[Deegan's mom]

Hi all - as you may or may not know by now my dh gave the permission to get/adopt Kricket. It took 4 days of pouting, tireless convincing and some tears, but he made me promise a few things.
So today we went and saw him and what a little sweetie he is!! So cute & so much like Deegan! I'm exstatic, but Julien isn't. He keeps bringing up the fact of how much extra work it will be and how he's happy with just one & not showing any enthusiasm at all. Now I feel bad, like I'm forcing it on him. I think that once he gets used to the new routine and stuff it won't be so bad. He's not big on change at all - he kinda acted like this when I first got Deegan too. I'm trying to reassure him that it won't be too much after we get Kricket settled, but he thins otherwise. I hope that it works out - for all of us.
Has anyone elses spouse acted like this when you were about to get a new dog that they didn't really want? What was the outcome?

AND Julien doesn't like the name Kricket - I think he wants to change it. I do to in a way, but it seems so hard since he's been called Kricket for 8 months while in the rescues care. (He was there 8 months because he had liver shunt surgery and they wanted to be sure he was fully recovered before adopting him out.) Has anyone ever change a dogs name? How did that go? Is it too confusing to the dog? So many questions and concerns - I want to do this good deed, but I pray that it goes smoothly.