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I love when I make plans to travel….. and then the universe delivers a huge slap, and says- nope. Not today, ma’am! although I do have to say that I will forever believe that all things happen for a reason, and it all eventually works out exactly as it’s meant to….. yadda yadda… you know the spiel🤷🏻‍♀️ My nephew’s birthday is this weekend, and I really wanted to be there to celebrate. Not only that, but I wanted to help my sister get things set up, and then help clean up after the chaos of multiple wild animal children, and our huge, Mennonite-ish family leaves the kind of mess only ‘those’ kind of gathering and families can leave. Of course, tropical storm Mario😵‍💫 had to make an appearance and ruin it all. Ugh. That’s life, I guess.

Because I wasn’t able to head out of town, I went to go meet some puppies that a rescue lady in Hesperia had posted on book of faces…… and happily decided to bring one home! He is a chiweenie (dachshund\chihuahua), according to the lady….. but, I think i may do a DNA test on him to find out for sure. He is one of the SWEETEST pups I’ve ever met, and we all love him already. She also gave me an approximate age, which is NOT correct lol! She said he is 9-10 weeks old….. but, this dude has lil cojones dropping down, and he lifts his leg to pee. He does still only have baby teeth, so I am estimating him to be between 12-16 weeks old…. I guess we’ll see what the vet says! In any case, he is very well behaved, potty-trained, and very smart. He walks well on a leash, and is overall just a super good boy. Next up is micro chipping, well puppy check up, and his next round of shots and oh yeah! His name is Fenrir Sparrow….. Fen for short.

It’s been so long since I’ve had a puppy, I forgot how exhausting it is! Crate training is going much better than expected, and I am so proud of my little Fenrir Sparrow….. he’s so smart!

A little about him- He is a dachshund chihuahua mix (chiweenie) and he is between 12-16 weeks old by my estimations, although the rescue I got him from said 9-10 weeks. I suspect he is closer to the 16 week mark because his lil’ cojones are dropping and visible, and he lifts his leg to pee. I don’t think he is older than that because he still has all his baby teeth….. no big boy fangs yet! He weighs between 5-10lbs, and I highly doubt he will weigh much more than that when he’s full grown because of his age and breed. We’ve started working on basic commands, and he is such a quick learner! (definitely much less stubborn than my other doxies!) We’ll be having our first Vet visit on October 1st, so hopefully they’ll be able to give me a better idea of exactly how old he is.

In the mean time, everyone is adjusting and learning each other’s limits and doing a super job at it! Fen is so respectful of the older dogs…..even though he wants to play with them so so bad, hahaha! I’ve made him a Tik Tok of his own, so if anyone would like to give us a follow it’s Fen the Fearless.

In other news, I made the viral dumpling bake….. and let me tell you- if you haven’t tried it, you’re missing out! Let me know if you want the recipe in the comments, and Ill post it! The cabbage boil is next, and I am absolutely drooling over the idea of it, because I LOVE me some cabbage! I think I’ll make some Mennonite meatballs from my auntie’s cookbook to go with it! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.