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February 27, 2009

A Puppy Named Maddy

When I asked Meredith what she wanted for her upcoming birthday, she told me "I don't know how much longer I can go on not having a dog." So began our quest for our first pooch. After falling in love with Leigh's dog, Edie, I really wanted to get a miniature dappled daschund. After a couple of weeks looking locally, we finally found a daschund breeder out in Kentucky (Roxane's Daschunds) with a dame who'd just had a litter of dappled pups, and so a about week before Meredith's birthday...

Friday, February 27th

meredith
...we found ourselves at the OVERSIZED ITEMS carousel at JFK waiting to for the arrival of our dog!
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maddy, meredith
She arrived wrapped in a blanket inside a tiny crate. We took her out and she was cold, shivering and making adorable "mewling" noises. We took her out of the crate and she was delighted to be with us immediately. We couldn't get over how cute she was.
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maddy, me, meredith
As soon as we got her into the warmth of a cab, she stopped with all the strange mewling noises she was making and immediately settled down. We were trying to hold her on our laps, but she kept climbing up and wedging her self between our backs and the seat. It seemed like she really wanted to sit perched up on our shoulders.
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maddy, me, meredith
See? It was so unbelievable. This photo looks totally staged with her little paw draped over my shoulder, but this was how she wanted to ride right from the get-go. It was about this time that we realized we'd gotten a weirdo.
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maddy, meredith
Out of the cab and carrying her to our apartment.
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maddy
This is your new home! You live here now!
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maddy
Trotting around doing some exploring. (Look how long her front leg looks! Ha!)
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Such a studious little eater.
maddy
When we finally got her to hold still in the light, we realized that she had one brown eye and one blue eye (complete heterochromia).
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maddy, meredith
Meredith and our 10-week-old puppy who we named Maddy.
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maddy, meredith
Her neck smells like soft puppy.
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maddy, meredith
Welcome to the family, little one!
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3 comments

  • drcochran1february 28, 2011

    What is the magical chemical compound(s) in puppy breath? Why does their breath smell better than the most expensive scents? Why does it have to go away?

  • fooeyomarch 6, 2011

    Love Maddy! You should hook Roxane up with your CSS skills and give her website a little love. Just a freshening up and her site will be pimping like your new design.

  • meredithmarch 15, 2011

    I remember this differently! Maddy didn't arrive wrapped in a blanket. She arrived shivering and scared on newspaper. It was a cold night and there was a line for taxis at the airport. I took off my sweater and swaddled her up in it.