We had have an incredibly eventful weekend. And my cats got outside this morning which made for a very entertaining morning (which Cooper and the cats all thought was great fun). But I’ll have plenty to blog about this week, even if I just stick to what happened this weekend… if life slows down enough to find time for that.

Either way, we picked up Cooper this weekend.  I brought him to a beach on Winnipesaukee and got some good pictures of his freshly groomed self.   He’s one to start.  I’ve included the original and the Picnik auto-fixed.  I like aspects of both… Which means I would love to edit it more if I had more time right now.

As taken:

Picnik autofix

If you had to pick one and didn’t have time for extra edits which would you pick?

We went to visit the puppy this weekend. At 7 weeks he’s already about the size of the cats. He’s a “cafe au lait” Standard Poodle. We think we are going to call him Cooper. I pick him up next Saturday.

We really wanted to get an adult dogs but we had a very hard time finding an appropriate rescue. Our biggest factor was Adam’s allergies (he was allergic to the breeder’s collie, mom of the black poodle mixes in the picture above), and getting a rescue that would be cat friendly. As much as I would have loved to rescue a poodle mix from the shelter, low shed dogs without major issues don’t stay in shelters long. Some of the ones I did find had difficult to met adoption requirements. Or were taking multiple applications to pick the prospective owner. I’m told that NH has one of the highest spay/neuter rates in the country so a lot of the dogs you find in the shelter get transported from southern states for adoption up here. So shelters/rescues up here can sometimes afford to be picky. At least with dogs… cats they would gladly do two for the price of one adult cats when they are in kitten season.

Oh no I’m boring him. Speaking of shelter cats, my cat who spent two months of his first year of life in a tiny shelter cage loves the puppy’s crate. I set it up so they could get used to the idea and he now loves to sleep in there. I don’t think it’s the cage so much a the fleece blanket.