Hello, I am the owner of a now 8 month old black lab named as you might guess Paolo. I have created this blog to hopefully hear some great stories, meet a few animal lovers, and gain some insight into how to raise a puppy.
For as far back as I can remember I have loved animals. All animals. And for the longest time I have wanted a puppy to call my own. So after research of breeds and many, many, many hours of playing with puppies in pet stores and in friend's homes, always leaving slightly heartbroken, I decided it was time to find a puppy of my own. I even had the name picked out.
In Sept of 2007, I found an advertisement in the local newspaper and went to a lovely family's home just to 'take a look' at the puppies. Standing there I came face to face with 5 black labs playing with each other and the family's children. I knew I could not leave without one of those sweet puppies or better yet all of them. An hour later, I couldn't bring myself to pick just one until I saw my mother holding one mushy puppy. After a few papers were signed, it was official I was now the mommy of a 10 week old puppy. As dorky as this sounds, as I was driving home, I looked over at him and cried a little. Finally, Paolo.
