So at the moment I am doing an internship in which I can’t have either of my puppies with me and I miss them terribly, but being in Chicago there are Pit Bulls everywhere …so I thought I would relive when we first got our big ball of joy!
When Aron and I adopted Buddy I was living in St. Louis doing another internship and Aron just happened to be up visiting me. At this time Aron had plans to come up the next weekend, so it seemed silly for him to take Buddy back with him…so I kept him for the first week. Buddy’s first week was a little intense…I lived in a loft on the second floor, so whenever I took Buddy out I would have to carry him up and down the steps (because of course this scary pit bull was scared of the steps). The first dog that Buddy came into contact with he was terrified of…this dog was a pug. Buddy didn’t understand the meaning of a water bowl…he more or less liked picking it up, dumping the water out, and carrying around the bowl. Not only did be not understand the water bowl but the pee pad too…he thought it was a bed and he was supposed to go right next to it (good thing I had concrete floors)!One of my favorite things about Buddy when he was a puppy was that he slept…ALL THE TIME!!
Now he wont lay down for a second unless he has a bone…
When we got our Buddy he was already 1 1/2 and he had been at the shelter living in a concrete kennel for about 6 months. We hadn’t finished our basement yet so still had the concrete floor and Buddy couldn’t help but go everytime he went down there! We couldn’t help but laugh it off because he was trying so hard to make us happy and go where he thought he was supposed to! I hope you are enjoying Chicago even though you are away from your little ones, I live here and have to say it is the best town!!