Can we just talk about this guy for a hot minute?

This week is the week ONE YEAR AGO that we got Cooper!  Officially, we adopted him on February 14th….yes, Valentine’s Day.  But it wasn’t a cheesy, “I’ll get my husband a puppy for valentine’s day” sort of deal.  Nope, we knew way before moving to Alabama that we wanted a dog.  So, on February 13th, we set out to find ourselves a dog.  What’d we do?  We hit up the nearest shelter…in Dothan.
Cooper’s litter was the only one at the shelter and Cooper was the only curly haired one in the bunch, so naturally, we wanted him.  They let us pick him up the next day and on the way home from adopting him, we stopped at the pet store to get all the essentials.  And the next few weeks were crazy.  Puppy whining, poop and pee, chewing, puppy whining, refusing to go on walks, more pooping and more peeing, mouthiness.  Oh my word.  There were times I wanted to drop kick that puppy out the back door.  Talk about smart and stubborn all in one – that was/is Cooper.

And here we are, one year later.

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This is what my dog does while I take pictures of my food.

He hangs out hoping for food to drop at his feet (paws?).

And yes, these were taken a month ago.  No, his hair hasn’t grown back from his haircut already.

And SUDDENLY, he’s more distinguished.

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Mine keeps sleeping on the job.

This is what Cooper is doing.  Lying wherever is least convenient for me.  He knows it too – look at that smile.

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