Meet Gidget!

After 4 years of begging, Josh finally agreed to get a dog! I immediately started hunting online, flooding Josh's email with pictures of puppies. We really wanted to get a rescue dog, but had a long list of criteria that made it really difficult. Josh is allergic, so it has to be some king of poodle mix; We want to be able to take her with us to the cabin, so she had to be little; and I wanted a sandy colored puppy. As you can see...that is very specific. During our hunt we saw a dog named Darla and decided to check her out (Josh's family dog was Darla and she just passed away a few weeks ago). She had the most unusual coloring and sweetest expression. We knew she was the one! We drove up to Van Nuys to meet her and we were not disappointed. She was even cuter in person, and she has the SWEETEST disposition! They brought her out with another dog and a cat, just so we could see her playing, and she was just circling the cat licking him. We filled out the paperwork and made it final...she's ours!! We renamed her Gidget (after the movie). The name fits her really well and she already has a few nicknames, Gidge and Gidgi Girl. She did so good on the 1 1/2 hr car ride home. We could tell she was pretty nervous, but she didn't have any accidents, and just layed on my lap and rested a little and looking up at Josh (she really likes him!). We took her to the Duffy's to meet everyone, get some water, and play before heading to PetSmart. Then Mom Duffy and Chrissy came with me to help me pick everything out. They were so helpful! A girl walked us from the front of the store through each isle helping me pick out all the basics, she was so knowledgeable, answered all my questions, and even pointed out things I wouldn't have even thought about! We were very appreciative of her help! Gidget was so cute the whole time. Chrissy held her so I could really look at everything and she just snuggled up so close to Chrissy as EVERYONE in the store came to check out this little babe! We took her home to our house to get everything set up, she was in heaven checking everything out. She has really short legs that she's trying to get used to, so she can't quite make it up and down the stairs yet (although she is already so loyal to me she still tries to). A few things we've notice so far, she doesn't bark (unless she catches her reflection in our sliding door mirror), she LOVES the toys we got for her, but prefers sweatshirt strings and pajama draw strings to anything else. I left for just an hour yesterday to go to the grocery store, Josh stayed behind and snuggled with her one the couch, but her said she cried the whole time until I got home! She also doesn't really like her kennel yet, but we are hoping she'll like it. Until she is completely housebroken she has or go in there anytime we are not hold her. She is REALLY getting the hang out going potty outside and now knows exactly what I want her to do when we go outside! She did have a couple of accidents within a 10 min period, but since then she has been REALLY good. At bedtime we tried being firm, we got her all cozy in her crate, then went upstairs to bed, but she was crying so loudly, we KNEW the neighbors would be able to hear! We still waited a little to see if she'd stop, but then she got so panicked, we felt bad. In the end we caved and let her sleep in our bed. I woke up once at 3 and again at 7 to take her out potty and she did, then went right back to sleep. Josh and I are hoping once she is more comfortable with our home and used to us, she will be okay sleeping in her dog bed at the foot of ours. We'll see how well that goes! We just love our Gidget so much!