Lucy is our sweet baby girl with golden/white color and has the same beautiful marks like Finn: White booties, white bib, white neckline, white tip tail, plus one cute white dipped-paint ear and a tiny nose. While Finn has one brown eye and one blue eye (I know, being a pure breed himself, it's insane), Lucy has brown and almost hazel eyes. Lucy was born on March, 23rd to a litter of Finn's mother.
I jumped the gun and talked to my husband that getting our second pup now is probably a good time rather than later. He seconded that and I let the breeder know that I will drive the next day for 2 hours and a half see the litter and their temperament only to learn that the litter is from the same mother of Finn. After hours of playing with the litter, I ended up choosing Lucy. Because like Finn, she's hiding away from me and she has most Finn's characteristics.
Upon her arrival to her new permanent home, we introduced her to Finn with her being in the crate first. She's dramatically scared of Finn. Finn, on the other hand, was so happy to see a puppy. The first night, I slept downstair with her knowing that she's scared for being away from her littermate for the first time and plus, I needed to take her out for potty every 2 hours. During the first few nights, every time I took her out, Finn came along. Finn and I didn't get much sleep and we both were groggy during the day. You see, that is my companion right there, my boy Finnegan. 😂 After the first new nights, Lucy didn’t cry anymore and she slept longer without the need to go potty. We let her sleep upstair with us but in the crate and I only need to take her out 2 times during the night and gradual to one time and now being at only 4 months, she graduated from sleeping in the crate to sleeping in her bed.
Lucy has been doing so great at her training. She picked up things quickly. And I think, for one, because she has personality of wanting to please while Finn, on the other hand, wants to do things on his term. Secondly she has Finn to guide her in term of house rules, so she just follows what Finn does and sometimes if she does anything that Finn knows she's not supposed to, Finn would yell at her. Haha. For example, Lucy jumped on our bed and I put her down and told her, 'No jumping on bed!' She tried again and again. After the 3rd attempt, Finn yelled at her trying to tell her, 'Don't you hear Mama say, no jumping? Bed is off limit.' She stopped and went to sulk under the bed. Haha.
Having Lucy with us made me realized how much Finn has changed so much overnight into a more mature dog and how closed I am with him. Finn and I have created a special canine bond that nobody would understand. Because if you don't have a dog or if you have dog but you just treat them as pet, you won't experience an unspoken deeper connection with your canine companion. We treat them like family members and I can't wait to create a special bond with Miss Lucy. The special bond with our canine, just like human relationship, come from care; attention; training; disciplines; adventures and all the things you do with them. My husband doesn't have that connection with them like I do because he doesn't personally train and discipline them other than feeding them when I'm at work and spoiling them with foods and treats.
Why FINNEGAN (FINN)? Because husband likes a novel by Mark Twain, The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn. I like Finnegan, an Irish name, for that it's a very sweet name and it means, 'Fair' in term of complexion which is the opposite of his complexion. Haha. I might go with Huckle, but Finn doesn't look Huckle at all!
Why LUCY? Because husband likes Lucy in comic strip Peanuts who has a slight crush on Charlie Brown and I like it because I joked with husband a lot that he keeps calling our neighbor dog, Lucy, when her name is Judy. Now he can get his own Lucy, which he's usually call her, Lu.
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