Drew has been pushing for a Dog for the past few years but we agreed to wait until we had a back yard and owned our own home. Once those things happened with our move to Midland in September, he began the search for a dog pretty heavily. I kept pushing him to wait until Rory was older, until Rory could walk, until Rory was out of high school. Not really but kind of. Drew appealed to my weaker side by looking for dogs he knew I wanted, Great Danes, Golden Doodles, Labradoodles. I kept putting him off.
Everett has been such a dog lover from the very beginning. He started his life with a pit bull and golden doodle in the house and has asked for a dog for a long time. Drew and I both having grown up with dogs wanted to get one so that the kids would grow up with one too and learn respect and companionship for animals from a young age. Finally Drew caught me in a weak moment with a black Golden doodle that was in Lubbock and would be ready right around Everett's birthday! We picked him up on the way back home from a trip to Amarillo and the look of pure shock and excitement on Everett's face was everything we could have hoped for! Rory of course didn't care less about the dog and Sissy was a little nervous at first but took to him within the first couple of days!
Scout has grown big quickly but that hasn't stopped the kids from cuddling and playing with him! He loves to play with them, will lay on the floor to let them lay all over him, Runs after Everett on his bike, sits while Rory pulls at his hair or Haven plays beauty shop by brushing him. He is truly my 4th baby following me all around the house, usually Rory and Scout together on my heels as I move from room to room doing housework. He has been such a wonderful addition to our family and made all of us feel so loved!
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