We had seen boxers and the minute I did I fell in love with that breed. There was something so lovable, and silly and loving that you couldn't resist them. If I saw a puppy-I would melt....and so it was after several years of living together and arrangements made to move into our new house we bought in a month we decided to purchase our new puppy. I make it sound like we chose him when in reality he chose us.
When we got there, there was he and his brother left of the males. His brother was sleepy...not sickly I don't think..just not interested too much. Then there was Zion with his big head and chunky lil paws and his teeny pot belly....all 6 weeks of love and we knew he was the one. We actually would have taken them both if money wasn't an issue. I wonder how it would have been...would he have cancer too?
I can remember taking him home and not exactly crating him....we never tried to train Zion...somehow even if others didn't agree, we wanted a dog not a robot. I don't care if he jumps up and says hi to me, sits on the couch, begs for my food, digs a hole in the yard...he had so much personality I would have found it hard to suppress it.
We were making plans to move in a couple weeks to our first home. It was an older home but had a great yard...of which we soon came to realize wasn't such an issue-he was with us always..in the house. As with all things there is the cute factor and then the reality factor. We soon realized how much work a puppy was in relation to the selfish life where the world revolved around some work and a lot of play. The crying and wanting to play at 2am and the poops and pee and guilt of leaving him alone...with work also came the fun.
He would attempt to climb up the stairs, bark, play, and I would walk him along beach more than likely much farther than I should at his age. He was adorable and quite the show stopper.
The years that continued there were many a funny or not so funny story about him. But with all the times he was the sweetest dog I will ever know.
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