# After 10 years of marriage, my husband and I... got a puppy!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 16, 2006, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568 "2006-03-16T04:34:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2006, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568/1 "2006-03-16T04:34:33Z")
We’ve been wanting a dog for so long. My husband adores dogs. I wanted a dog.
Finally, we got a dog. It’s a huge responsibility, I know, and it’s going to mean lifestyle changes and compromises. It will be work, that is for sure, but I think it will add to our lives immeasurably. One of the reasons we live where we do is so that we could eventually get a dog.
Here’s [Clover.](http://members.shaw.ca/nubblenoel/clover1.jpg)
[Again.](http://members.shaw.ca/nubblenoel/clover2.jpg)
[Little dog bed.](http://members.shaw.ca/nubblenoel/clover3.jpg)
[Outside.](http://members.shaw.ca/nubblenoel/clover5.jpg)
[So tired.](http://members.shaw.ca/nubblenoel/clover6.jpg) That’s a rivet on my husband’s jeans in the top left, for size comparison.
Two and half pounds of puppy love! (And three accidents in the house so far, heh.)
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### Author:  [@\_tretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_tretch)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2006, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568/2 "2006-03-16T04:36:04Z")
Awwwwwww, he’s so cute! What breed is he?
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### Author:  [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2006, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568/3 "2006-03-16T04:56:53Z")
awwwwwomgit’sababydoggie!!!
nobody else can show me anything cute tonight. I’ve hit my cuteness quota. Keep your babies away from me or I may explode.
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### Author:  [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2006, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568/4 "2006-03-16T05:51:35Z")
Aren’t you a cutie Clover sweetie pie?
Uh hum.
My cats cough up hairballs bigger than that. Is she a Papillion? Sorry about the spelling - it’s the French word that means butterfly. Her ears look like butterflies.)
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### Author:  [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2006, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568/5 "2006-03-16T06:10:50Z")
She’s a Papillon. 🙂
She’s peed outside twice now. Much praise!
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### Author:  [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2006, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568/6 "2006-03-16T06:35:28Z")
Oooh, that puppy is _ADORABLE!_
Truer words were never writ than: “Happiness is a warm puppy.” Puppy breath! Falling asleep in weird places/positions! Hairless puppy tummies! Stumbling over their feet! Meeting the vaccum cleaner for the first time! Learning to navigate stairs! Getting stuck in things and having to yell for help! You’re in store for a lot of “awww!” moments.
I was on a constant seratonin high when my dog was a pup. Recently, I got a third dog, a Jack Russel Terrier, which looks like a puppy even though he’s full grown. Kept me from withdrawal, it did. 😃
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### Author:  [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2006, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568/7 "2006-03-16T07:34:25Z")
Ahhhh, she’s adorable, and you have puppy breath at your house, big congratulations! Paps are wonderful dogs, ya gotta love those beautiful butterfly ears! I wish for the three of you the best of times together!
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### Author:  [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568/8 "2006-03-16T20:01:04Z")
> [@Savannah](#):
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> She’s a Papillon. 🙂
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> She’s peed outside twice now. Much praise!
AWWWW! I have puppy envy. It’s been five years since one of mine was a puppy. I called the praise for piddling outside getting a peelitzer prize. 🙂
Clover is adorable. You have no need for having an actual human child, ever again.
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### Author:  [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568/9 "2006-03-16T20:29:54Z")
Awww…woodgie coo! Wook at da widdle sugar-wooger…
Congrats! Clover is absolutely adorable.
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### Author:  [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568/10 "2006-03-16T20:38:20Z")
I want a puppy now!
Puuuupppppy! So cute!
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### Author:  [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568/11 "2006-03-16T23:40:30Z")
**AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW**
She is BEYOND adorable! I have 2 Papillons… you won’t be sorry you chose thois breed, they are WONDERFUL little dogs!
I have never seen a Papster with so much black… they are normally white with colored markings!
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### Author:  [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568/12 "2006-03-17T00:02:40Z")
i’m not usually a fan of frou frou dogs, but that is a cute little puppy…aw…
i miss my beagles. damn you, college.
so far, house training is going well…let’s keep it that way, eh?
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### Author:  [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568/13 "2006-03-17T21:00:01Z")
[Clover](http://members.shaw.ca/nubblenoel/clover7.jpg): OHBOYOHBOYOHBOYOHBOY A LEAF! OHBOYOHBOYOHBOYOHBOY A ROCK! OHBOYOHBOYOHBOYOHBOY ANOTHER LEAF! OHBOYOHBOYOHBOYOHBOY A ROCK! OHBOYOHBOYOHBOYOHBOY A TWIG! OHBOYOHBOYOHBOYOHBOY A LEAF!
Mum: (Aloud) That is not good to eat. That is not good to eat. That is not good to eat. (Mentally) AWWWWWWW.
She’s got a lot of black in her coat, which is good–I wear a lot of black. 🙂
Things we experienced outside today: leaves, rocks, twigs, moss, a loud squirrel (and yes, they make awful screechy noises) and a slug, which I accidentally stepped on in my gardening shoes, luckily.
On a scale of 1-10, stepping on a slug is a zero. Puppy investigating the outside: 10.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568/14 "2006-03-18T00:01:37Z")
Awwww, whoosa liddow pupers head? Hmm? Whosit? Whoooisit? 'Sit yous? Yous a widdew pupers head? Yes you is! Yes you is!
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### Author:  [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568/15 "2006-03-18T02:20:08Z")
> [@PapSett](#):
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> She is BEYOND adorable! I have 2 Papillons…
We may come to you for Pap-advice! She’s SO cute now, I don’t want her to change, but I am curious to see how big her ears will get!
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### Author:  [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568/16 "2006-03-18T02:26:45Z")
> [@Savannah](#):
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> She’s peed outside twice now. Much praise!
So did I, but you don’t see ME bragging about it 😉 .
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### Author:  [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2006, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568/17 "2006-03-18T12:42:27Z")
Love the name!
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### Author:  [@kudzus\_gal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kudzus_gal)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568/18 "2006-03-18T13:59:13Z")
All together now……1…2…3…[**SIZE=7]AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW[/SIZE]**
**sniff sniff pout sniff** I want one!!!
Seriously Clover is absolutely \*\*adorable! \*\*
🙂
kudzus\_gal
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### Author:  [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568/19 "2006-03-18T14:24:27Z")
You realize you have the cutest puppy ever, right? Makes me think I could actually live with a doggie…cute widdle puppykins…
GT
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### Author:  [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-10-years-of-marriage-my-husband-and-i-got-a-puppy/348568/20 "2006-03-19T02:00:33Z")
By the way - Papillons are the most accomplished toy breed in agilty, they are excellent little sport dogs.
[See here](http://www.papillonclub.org/Agility/2001_top%20_agility_.htm)
[Here](http://www.showpaps.com/agility.htm)
[And here - it’s in German but the photos are cool.](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.papillon-flying-sunshine.de/Dill05.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.papillon-flying-sunshine.de/page7.html&h=547&w=800&sz=173&tbnid=PMGWQmYEDkrBzM:&tbnh=97&tbnw=142&hl=en&start=29&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dagility%2Bpapillons%26start%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN)
I’m a big proponent of group obedience classes for dogs, and agility too. Most dogs have a real blast doing agility, classes are everywhere and it’s way fun. 🙂
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