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Meet Elliot








So this is our newest family member, Elliot!  He came to his new forever home with us on December 24, 2015 and life has been a little more crazy since :)

The above are just a few of the wonderful pictures I have currently of him on my phone.  As you can see, he fits in very nicely to our family and we wouldn't have it any other way.

He has made himself comfortable on every piece of living room furniture for long naps and cuddles.  He has tested out the level of comfort of every bed upstairs and downstairs.  He has even joined the girls for dress up time as the lovely Queen Elsa.

He has even fulfilled the role of my running buddy for those morning runs that I have a love/hate relationship with.  He is a bit like me if it is really cold in the morning - he would rather come back inside and snuggle on the couch until the kids wake up and its time to get ready for the day.

He has also filled the important role of protector even though he can be a bit nervous/unsure from living in a shelter.  Just last night, he walked with me to the car just steps away from the front door and spotted two men in the road.  He immediately put himself in between me and them and made sure that they knew they were not welcomed and had been spotted.  It was the first time that I had seen such a protective side of him since he typically like everyone he comes in contact with on our runs.

It has been several years since we have had a dog and even longer since we have had one in the house and I can't put into words how much I have missed it.  At times, he is my biggest helper and will bark/chase the kids upstairs.  Other times he is one of the kids that I am telling to get off of the coffee table, or stop running on the house and jumping off of it.

Even though he is a big dog - about 60 lbs, he is an inside dog.  This decision was partially made for us due to the fact that he has separation anxiety.  The first time that we had to leave him to get breakfast and go to the store he destroyed our mini blinds trying to look for us out the window.  He now has a crate by the front door that has become his safe place if the kids are too much and where he is on alert and ready for us to walk through the front door.

I look forward to many happy years and loads of great memories with our Elliot :)
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