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From the moment we brought our dogs home there have been so many questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why did you get dogs?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are they a lot to manage?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it harder than you expected?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do your kids like them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What were you thinking?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You get the idea \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hopefully, this will be the tell-all you\u2019re looking for, and I do a good job answering all your burning questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We started talking about getting a dog about four years ago. Our son Menny was struggling with significant behavioral challenges and one of many ideas that we considered was getting a dog, which we felt could really help. My husband and I did not grow up with any pets, it was a stretch for us, but we started to warm to the idea. Three years ago, we put down a deposit for an Aussie-doodle. As it got closer to the time, and we started learning more about the actualities of a puppy and its training, we backed out. The kids were a lot younger, life was a lot<\/strong>, and when I thought about adding a puppy to the mix, I would panic. The anxiety around the \u201cpuppy\u201d, was a clear sign that it wasn\u2019t the right thing to do at that time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bozeman is a literal dog paradise. Most people have at least one dog, and dogs have more rights than people around here. Kidding, but only sorta \ud83d\ude42 We have a lot of people to consult with and we decided that if we were to get a dog, it would need to be an adult dog. Finding a stable adult dog isn\u2019t easy. We had our eyes and ears open, but nothing ever panned out. As time passed, the thought of ever getting a dog seemed to become a distant memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This past March we got a call from a friend of ours, Pam, she knew of two golden doodles that needed a home. A woman in town lost her husband, suddenly, and she\u2019s moving out of state and couldn\u2019t take her 8-year-old dogs with her. Pam knew that at one point we were looking and wanted to know if we were interested. It came out of left field for us, like I said we kinda gave up on the idea. It sounded exciting and scary, especially because these dogs couldn\u2019t be separated, so it was two or none. A part of me wanted to pretend that I never heard of these dogs, like life was complicated enough, but I couldn\u2019t get it out of my head. I really felt like G-d puts thing in your path at exactly the right time. It was hard to deny. The shul moved out of our house after fourteen years. The mudroom was ready. Dogs would not have been a possibility without that space. When I reflect, I\u2019m like \u201cof course nothing panned out before\u201d. Not sure why sometimes I still question G-d\u2019s plan.  Anyway, we can delve into that another time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We took our time visiting the dog over a 6-week time period. Obviously, we fell in love with them and a few days after Passover we brought them home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n