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How we got Bailey

On December 7th, it will be three years since we got our Golden Doodle Bailey so I thought I’d share the story.

Never a Good Time

It was never a good time to have a dog. When I was in college, I was living in an apartment that did not allow pets and the dog would have to stay at my boyfriend's house (who later became fiancé and husband) and I usually only saw my boyfriend two or three times a week. Therefore at that point in my life it was not a good time for me to get a dog. 


2016 - Boyfriend had become fiancé, I was completing my student teaching and preparing to graduate in December. Due to graduating in December I no longer had the college apartment because you had to lease apartments for a year and there was no point when I would be done half way through the year. I was living between my mom's house and with my fiancé. In other words, my living arrangements were not ideal to have a dog. 


2017 - This year started off with me beginning my teaching career. We lived with my fiance's parents from December to July while our new home was being built. We moved into the new house in July, and were married in August. I was teaching during the day and working in a dress store in the evenings and most weekends. My husband is in construction and that year he was working a lot over time. Once again, it was not a good time in our lives to have a dog. 


2019 - I was stable in my teaching career and no longer was working two jobs. I WANTED A DOG!!! My husband was not really in favor of the idea. In October, I went to the doctor because we had been trying to have a baby for the last 16 months and were unsuccessful. In November, I had to have emergency surgery because a cyst on my ovary erupted and there were three more cyst that the doctor decided to go in and remove. That’s when I was diagnosed with endometriosis. In between my surgery and post surgery visit. I had really been on the dog kick, my husband's father and brother were even getting on him to get me a dog, he still wasn’t on board. After my post surgery appointment, the doctor referred me to a fertility specialist and I had just hit the breaking point with the whole fertility and not being pregnant situation. One day out of the blue husband was like, let's get a dog. I really wanted a miniature Goldendoodle, and husbands exact words were “We are going to look around for a while to find a good one, we are not going to just go get one”. So the research began.


Everyone Meet Bailey

On December 7th, my husband and I were Christmas shopping in Robinson. We sat down for a nice lunch. I was emailing with a few breeders in Virginia and Tennessee about the Goldendoodles they were selling. There was a pet store close by, Pet Land, and we decided to go check it out, “just for fun” as my husband said. As we were looking at the puppies, I asked the sales lady to call us if they got a miniature Goldendoodle. Her response was, we just got one the other day. Would you like to hold her? The answer was an obvious YES!! We were sitting in the little dog playing area, and the sales lady handed the puppy to my husband. He was instantly in love, I will never forget the look on his face. He looked at me and said, “she’s cool” and he continued to make over her and then he looked at me and said, “well take her home today”. I went through the roof with excitement. We filled out the paperwork and got all the necessary items to bring home a puppy. I will never forget walking Bailey out to my husband's truck. I was holding onto her so tight because I was scared I would drop her and never be able to catch her.


Life With Bailey

Bailey is the best dog anyone could ask for. I would 10/10 recommend a Goldendoodle. She was so easy to house train, wouldn’t harm a soul and she really got me through some difficult times. She is also a great big sister. Bailey’s only downfall is that she loves my husband more than she likes me and I’m the one who wanted her in the first place!!!!



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