Introducing.....Abby Clark!

Some may know this already- but there is a new Clark in town. Her name is Abby and she is an eight week old Golden Retriever. We were able to bring her home this past Tuesday.

A few months ago Greg decided we should add to our clan and found a wonderful breeder here in Carmel- and to our surprise her dog Lizzy was due shortly after Greg found her. Once Lizzy had the puppies (9 total!) we found out that we did indeed get the female we wanted. The litter had 7 boys and 2 girls. At about 3-4 weeks old we were invited over to see the puppies- Morgan and Elizabeth loved it. Not only did we get to visit once, but we went twice! And the entire time we waited to bring our puppy home, the breeder provided us with pictures of our puppy and her brothers and sister.

The puppies taking advantage of the nice weather we have had recently.

The nine puppies trying to drink from the same water bowl.

Sleepy time (Turns out that one with the red mark on her hip is our Abby!)

All piled on top of each other.

Once the puppies were born, we still didn't know which puppy was ours. We were second on the list for a female so we had to wait until the first person chose her puppy. So this was the first official picture of Abby Clark. Otherwise she was know as right- hip female.

Since she has been home we have been acclimating her to the Clark household. We've been spending a lot of time outside with her and the girls because the weather has been so nice! Here are a couple of peaks into life with Abby.

We showed her the deck and she got to splash in the water that Elizabeth spilled from the hose.

She has been investigating (and tasting) the flower pots on the deck.

She followed the flower tasting up with a little drink from a puddle.

And she has been enjoying chewing on the many sticks found in our back yard.

Now for those familiar with the Clark house you knew we already had a wonderful yellow Labrador retriever named Belle. After several weeks of worrying how Belle would take to a new puppy- she surprised us all and did wonderfully! For the most part Belle leaves Abby alone, but is getting better about interacting with Abby. Today I saw the two of them touch noses! I think the two of them will become friends in a matter of a week or two.

I think for the most part Abby is adjusting well to life with two kids, two adults, a dog and a cat. And the rest of us are adjusting to our new addition. I'm sure there will be many more posts to come on life with the newest Clark.