Kyle came home from work really excited about a surprise he had planned for the family the next day. Kyle loves planning surprises, but doesn't usually like the waiting involved in actually surprising anyone, so he quickly broke down and told me that he had heard from a coworker about a company that lets you rent puppies by the hour, and will drop off and pick up the puppy for you at any local location you choose.
What.
No, seriously!
Perfect for a young apartment dwelling family with parents-who-refuse-to-own-a-dog-almost-ever like us.
So we picked a favorite park for a breakfast picnic, Kyle browsed the puppy selection and put in an hour reservation for Clint, a lab puppy for the very next morning!
The kids had no idea, we were just sitting and eating our breakfast when a woman came walking up with a puppy and handed it off to Kyle, and we told them that we get to play with this puppy for the next hour. They were so excited!
It took a few minutes for our typically dog-phobic (at least at first) children to warm up to the idea of petting and playing with Clint the puppy. He was so calm and good-natured, though, that it really didn't take long for all of them to fall in love with him.
This puppy sure did tire easily! He probably spent at least half of the time we had with him trying to take a nap! At least it was cooler for us to hang out in the shade and it made for easy petting:
We seriously had so much fun getting to play with a puppy for the morning. We are definitely thinking that this is something we just might make a family tradition every couple of months from now on! What a sweet and fun idea Kyle had!
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