The New Addition

It's official...there's a puppy! :) Warren and I have been bouncing around the idea of finding a puppy for a while. It was bursted into action even further when Eric called two weekends ago saying that there were 16 week old Great Dane puppies for sale near their house in NY. We were highly considering heading out there to pick one up, when I found an ad in Uncle Henry's online that was EXACTLY what we were looking for. Great Dane puppies, 9 weeks old, AKC papers in Palmyra, Maine (about a 2.5 hour drive from us here in NH). We talked with the owner a few times and she really seemed to have her stuff together. We headed up there on Saturday, 9/13, met the mother (a black great dane named Kia) and picked up the only male left. There were 9 puppies and our puppy is Mantle, which is black with white markings. He has white boots and white markings on his face and chest. His name is Titus. Feel free to leave a comment and say hi to Titus!

We're working on potty training and kennel training. He's taken to the leash pretty well (he never wore a collar until after we left with him on Saturday). It's a learning process, but he's sleeping in his kennel through the night!

btw...it's VERY hard to take a photo of a puppy who is moving around ALL the time. I'll post better ones as I take them.