meet murphy.

friday

11:00 - arrive in caroline county, va to meet "mom flip flops" and then on to murphy

11:05 - 11:40 - flip flops asked a million and one questions about murphy while boat shoes and mom flip flops play with pups and check the new pup from head to toe!

11:45 - murphy jumps in our car to join lilly for a new life

12:00 - find a church parking lot with a grassy area to take family photos

2:00 - DC for icecream and a visit to PetSmart with "mom and dad boat shoes"

2:05 - show murphy a crate. murphy tucks tail and wont enter crate. flip flops helps murphy enter crate. murphy is sad. flip flops and boat shoes don't purchase crate.

3:00 - begin adventure home.

8:30 - murphy needs a bath. stop by petco and buy spa dog shampoo.

9:30 - arrive home.

9:35 - meet mambo.. the humongous puppy dog neighbor.

9:40 - bathe murphy.

9:50 - bathe murphy again.

11:00 - attempt bed time. lilly in her crate. murphy running circles in our "beach cottage" bedroom. murphy lays down for 10 minutes. murphy is back up.

Continue ...murphy lays down. murphy is up. ALL NIGHT LONG.

4:00 am - flip flops in tears. why did we get another pup?

6:00 am - boat shoes leaves for conference. flip flops again in tears. was this a good idea?

fast forward...

10:00 - flip flops hoping to go to a dear friends bridal shower. murphy is a disaster anywhere when contained. what do I do? call katy aka virginia vines.

Virginia Vines:
"Is he peeing or pooping in your house?" No.
"Is he being aggressive towards lilly?" No.
"Is he being sweet to her?" Yes.
"Is he being sweet to you?" Yes.
"Does he cuddle and seem comfortable?" Yes.
"Is he nice to other dogs?" Yes.

"Flip flops you have a great pup... just give him some time to get used to his new life."

11:00 - adventure to bow wow meow for crate purchase with murphy for bonding time. murphy sits perfectly in car. murphy enters store perfectly. murphy greets store personnel beautifully. children come to murphy and he lays down to be pet. comments about murphy, "what a sweet dog." "what a well trained dog." "he is adorable." (enter flip flops feeling very bad about thinking, WHY DID WE ADOPT HIM? disclaimer... flip flops slept about 2 hours TOTAL the night before!)

spend about an hour and a half at bow wow meow. our favorite groomer, Missy, came to meet Murphy. Took him to clean his ears, trim his tail and feet :) Missy was a godsend. Another store employee asked if I needed help. YES. I need help. I need a crate and my husband is out of town and I might cry if I have to put that thing together (approximately 25 pieces in one large box), any way you could help me? Yes maam of course!

murphy and I left bow wow meow liking one another a bit more and excited for an afternoon of crate training.

fast forward through crate training...

9:00 pm - boat shoes able to slide away from non mandatory dinner at conference to come home. (flip flops was thrilled!!!!) puppy play time. long walk. running on the tennis courts.

10:00 - bedtime. murphy in crate. lilly in crate.

10:05 - everyone is asleep.

2:00 am - boat shoes to flip flops, "he isnt awake!" Thank goodness for a crate!

8:00 am - everyone is awake. walk time! a happy, well rested family.

flip flops. boat shoes. a prissy little bean named Lilly & an easy going pup named Murphy.