DENISE,

I CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU.......(Ozzy n Bowie)

I'M SO EXCITED LIKE A KID ON CHRISTMAS EVE!!!!!!!

    JACKIE AND I PURCHASED A HOME AROUND CHRISTMAS OF LAST YEAR. IT HAS A RELATIVELY LARGE BACK YARD PLENTY OF SHADE AND GRASS FOR THE TWO BOYS. ALTHOUGH I DOUBT THAT THEY WILL SPEND MUCH TIME BACK THERE WITH FOUR KIDS AT HOME TO PLAY WITH PLUS ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN. OUR YARD IS COMPLETELY FENCED IN THE BACK BY A 6' BLOCK WALL. THERE IS ONE "WALK THROUGH" GATE AT THE FRONT AND A "R.V." GATE THAT IS SCREWED PERMANENTLY SHUT. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IT WOULD BE PLENTY SECURE TO KEEP THESE BOYS IN CHECK. THERE IS ALSO 3 NEIGHBORHOOD CATS THAT FREQUENT THE BACKYARD AND IT WOULD NOT BREAK MY HEART IF OZZY AND BOWIE KEPT THEM IN CHECK TOO. THE GATE ARE ALREADY PAD LOCKED FOR CHILD SECURITY REASONS.

    WE CURRENTLY HAVE A SHITZU. BRUTUS, A.K.A. BUBBA, HE IS GETTING UP AROUND TEN OR SO NOW, BUT STILL HAS QUITE A FEW "PUPPY" QUALITIES. SUCH AS RUNNING ALL OVER THE HOUSE WHEN I GET HOME FROM WORK. CHASING THE OCCASIONAL SHOELACE WHEN IT IS BEING TIED. HE IS ALSO VERY MUCH IN LOVE WITH TENNIS BALLS. BEFORE JACKIE AND I GOT MARRIED LAST YEAR, MY OLD ROOMMATE WAS SO IMPRESSED BY BRUTUS, HE WENT TO FRIENDS FOR LIFE HERE IN TOWN AND BROUGHT HOME A PLAYMATE FOR BRUTUS.

    ACTUALLY I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING THE BOYS TO OBEDIENCE TRAINING. IT WILL GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH RYAN AND FOR US TO GET TO KNOW OZZY AND BOWIE AT THE SAME TIME.   

    OZZY AND BOWIE WOULD STAY AT THE HOUSE WITH JACKIE AND I DURING THE DAY. JACKIE IS A STAY AT HOME MOM, SO SHE WOULD BE THERE EXCEPT FOR THE DAILY RUNS TO SCHOOL WITH THE KIDS AND GROCERIES ETC...

    I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO ANY CRATE TRAINING AND I AM NOT QUIT SURE WHAT THAT IS. BUT I'LL GO DO SOME RESEARCH AS SOON AS I'M DONE WITH THIS EMAIL.

    AS FAR AS VETS GO I DON'T REALLY HAVE A REGULAR ONE THAT WE SEE, BECAUSE BRUTUS IS A VERY HEALTHY ACTIVE SENIOR. HOWEVER, I HAVE TAKEN BRUTUS TO SEE ONE THAT IS THE UNCLE OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS WIFE. BRUTUS WAS SUFFERING FROM SOME SINUS PROBLEMS AND I TOOK HIM THERE TO GET THE SITUATION TAKEN CARE OF AND FIND OUT WHAT TO DO IN THE FUTURE.   

    I THINK THAT A HOME VISIT WOULD BE GREAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

    JACKIE ASKED IF IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE FOR US TO SEE THESE BOYS RIGHT AWAY. LET ME KNOW IF THAT IS A POSSIBILITY. WE HAVE NOT YET TOLD THE KIDS ABOUT THEIR ARRIVAL. WE WANT TO SURPRISE ALL OF THEM NEXT WEEK. WE AS A FAMILY HAVE TALKED ABOUT ADDING A MEMBER TO OUR FAMILY. BUT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT ONE. NOW THAT WE ARE GETTING TWO, I KNOW THEY WILL BE TWICE AS THRILLED, HAVE TWICE AS MUCH FUN, AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE KIDS HAVE TO DO TWICE AS MUCH WORK. BUT THE REWARDS WILL BE TEN FOLD.   

    I'M EVEN THINKING ABOUT GETTING SOME CIGARS TO PASS OUT AT WORK!!!!!!

   I FEEL LIKE AN EXPECTANT FATHER WAITING FOR THE STORK TO COME.

THANKS AGAIN,

DARYL, JACKIE, RYAN, KAYLA, SHANNON & DANIEL JAMES

This is the kind of family willing to do all that a puppy needs that we look for.

They just settled right in when they felt secure in their wire crate beds in the kitchen.  Just what they needed.  They will go to training with Four Paws Inn with dad and son.