Zoe update:

Well, if you haven't already heard...sweet little (or big) Zoe officially has a new home. This was not an easy decision, and honestly, Sam and I had been toying with the idea for a month or 2 now, but we kept on keeping on! We tried for 5 months to make it work with our family, our schedule, our life, and basically, it came to the point where we realized it wasn't working.

Zoe has seemed like an abnormally energetic puppy, but we just kept thinking that we weren't used to the "puppy stage" and that it would get better. Unfortunately, with 2 little girls and 2 very hectic schedules, Zoe was getting attention, but not enough.

The dentist (Dr. Clark) that practices next to our office has a 3 year old Dane and we have talked about our dogs before. I told him that we were going to find a home for Zoe and without hesitation he asked if they could take her. He said that he and his wife would love to have her, but his only concern was that he wanted to make sure she got along with "Bear," their dog.

So, Sam and I took Zoe out to play with Bear and they got along great! Dr. Clark has a large fenced yard and the dogs ran back and forth for a long time, playing really nicely with each other. You could see how much energy Zoe had built up and she was loving the large area to run in! So we left her for a night or 2 to see how they would do together. Dr. Clark came back to tell us that it was definitely going to work!

Dr. Clark updates us regularly on how well they play together. It made us feel better knowing that now Zoe has a friend as well as an area to run and play with her friend.

The downside is that Jenna has been regularly asking about Zoe and wanting to bring her in to play. She also says, "I love Zoe." We have just told her that Zoe is staying with a friend right now. Our hopes is that she starts to forget about her. She hasn't realized that Zoe is "gone."

We still would like to be owners of a Great Dane in the future. They are excellent dogs with children and are very gentle. They are actually considered "gentle giants" and they are absolutely beautiful dogs. We would like to wait until the girls are a year or too older. Also, we are going to try and find one that is 2 or older so that we don't have to deal with the puppy stage. Keep us posted if you hear of anything!