The first day alone with Ayla

The first day alone with Ayla

Today went better than expected. We had very few accidents in the house which means I must have really been paying attention and we had some ok play time too. It seems that just when I start getting bored with the toys, she gets sleepy so that's a good thing I guess....

The first day alone with Ayla

A Day In The Yard with Ayla

Today was a big day. We got to meet the lawnmower, which obviously isn't nearly as interesting as eating ivy out of the flower beds. "I hate the stuff anyway," was my hubby's response. Can't be good news for the ivy....we also like eating grass clippings, bark, dirt,...

Having a new puppy at home – Day 1

So we're still feeling some of that "wow, we have a puppy" shock from time to time but it's getting a lot less. We are crating Ayla at night so we can all get some sleep and we had a 2:30am wake up call this morning which wasn't exactly fun...especially when we got...

The first day alone with Ayla

Ayla is coming home today

Well we finally got to bring her home today. We took a trip up to the breeders yesterday evening so we could talk about the paperwork and all that. It was actually a rather wasted trip 'cause there wasn't all that much to discuss but we got to see the puppies and man...

The first day alone with Ayla

The great search for a puppy

Since we're living in Germany, we started looking for breeders in the area. When we started the whole puppy search process we were actually still looking at three dogs: Golden Retrievers, Lab Retrievers and Newfs. After talking with some people at our local pet store,...

The first day alone with Ayla

What is our Animal House all about?

I guess I should start things off by introducing myself. I'm 26 years old and have the privilege of working from home doing Internet-based work. I've had a multitude of pets growing up from dogs to cats to fish and a few things in between. Most of my life I've had a...

About NOH

Hi, I am Tiffany

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