Sadie has arrived!

Well, we've done it. After almost 2 years of talking about getting a puppy, the stars have finally aligned and we now own a young German Short-Haired Pointer named Sadie.

She appears to be very intelligent, but a little bit of a dare devil...accidental-like! It even seems she's been pre-programmed for being house-broken and sitting....so far.

Our first morning with her we took her to the resort just outside of town. They've got some good easy trails through some brush and boulders. At one point Sadie climbed up onto a boulder, looked down, and immediately freaked out at how high she got up. I was calling to her on the other side of a bush, but from her birdDOG's-eye-view, there's was only one way to get around this bush. Without hesitation she took a flying leap off the four-foot cliff into rocks and brush. I gave her landing a 7. She landed on her head, but had an excellent recovery! She's since taken a few flying leaps, but none quite so high.

Luckily, those Dumbo-like ears stable her otherwise wobbly legs.

She's very playful and she'll never leave your side if you go on a walk, but at the moment it's pretty easy to tire her out. I'm sure this is a favor she'll repay very soon!

So far she's a perfect hiking companion with minimal maintainance, but we'll see if she can earn her keep when pheasant season starts this fall!

And and for a quick update on the house projects, all the upstairs windows are half installed, and as soon as they're done with that, we'll finish the bathroom! It's about time!!!!! Sarah and Chris can vouch for how much of a luxury a finished bathroom is since they spent a great weekend with us recently and was able to witness water shooting out of the wall into my face and across the room. Like they say....it's been real and it's been fun, but it hasn't been real fun!