Welcome home!

Day 1

Today Nawny calls our home, her new and forever home. Annie and I couldn't wait for her arrival and had not slept well for the past two days. We both rushed home an hour early, while staring at the clock as the second hand ticked by counting down till 3pm when she would arrive.

But first here's the story of how Nawny came to be...

Annie and I had recently moved to Pasadena and decided that we wanted to add a new member to our family by adopting a dog. I was heart set on a Labrador and talked Annie into the idea that they would make a great pet, cuz they do! We had signed up with SCLRR and instantly were amazed at how great the organization was. They were very meticulous and all the people who volunteered are some of the most kind-hearted people I have ever met. My kind of dog people!

After searching for a few months and meeting a few dogs, we just hadn't found the perfect fit for us. Then one day we stumbled upon a 4 year old male Lab at the Pasadena Humane Society. Dexter (what we decided to name him even though he wasn't ours to name) was a energetic, happy, bundle of joy. We put our names on the list to adopt him and had a 24 hour hold on him. Little did we know that we would find the perfect Lab for us on SCLRR when we got home.

Nawny's bio seemed perfect in every way. She had all the great qualities that came with an older dog. Gentle, mature, loving, trained and incredibly obedient. We were completely torn! Here we were already having convinced ourselves that Dexter was to be our new dog, and then here comes Nawny shattering our confidence. We had to contact our family rep Missy at SCLRR. And here is where fate takes hold... Missy our family rep turned out to be Nawny's foster Mom! She immediately made time to for us to meet Nawny the next day so we could make a decision between her and Dexter.

Upon meeting Nawny, within 5 minutes we were convinced. She was everything we wanted and more. Her warm loving eyes and gentle demeanor won our hearts. Nawneroni!

Nawny spent the first day going to Petsmart and My Pet Garden to pick up everything she needed. She rode great in the car, sitting next to Annie in the back seat. She still isn't used to her new home, and didn't enjoy being left in her crate when we left to pick up dinner, but is slowly figuring out that her loving family is going no where. By the time we got home, she was so exhausted she took a bite of her food and fell asleep on the floor!

She slept great in the bedroom the whole night without getting up once... must have been a long day! Here's a picture of her first night with us. And so this begins the Chronicles of Labrador Anawnymous...