My husband and I have been discussing getting a puppy for a while now and started to do some research on breeders. We have a dog already, a rescue Bassett Hound named Bee that we love and have taken all over the world with us. She was diagnosed with cancer a couple years ago and we were told that she would probably die within six to eight months. However, she is still with us almost 2 years later! But I digress. There is no reason why we decided to get another dog really. Bee doesn't need the company, even though she is a social dog, now that she's older she really spends most of her time napping and eating. We just thought it would be fun.
My husband had a Westie as a teenager and he loved that dog so much. His family also loved her and when she died, they got two more! I also really grew to love that breed and decided if we got another dog, I'd like it to be Westie.
We've never had a puppy before (or rather, both of us had puppies in our families growing up, but none in OUR family as we adopted Bee when she was around two years old) and we thought that it would be a fun experience.
So last week we got a Westie puppy! My husband thought it would be fun to give him a very Polish name, so we christened him Zbigniew, and call him Zbig or Zbiggy for short.
He has been a wonderful addition to our family, but we didn't tell anyone about him until we got him because we didn't want to be told we are crazy (we know this already, lol) and we also didn't want to disappoint the kids in case it didn't work out for some reason.
The kids were over the moon and I have to admit, my husband and I are also totally smitten by him. He is the cutest, sweetest little ball of fluff ever. He has already become attached to us and settled into the house nicely. Apart from waking up suuuuppppper early, he sleeps all night and is already getting the hang of toilet training.
