Meet Our New Labrador (Old Site)

We are very excited to introduce the newest member of our family. A lot of our friends and family know that we were having a hard time thinking of a name for our little guy... Some of the submissions we received were “Exit” (thank you Braxton), “Lord Dogemort” (thank you Evin), and “Murray” (thank you Daja). Thanks to my affinity for Harry Potter, he almost became Harold James, but that just didn’t seem right when we tried to call him by it! As soon as we brought him home, the name that fits him perfectly came to mind... We are calling him Boone. Yes, it is for the obvious - Daniel Boone. (I do confess that we have another reason for enjoying the name... as big Lost fans, Boone was one of our favorite characters.)

Boone comes from a hobby breeder in Spokane and is the son of a beautiful Lab named Dakota and a very handsome Lab named Ranger. Ranger’s mom tells us that Boone looks a lot like Ranger did as a puppy... so he became known as Little Ranger while they were watching him. Boone has a darker coat for a yellow Lab and promises to be quite handsome himself. He was one of eleven puppies in the litter, so I am sure that he is a little lonely today now that he is the only dog in the house.

We brought him home yesterday after his week long stay at his Dad’s house. (His Dad lives in Snohomish as well!) Dad’s owner did an amazing job watching him... Boone is already well on the road to being potty trained. We are amazed at how well he is behaved as such a young puppy. He plays hard, but not too hard, and then calms right down. He already understands us when we say “off” or “drop it” and will go pick up a chew toy instead. We expected him to whine a bit on his first night... but he didn’t! He went into his crate at about 9:45 last night and was snoring loudly by 10. (Such a cute snore!) He slept through the night and was sitting there quietly waiting for me when I came down at 6 this morning.

Tiger is not so sure about our new boy. Boone approaches Tiger very cautiously, and Tiger is starting to warm up to him. I think Tiger likes the fact that he can jump up on a chair or table, and Boone cannot.

We are so excited to have Boone to play, cuddle and be a companion!