Meet Oakley.

A little over a week ago, we decided to rescue a dog! Ethan has been talking about how much he misses Callie (our old german shepherd that we gave to another family because we thought we were moving to Germany) and how much he wants a family dog. I see how intrigued Kaiden is with our friend's dogs and so, the thought of Kaiden having his own playmate again is what sold me on the idea. We went to our local shelter and picked out four that caught our eye (although, Oakley was the reason we decided to come to this shelter in the first place.) It was crazy to see row after row of dogs that were either run-aways, abused or unwanted. Two of the dogs were ruled out because they were noted to not be good with kids. The first dog that came into our room was extremely shy and a little skiddish, which was reason enough for us to pass on her. When Oakley came into our visitor's room, we immediately knew he was "the one." He was calm, friendly and most importantly, he did so well with Kaiden. Immediately, Ethan and I both could tell he was everything we were looking for.Oakley is a Tibetan Terrier and is two years old. He was found as a stray in a town about 20 miles from here. He recently had leg surgery because what was thought to be a tumor was found in his leg. He is playful, but extremely chill at the same time. He follows commands like "sit", "fetch", "off" and "come here." When we took him camping this past weekend, everyone was surprised when they found out we've only had him for less than two weeks. They said we were lucky to have such a well behaved dog and they thought we've had him for years. Oakley has definitely become a part of our family and I'm excited to have had the opportunity to adopt such a sweet, little fella.Here are some pics of him and Kaiden during our camping trip. I'll be posting more camping trip pictures later this week! Hope you guys had a restful Labor Day weekend!