New Addition

Tiffany and I have always wanted a large dog. Tiff will not have one that sheds so it has made it very difficult to select one. She was looking at the Portuguese Water dogs, but after Obama brought one to the White House demand has shot through the roof and Tiffany does not want to have the same dog that everyone else has.

Over the last few months she narrowed the field down to another breed. She had told me about it but I didn't pay attention (I forget to do that every now and then).

Last night I had our daughters out looking for Mother's Day cards and flowers. The pet store on the strip mall had a sign that said a "big sale" so we stopped in for a look. They had a Soft Coated Wheaton Terrier that intrigued me. I asked the sales rep if the dog shed and he said "no, they have hair and not fur." I then told him we were looking for a larger dog that would not shed, and that would make a good running partner. He said that the Terrier was perfect for what I had described.

We then went home and the girls told Tiff they found a dog they wanted. As my girls said "we found a Soft, no wait, yea, a Soft Coat, no a Wet, no . . ." Tiff interrupted and said "You found a Soft Coated Wheaton Terrier!!??" They said yes and Tiff told us that was exactly the dog she wanted, but that they are very hard to find.

Our daughters begged us to go back to the store to buy it, and we told them if the dog was meant to be a part of our family it would still be there on Monday. They were pretty upset, but made it to sleep eventually. After they went to sleep Tiff went to the store to check the dog out. Long story short(er than it could have been), we brought the dog home, our girls awoke this morning to the wonderful surprise of a new addition to our family, and Tiffany loves her Mother's Day present.