Well, I guess it would be a similar beginning as many others have experienced when adopting a new pet to their home. We drove out to the local SPCA to see what they had for available dogs. it was a little late in the afternoon and the air was cold and there was a layer of snow on the ground from a store a few days back. We got to the shelter, and I have to say it is the nicest shelters that I have ever been in, and went to go walk by the cages of all the dogs that they were trying to adopt out. We walked through a set of double glass doors and started walking around all the kennels. Stopping at one here and there, giving out a scratch behind the ears to the lonesome friend sitting on the other side of the cold bars, trying to convince them that their special someone would soon be there to pick them up. 

As we walked around the final corner, getting ready to leave empty handed, we looked though a glass door to one of the meeting rooms that they had, to see a excited yellow lab standing on the couch staring at us. With a few bull like hops he was off the couch and heading straight for us with a dopey grin from ear to ear. Standing at the glass door wiggling and wagging we looked at each other and decided to take him out for a walk. Out to the front desk we went, with his name to tell them that we were interested. The girl across the counter look at us, said "he's a hand full", and walked us back to him to leash him for his walk. We took this big bundle of energy out to the snow of a walk and to see what he was like.  

A big love bug from the beginning. How anyone could have let this dog go was beyond my understanding. They told us that he was a stray that they had taken in from a shelter in Ohio that was running out of space and was having to euthanize animals. We told them that he was going to be a stray no longer and that we wanted to adopt this crazy boy. With him all full of wiggles beside us we were told that they were done doing adoptions for the day and that we would have to come back in the morning to get him. So we left our name on him and went home empty handed but full of excitement for the new family member that was to come! The drive home was a little sad, for wanting to bring him home that night, but instead we had to wait. Waiting was a good thing though, as it gave us a night to get all the items that we would need for him and mentally prepare ourselves for this crazy dog that would soon be ours. 

The next morning we hopped into the car and headed back to the shelter to get our new family member.......

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