Meet Dakota - a lovable and smart six-week old goldendoodle. Yes - in spite of everything I've ever written about not getting a dog we changed our minds and so far so good. She's getting plenty of loving, she's learning where to go to the bathroom, John hasn't broken out and I'm feeling like a mother of a newborn all over again. Except our newborns slept for more than two hours at a time.We got the call on Friday night that it was our turn to pick a pup from the litter. By Saturday afternoon the kids and I were off to Bismarck (four hours away). But first we needed to stop at Petco and buy everything we needed for the return trip. It was pretty exciting - the kids had already made a list of everything we needed and we divided up the duties. Each child got to pick out one toy, John got to pick out the collar and Lucy the leash while Sophie looked for Puppies for Dummies. The only snafu was that in the rush I didn't check prices and ended up paying $12 for a kong toy that Dakota is much too little for. But she'll grow into it.
