No, not a baby yet - well, not of the human form. We got a puppy, which I totally said we were NOT going to do when we first started talking about dogs. Last Sunday, we went to the Animal Rescue League of El Paso (ARL) and fell in love with Baldwin. A male dog, 5-6 months old, about 25-30 lbs, boxer mix. We think he is mixed with an english pointer. He's so adorable. We first saw him through petfinder.com and read a little about him. ARL saved him on his last day of death row at the pound. Doesn't that just break your heart. So far he has been wonderful. He hasn't had any accidents - not even close calls. He loves his crate - we've tried to make it his sanctuary. We've told Owen "No Kids Allowed" in or around the crate (maybe I should put a sign), "Dogs Only". It's so weird he doesn't inhale his food like a certain lab that I know and he doesn't seem to like the treats we've gotten him. Does he know he's a dog? He's adjusted really well to us. He likes to nibble on things but I know that goes with the puppy phase. Unfortunately, he is off right now getting his manhood cut off but it's for the best. I hope he still loves us tomorrow. We are still debating about the name too. Baldwin is cute but it doesn't really have a nickname (Baldy - no, Winy - no). Owen loves JoJo. Not sure why but that's what he wants to call the puppy. I was trying to think of something relating to El Paso since that's where he is from but came up with nothing (I'm so not creative with names). Then I thought about Rex (as in T-Rex) because Owen loves dinosaurs and I thought Rex was a cute name. Owen liked it for about 20 min and then went back to JoJo. So that name may stick. We'll see. Any suggestions?
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