Saturday, January 26, 2008

Christophe's Valentine's Day Present

I know what you are all thinking, it is not ever February yet. I know, I know. But I was sitting at work and I over heard one of my coworkers talking about a free 4 month old pure bred black lab that someone was giving away with a bed and food. Christophe has been wanting a puppy since we got married, so I thought this would be a perfect Valentine's Day present. I found out who was giving the dog away, it was someone doing a closing in one of our other offices and I called someone over there and they said they would give the guy my number. Well, the guy called and said that they didn't really want to give him away, but that he had young kids and the puppy got a little excited while they were playing and scratch his 1 year old. He knew that it wasn't the dog's fault, but didn't want to have to worry about him unintentionally hurting his kids anymore.
So I told him that I wanted it. I was going to surprise Christophe, but it ended up that the guy was going out to dinner and wanted me to call him and set up a time to pick the puppy after I was going to be home and it was Christophe's day off. So I called him and told him what I did. I don't think he really believed me at first, but was excited. So we pick up Buddy(their name for him, not ours) on Thursday night for $40(the guy wanted money for the bed, kennel, and toys that came with the dog).



Unfortunately Christophe quickly found out that he was allergic to him and I realized the next day that I was too. So sadly this blog ends with us having just put up an add to sell him on KSL. He is a very cute, good dog, though not house trained yet. And I think Christophe feels bad that we have to give him up, but maybe when we are in a house with a back yard we can try again. So if anyone know of anyone looking for a cute puppy in Utah let us know.






5 comments:

Angie said...

Oh, how sad that you both are allergic to Buddy. Good luck finding a home for him.

Carol said...

Big bummer you're allergic . . . sounds like it would've been so fun for you to keep your puppy. Nice gesture though, Becky! You're very thoughtful.

elizabeth said...

He is so adorable! Too bad about not being able to keep him, soon I bet you will find a better match (do you want Jefe, he's hypo-allergenic). Just kidding, we love Jefe.

Jan said...

What a cute puppy, too bad you are both allergic.

Anonymous said...

Beck - that is so cool you got a puppy. I'm sorry you are both allergic to him. He is cute.