The Newest Member of the Downey Family!

Is it Luke? Is it Lucky? Well, we can't decide. After you hear how we got him, then maybe you can help us. We found this little guy at the animal shelter in Shelton (which is about 1 hour from where we live). Steve actually found him on Petfinder.com. We had been looking for a dog for some time, but never found the right one. So, we took a chance and drove to Shelton today (Wed.) to adopt this cute dog. When we got to Shelton, there were 7 other people who also wanted him. In that case, they put numbers in a box and draw like a raffle. Well, our number was drawn. We were very surprised, because we never win anything! There was a mother and her daughter who drove there from Portland who also really wanted him. She even offered us $200 for him (the adoption fee was only $75). We did not take the offer, feeling that he was meant to be ours! So....maybe we should call him Lucky!
The kids were SO surprised! They had no idea we were even going there. We tried to get their excited looks, but didn't quite capture it. At any rate, they were very surprised and elated! He is a 3 month old golden retriever/lab mix. He is very calm and mild mannered so far! Great with the kids. I will let you know after our first night of "sleeping".


We got dog? Is it really ours? Do we get to keep him? For how long? Were all the questions that we got today!



The neighbor kids have been very excited. Here are a few of them taking Lucky for a walk.





SHHH!!! Nap time!




First Bath!
Ally's friend Kaylee and our neighbor Katie help us give Lucky a bath. He wasn't so sure about it, but did pretty well. He was so much cleaner afterwards! Thanks, girls!!