Ode to My Dogs :-)

So I have two dogs, three if you count my boyfriend's dog in the mix....which I do! He too is like one of my babies. I am such an aminal lover and my dogs literally keep me sane, which is a big undertaking on their part! After Brett died and I spent the next year living alone, my two boys, Luke and Gino were all I had. Everytime I was upset they would both stay right by my side (like they weren't already always by my side). I felt better just having them there and safer too....because lets face it, living alone as a woman isn't a joke, especially where I was living at the time. Neither one of them could ever really "defend me" but I'll tell you what if someone broke it, I and the entire neighboorhood would know it.  I would like to introduce them to you.....

Lucas (aka, Dookie, Luke, Lukie, Shithead (my dad's fav lol)):
We got luke in April of 2008, my mom bought him for us from a pet store, which was never how Brett and I planned on getting our first dog but she was trying to make us feel better. A good friend of mine, Andre had passed away and I was pretty upset over the whole thing. One day she came home from work with this tiny little guy in her arms. She handed him over to me and I fell in love. Brett immediatley named him "Luke" because he had a dark mussle and reminded him of Darth Vader (I always thought Vader would have been a better name, but who am I lol).

This was the first night we had him....CUTE!

The story behind why she picked Luke was that she went to a pet store near where we lived and asked for a Boxer puppy.....they said all they had was Puggles. She looked them over and thought they weren't that cute so she asked if they had anymore dogs. The lady said they had a few more in the bad but they were "rejects" (how mean right?!). That was when she brought out Luke....he was considered a reject because he had the short mussle and was bread to have a longer one, he was discounted. Poor dookie!!! We loved him and thought he was great!!