Cooper has his FIRST birthday on Thursday!
~Ahna
Those dogs look sweet! Is it hard with two of them? Are you guys going to keep them both?
Oh yes, loved the pictures of the headbands. Cooper looks so cute with his.
And I can't believe that he will be one this week! Crazy!