Kerchek - our new puppy!

For Christmas we gave the kids a new puppy. Kolden is just crazy in love with dogs and puppies and is so inamored by them that we decided it was time to go ahead and get a dog. We did some research and decided we would want a miniture weener dog. I went to the skin doctor and the esthetician lazering my facial hair said her X-mom-in-law breeds them and sells them. She happened to have one extra that didn't sell and she was going to be having surgery and wanted to get him sold. We got her number and called her up to see the dog. On our way to go see the dog we decided to just check by Sue's Pet Castle to see some of the little dogs there. It gave us some ideas of what we wanted to be looking for in our dog.
We got to the lady's home and as soon as she opened the door and we saw this little red haired miniture weener dog Kade fell madly in love and so did Kolden. He was very cute and we soon realized we had surprizingly found our dog.
We left him there that night so we could buy a kenel and dog food. We bought the puppy for $150.00. We showed him to our kids and they were overjoyed to get to have our own dog! We named him Kerchek - like the dad Gorilla on Tarzan. Our Kerchek is not big or fierce, but he does protect the kids. If anyone gets near them while they are sleeping he will growl at them. Kerchek love the kids and I think he thinks I am his momma and Kade is his daddy. He sleeps in either Kiera or Kya's bed at night and they love it.
It is hard to have a new puppy because he is having trouble potty training. Great things have come from having our puppy though. Kolden runs now. He will run and play with the puppy. They tease each other and run around throwing and fetching balls. Kolden with get laughing fits while playing with the dog.
Kiera finally started pooping in the potty. She has never pooped in the potty and then she started helping to clean up after Kerchek's poop messes and she started pooping in the potty for herself and has done so ever since. It is great!
Ther are some frustrations with our little Kerchek, like him chewing up shoes and my bra, but we are having to keep the house picked up better so the dog can't get our stuff and ruin it. We love his companionship and will be excited for him to get to join us camping this spring and summer. Welcome to the family Kerchek!