I swore that I wasn't going to get another dog after Zoey died but back in May an ad came up on Craigslist for a black lab puppy that was free to a good home. I have no idea what made me do it but we went and picked up Shadow from a town on the Mexico border and she has been a great dog. He said she was 5 months so I was hoping she was out of the nipping puppy phase but her shot record when we got her said she was 3 months. For an outside dog at her first home, she did awesome at house training and is really good with the kids.
She has quickly become Brooklyn's best friend and heaven help anyone that tries to scold the dog in front of her. Brooklyn will tell you "That's my dog and you can't be mean to her."
She is a great running partner and is a big desert rat, just like Brooklyn. Both of them love long walks in the desert, where Shadow is off her leash and Brooklyn is out of the stroller. They will both run and dig and chase each other for as long as I let them. I don't know what we will do when just a few blocks away we don't have a giant sandbox/off-leash dog park.
And who doesn't love a friend that will lick your feet sometimes.
