Puppy Borkdays

Time flies, and it flies by too fast.

October is Team Frank Puppy Month! This month we celebrate both our puppies, Hans and Ein. They are absolutely one of the best things that happened in our lives, and celebrating welcoming them into our lives is the least we could do. I just can't believe that it's been that long - this year Hans turned 10, and Ein turned five.

Hans' 10th Gotcha Day

This is one of my favorite origin stories ~ although I love all their origin stories.

Two weeks after I arrived in the US back in 2015, Bear told me to grab the laptop and look at available puppies. We found a website that lists down available dogs for adoption from different shelters and rescues. I saw this pitbull pup, named Denny. On that same day, we visited the rescue to meet this beautiful puppy.

Unfortunately, when we got there we were informed that Denny was actually adopted about a week prior and the website was probably not updated. I was sad, I had my eyes on this pretty pup. They directed me to check their own website and I saw a similar puppy named Timothy. He was a tiny, shy and scared 12-month old Boxer-Lab mix. This little baby looked very sad, and he definitely took my heart just like that. Long story short - Timothy is not thee name, nope! We decided to rename our sweet, baby boy.

Hans came home with us that afternoon and it's been history ever since. It's been 10 years, oh my gosh... He is technically now 10 years and 12 weeks old, he's my senior baby boy.

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Ein's 5th Borkday

Ah this origin story is one of manipulation and deceit lol.

In the spring of 2020, we were talking about buying a house but Bear was not sure about this move. We probably couldn't afford it and it's probably not a good move. Well, I knew we could afford. Eyes on the prize. During this period, Bear also mentioned that if we had a Corgi, we should name him Ein from Cowboy Bebop (anime).

I took that as, we are getting a corgi named Ein. I immediately looked for a kennel and got on the waitlist! I told them that I was thinking of getting one by the end of the year or early the following year. Well, they later informed me a corgi liter is going to born in October and would be ready by December. 

Did we have a house ready for a new puppy? No. Should I have said yes to a new puppy? No.

So, I said yes.

What does this mean for us? Well, we now need a house. Another long story short - we applied for a mortgage and we closed on our home in November 2020, pretty much to prepare for the Eincoming.

Ein was born on October 25, 2020, and went home with us in December 20.

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Puppy Celebration

This may not be extravagant, we didn't have visitors or a big party - but we had a fun, simple celebration with the babies!

I made a peanut butter cake with banana!

...and a little bit of spaghetti