Meet Jasper

We talked about getting a dog ever since Xavier's first birthday party.  He spent the last part of the party chasing his friend's dog around the house, laughing the whole time, laughing when the dog ran away from him, laughing when the dog licked his face.  So, to keep the laughter going, we got a dog.

Jasper is a 3-year-old toy poodle.  We searched petfinder.com and craig's list and narrowed it down to a few pooches.  We really lucked out with him.  He seriously spazzes out when we come home from work, like jumps from the floor all the way up to my face!  He even gets excited to see Xavier and shows it by licking his face.  Xavier smiles and buries his head which is adorable to watch.

We got Jasper groomed right away.  The groomers said he need to get a full body shave to get him good and clean.  So all that adorable curly hair is now gone and we are anxiously waiting for it to grow back out!  But, we think he liked the shave and he seems happier from it.  All of this furry hair is gone now, but we have plans to shape it like a teddy bear when it grows back out.

We are working on getting Jasper potty trained.  He seems to think our kitchen floor is a pool of grass and we are greeted by his presents (and presence!) when we come home from work.  But, if this is the only thing we have to work on, it's not so bad.  He rarely barks.  Just when he needs to go outside or if Xavier starts crying in the middle of the night.

Xavier is starting to act like a dog himself.