Well, Ted E. Bear got his name quickly...
For Christmas DH surprised me, the biggest surprise from him since my engagement ring many years ago, LOL! We were at a birthday party for my 23 year old son in September, and his best friend's girlfriend showed up with a Yorkie and I went nuts over him. I said out loud that I'd LOVE to have one just like him, jokingly, because I knew hubby would NEVER go for having a little dog. (We previously had a great dane and whenever I'd mention a little dog, hubby would say, "No, how about a GSD?") After the party and before Christmas, DH phoned our son at college and told him to get all the info on his friends yorkie. His friend is from down in Tennessee. DH sent our son a check for the amount and told him to go to that exact same breeder and to get me one exactly like his friends. The breeder was a 3 hour drive for my son!
Anyhow, long story short, on Christmas, our son and his girlfriend came in from college and they walked through the door with a blue baby blanket and she was cradling something... it was a 10 wk old yorkie puppy!!! She sat it next to me and everyone shouted MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! I cried and squeeled like I just won the showcase of prizes on "The Price is Right"!!! I remember the first thing that I said was "Oh, he looks just like a teddy bear, I want to name him Teddy." My DH replied, "I am a 300lb man (a former football player) and It's bad enough that I am going to have a 5 lb dog, but I draw the line at hollering for "Teddy", but I guess I wouldn't mind yelling for "Bear". So, he is registered as Ted E. Bear! He is a tightwad so he joked forever about Bear being the most expensive price per lb. thing he's ever bought in his life!
I have to say that I was raised on a farm with TONS of animals. We bred horses, cattle, show rabbits, and show dogs. We had cats, chickens, ducks, and homing pigeons; but, I have bonded with this pup like I've never bonded with any animal before, ever. I think that a bond this strong doesn't come along every day.
My puppy has slept in my lap (or on me), night and day since day one. He is absolutely perfect and I am "eat up" with him! Sorry, this reply is probably longer than you were wanting, but I had to share. Thank You!
