Our New Dog?

Connor, Maren, Berkley and Brendan

The kids and I have started the discussion of getting a dog. This is in anticipation of moving to Duluth and having a large piece of land to let the dog run and also provide some warning/safety for the kids with the wilderness being right there.

Every dog Maren sees becomes the kind that she wants to get. She's convinced that we should get a puppy (although Mom isn't so sure). Connor and Brendan, of course, want to get a boy dog. But Mom is convinced that a girl dog will be calmer, so that will prevail.

Connor's teacher recently got a new puppy and brought it to school. As soon as I told Maren, she had to see it. The teacher was generous enough to bring Berkley back to school just for my kids to see. Maren was the most into him, but Connor and Brendan tried to keep up. I was just afraid that they were going to step on him.