ShopThe Waiting Room
As an expectant father I’ve come to view the world as one large – and unsterile – waiting room. Everywhere I go there are reminders of what is to come – even the Vlasic pickle mascot is starting to rub me the wrong way. Messes, bruises and tiffs with the neighbors are soon to come, but I’ve grown impatient. I want my new puppy – and I want it now.
I must admit, like most people who own hunting dogs, I signed up for this. A number of months ago (this is an eternity in puppy-time) I put my name in for a Lab puppy at a Hunters Point Kennel out of Marshalltown, Iowa. Since the moment I placed the doggie-deposit, I’ve been counting down the days until its arrival more closely than astrologists are waiting for December 12, 2012. At this point you may be wondering “What’s the rush? You’ll have a long time to create memories with that dog.” Well, I’ll tell you what the rush is.
Timber & Casey's litter at Hunters Point Kennel
There are stray tufts of carpet that need to be chewed and unraveled across my living room floor. I have pairs of matching socks that don’t have holes in them. I’ve been consistently sleeping through the night. Paper towels and lint rollers just sit in my closet going unused and for the life of me, I can’t figure out what to do with the crust of my sandwiches.
Over the next few months I’m sure I’ll share with you the trials, tribulations and joys that come with raising and training a puppy. I hope you’ll share some advice with me, as being a first time father will be daunting at times. But until then, who really eats their crust?
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I’m getting ready to go through the same thing in a few different ways. Way number one: I’m not quite a first-time father of children anymore, but my girlfriend is expecting our first baby together! This will be a daunting task since it’s been about 8 1/2 years since she’s been pregnant and about 7 1/2 years since I’ve been in this waiting stage.
Way number two: My girlfriend and I are in the process of purchasing (in the next two weeks at the most) a German Shorthaired Pointer puppy for her and later on towards the end of the summer, I’ll be buying a Vizsla puppy for myself. We’re hoping to have a breeding pair of Vizsla’s within the next couple of years.
I’m a little intimidated to say the least, although I don’t know what part of this whole thing is intimidating me the most. I’ve been a ‘Baby-Daddy’ before but it’s the task of training two Pointers in the near future that I think seems the most daunting!!
On top of all this, we’re looking at moving into our first house together this summer. Holy smokes, when it rains it pours!!
I feel for you man, I really do!! I’ll try to think about that whole ‘advice’ part that you mentioned at the end of your blog. Please know that that’s a two-way street. If you have any advice in any of this, I would appreciate it as well. In the meantime, I’ll try to trim down the carpeting so it doesn’t get chewed on in too many places!!