It's about time!

A few months ago, John suggested that I should start a blog ( he probably has no recollection of this, but he did, I swear!) and considering everyone and their mother has one, I thought it would be a good idea. 
The latest news for us, being a week old, is that we got a dog! We had talked about it briefly a few weeks back, but I am not the type to jump into getting an animal without properly researching what the best would be for us.  One of the girls that we work with is HUGE into dogs and has innumerable dog books.  When we mentioned that we were thinking about getting one, she pulled them all out and then started talking dogs with us.  Since we live in an apartment, it only made sense to get a small dog.  However, this went against everything that both John and I stood for.  Small dogs bark to much, which is a huge turn off.  But after a little digging, we came up with a few breeds that were small and not yappy.  This group included Boston Terriers, Corgis, Italian Greyhounds and a few rarer breeds that you don't hear about a lot.  The next issue we ran into was that all of these dogs when full blooded are EXPENSIVE! I really took a liking to the Italian Greyhound, but since the lowest asking price that I could find for these guys started at $400, I was put off.  After all, we aren't made of money by any means! 
Fast forward a few weeks.  I was sitting at work and decided to check out pets on KSL.  I found a listing posted by one of the local shelters and thought that I would check it out a little further. They had all the dogs that were ready for adoption listed and to my surprise and excitement, they had an Italian Greyhound! I texted John to let him know and we decided that we would go give him a look when I got home from work.  It took us a while to actually find the shelter but once we did we found him quite easily.  The poor guy had a "cone of shame" around his neck to prevent him from licking a pretty bad wound he had on his side. john was apprehensive at first, but as soon as we took him out of the cage and into the observation room, he changed his mind pretty quickly.  I was ready to take him home, but a little worried about the price.  Come to find out, he came to the shelter neutered, microchipped and vaccinated already, dropping his cost down to $40!  This was an $800 dog and we were getting him for only $40.  How could I say no to that? Needless to say, he came home with us. 

We've had him for about a week and he is a wonderful pet.  He's four years old, but greyhounds live between 10 and 15 years so he still has a lot of life left in him. :)  He's barked twice, funny enough both times were at work.  I'm guessing he was just getting a bad vibe from one of the boys that I used to work with who said hi.  And then at a scarecrow also at work.  He spends his days wrapped up in a blanket on the couch, or snuggling with you.  We take  him out three times a day to do his business and then come back inside ASAP.  Since he is a greyhound, he has NO fat on his body and gets cold within five minutes of being outside.  He is super picky about where he walks too, he hates anything besides pavement and will purposefully walk around grass to get to sidewalk or pavement again.  He isn't a fan of leaves either, it's actually quite funny!  He is affectionate beyond reason and will follow John around like a shadow.  He isn't a fan of sleeping in his own bed, but that is one rule that we won't bend on! 
Both John and I are grateful that we could save a shelter dog and provide him with a better life than what he was experiencing in the shelter.  We are even more grateful that he is such a good dog! We both have become huge advocates of adopting shelter animals. So if you are looking for a pet, check out the shelter.