A Man's Prerogative

They say that it's a woman's prerogative to change her mind...but sometimes it's a man's prerogative too!

Saturday we went to look at our new puppy, the one I showed you in my last post.  The one you all gave such great name suggestions for...who would likely have been named Lily Clementine, or Bella Rose, or Emma....thank you!  Those were all top contenders, but none of us could agree!

When I asked the breeder to reserve Lily Clementine Emma Bella Rose, it was because she told us she was a very middle of the road puppy, just what we were looking for.  But she also sent us pictures of a little black and white puppy who she described as very sweet.


Mr. Tide and I went out to dinner on Friday night with my sister and brother in law and on the way home he said, "why are we driving 3 hours to look at the puppies when we've already picked one out?"  I explained that we needed to give the breeder a deposit, that I wanted to see the mom (since I already knew a lot about the dad of the pups), and that I just wanted to make sure that the little tri colored girl was the one for us.  He agreed, so on Saturday morning we got ourselves up, and off we went to see the puppies! 

After 2 hours of playing, observing, and holding the puppies (thank you Dianna for indulging us for so long!) we ended up picking the "sweet" puppy she had suggested to us from the beginning.  Before we met her, we were worried that with Mr. Quinn's dominant temperament a sweet dog might not be able to stand up to him the way a middle of the road puppy would.

But there was just something about her, and Mr. Tide was smitten and said that he really thought this was the puppy for us.  He picked up lots of puppies, but this sweet little black and white girl was the only one to lavish him with kisses.  And although she's sweet, she has a little moxie too, and she'll have no trouble keeping Mr. Quinn in line when necessary, I am certain of it.

In a perfect world we would have been able to take both the little tri girl and this one, but I was pushing my luck getting one dog...so I knew better than to go there...oh but I was tempted.  I know the other puppy will find a wonderful home, she is full of energy and will need a job, like all herding breeds do.

But for us, this was the right decision.  The pups live on a wonderful horse farm and have two great boys who love them to pieces and have named them after the weather.   The tri colored puppy we almost got was named Tornado!  There was one named Cloud, Rainy, Tsunami, etc.  But our little girl was named Misty.

As we drove off, Mr. Tide said, "I like the name Misty, and I'm fine with keeping that name."  I said that I was thinking the same thing.  Then I called my daughter and told her the whole story, she said she liked the name Misty too.  Then we phoned our son who said he also thought Misty was a good name.

So you see, we were all in agreement.  And sometimes it's a man's prerogative to change his mind and get a little Misty! ;-)

I hope you all have a very Happy Halloween!  We got our treat on Saturday...now I just have to wait 2 more weeks to bring her home!