Cooper's First Play Date

Ok, ok. So we don't technically get to bring our little guy home to live with us until Friday, but yesterday we were able to bring him over for an hour to get him acquainted with his soon-to-be new home.

We have lived in a puppy fairytale during these past 5.5 weeks. We were so lucky to know Cooper's owners, and live close enough by, that we have been able to experience all of his monumental "firsts." The first time he opened his eyes, his first step, the first collar (a green hairband), his first bark (and bite!), the first photo shoot, the first time playing in the grass, the first... ok, you get the drift. Usually, puppy owners don't get to experience all of these precious moments, but we feel truly lucky to have been there from the very beginning!

So, last night we had high expectations of Cooper's first play date at our house! Here's a quick recap of our adventure:

• Naturally, Coop was a little scared on the drive to our house, and cried the whole way home. But he seemed to be OK once we got him to the living room.


• We picked him up from the owner in a white blanket. When we put him down he wouldn't get off the blanket for quite some time, and was a little skittish of the carpet. He would stretch his front legs out as far as they would go without moving his hind legs off the blanket.


• Once he got comfortable, he sniffed around for awhile, peed on the floor, laid down on his HUGE doggie bed and passed out.


• We fed him some milk and a few dog treats - he LOVED the milk!


• While he was up walking around, he fell into his water bowl and scared himself... too cute!

When we dropped him of I left a black lamb and the white blanket to absorb the "scent" of the other puppies. Cooper didn't take to the lamb right way at our house (pictured below.) He more or less licked it to death. But when we dropped him back off at the owners, one of the other puppies, Cheyenne, tried to take it away from him and he wouldn't hear of it. He yanked it away from her and took it over to the other side of the dog bed and played with it. (Very proud moment for the parents!) Bella, another one of the pups, found the white blanket and kept trying to pull it down and wrestle with it.

And as you can see from the photos, he LOVES to sleep! (Well, at least for now he does!)

Cooper sleeping while Dad watches the bowl game!

Sweet pup!