ANOTHER addition to the family

Yesterday was Justin and my 13th year wedding anniversary (19 years together). Both of us worked all day but we did line up a surprise for the family that evening. We had been promising Madison that we would get a puppy after we returned from Russia – then it was after dad got done with planting – and then it was after school got out. She finally had enough of our stalling tactics. She was set on getting a German Sheppard. She wanted either a purebred or a mix it didn’t matter. We all agreed that we were not going to spend a whole lot of money on a purebred puppy as the most loyal dogs Justin and I have ever had have been mutts. The kids have never had a puppy. Annie came to us at the age of about 2 years. On Sunday evening, Madison was hounding us again about the dog so Justin thought he was going to send her on a wild goose chase and had her look at the pet listings on Macomb.com. Wouldn’t you know it?!?! There was an ad for purebred German Sheppard puppies in a neighboring town that turned 6 weeks old on the 5th and were able to be released on the 6th (yesterday – our anniversary!). We called the number listed and left a message. I warned Madison that because they are purebred that either there may not be any puppies left OR they may cost a lot of money and we wouldn’t get one so she shouldn’t get her hopes up.

Well as you can see they DID have puppies left. They are purebred German Sheppards but they are not registered and didn’t have papers (which was perfect because we didn’t care about that and they weren’t outrageously expensive). The entire litter was males. Two were all black and the remaining 4 were black and tan.

Presenting: Sabaka ‘Curious’ Overstreet

(Sabaka is the Russian word for dog and Curious was Madison’s first choice for a name)

Born: April 24th, 2011

Adopted: June 6th, 2011

Annie has really taken to Sabaka pretty well so far.  She let him eat from her food bowl and played with her for a bit before losing interest!