Puppy Parents!

As of this past Tuesday, Pat and I are officially dog owners! We finally found a German Short-haired Pointer breeder who will have puppies soon. We sent in a deposit to make sure we would get one from the earliest litter. We were the third ones to send one in so we should get a good pick! There are only two drawbacks:

1. We won't be able to pick the puppy out ourselves. The breeders don't have time to take pictures of every puppy and post them. They do a lot of training. We tell them the characteristics we want and from that they try to pick out one that's right for us. However, I think all the puppies will be great so that's not much of a problem.

2. The breeders are all the way in Missouri! It will be a 700 mile trip for us! We're debating on driving there or having the puppy airmailed. Right now we're thinking of taking a mini trip to go get him, it will be worth it!

Here are the parent dogs of the litter we'll be choosing from:

Jill

Jill is two years old and her due date for out litter is tomorrow!! The puppies are weened after 5 weeks. The breeders say the dams are so eager to get back out in the field they can't hardly stand it any longer than that.

Ryan

Ryan is 7 years old and has won several field trials in bird hunting. Hopefully that good nose will be passed on to our puppy!

We're wanting our puppy to look a lot like Ryan. I love the liver patches! We will be able to pick up our little Audie in the second week of August. We are so excited! I've had my eye on dog supplies for months! Here are a few of the things I would love to get our puppy:

Hey Pup sells dogs beds and two different sets of sheets you can take off and wash.

Isn't this too cute?! I may have to try and make this sometime. (Picture came from Pinterest)

I'm thinking of making him one of these DIY dog tags from Martha Stewart

I'm going to make him lots of homemade doggie treats, also from Martha

This will be good to know information from LuxeLiving

We will also keep him in mind if and when we build our house. Got some great ideas from Pottery Barn

In case you didn't notice or I haven't mentioned it yet, we have decided on a name. We didn't want a cookie cutter name and something the was rooted in Appalachia. We decided on Audie after Audie Murphy. Audie was a World War II hero and has an incredibly interesting life story. It's definitely worth a read. 

We are getting our puppy from Muddy Creek Kennels in Jasper, Missouri. They are a very reputable dog kennel and do lots of training programs for German Short-hairs. We are so excited to add another member to our small family and can't wait to bring Audie Murphy Trent home!

Jess