I can safely say that because on the evening of June 5th, we drove to Clare, IL and purchased Shih-Poo puppy. (Imperial Shih-Tzu/Poodle mix) She immediately came up to Hunter and although she does bark some, most of the time he is able to tolerate it. Jenni has wanted a dog named Bentley for some time now and her middle name goes along with the color theme for the kids.
She is just over 12 weeks old now. Before you ask, we did try to rescue a dog from a local shelter. We had been looking for quite a while at various animal shelters but most were unwilling to even consider us because we have children under the age of 12. Evidently they have found that many of the dogs they receive tend to have "guarding" issues which could result in the dog biting a child. Another shelter even required us to agree that we would only feed the dog raw food and that we would only get vaccines which were mandated by law. Other shelters just didn't have a dog which would be a good fit for us as a family. You see, both Jenni and Emmi have animal allergies so we had to get a dog which has no undercoat and minimal dander. Also, we live in a townhome and to be fair to everyone, it is best that we have a small dog.
So without further ado...
Welcome to our little family,
Bentley Jade.
She is just over 12 weeks old now. Before you ask, we did try to rescue a dog from a local shelter. We had been looking for quite a while at various animal shelters but most were unwilling to even consider us because we have children under the age of 12. Evidently they have found that many of the dogs they receive tend to have "guarding" issues which could result in the dog biting a child. Another shelter even required us to agree that we would only feed the dog raw food and that we would only get vaccines which were mandated by law. Other shelters just didn't have a dog which would be a good fit for us as a family. You see, both Jenni and Emmi have animal allergies so we had to get a dog which has no undercoat and minimal dander. Also, we live in a townhome and to be fair to everyone, it is best that we have a small dog.
She cried very little after we brought her home and she has adjusted well to our little family. She is a lot of work but she is also a joy to have in the house. We have seen some benefits from her being in the house already. You see, for the past year or so, we have been told by numerous medical professionals that a dog will likely help with Hunter's autism, Emmi's dyslexia and Jenni's chronic pain. We have already seen improvements with Hunter in this short time.
Now, we just need to get through the puppy phase.....
