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I meant to post a recipe for Rum Raisin Cheesecake days ago – even adding a teaser post about the recipe on Facebook and then the little fellow above came into my life.

And I was pretty much dominated by those big blue eyes and puppy breath for a full 72 hours. My dad had been talking nonstop about getting a puppy for the last month. On Christmas, he opened the watch we got him – gushed about it, sighed and said, “I honestly thought you were going to get me a pup.”

Being that Jared and I are pretty much best kids on the planet, we began our search that night. Within 24 hours I located an amazingly gorgeous, Shih-Tzu – Yorkie Mix puppy for my dad. We lured him out to our house with the promise of my special New Year’s Day, Herb Crusted Pork Loin and allowed him to discover the puppy that had nestled himself under our coffee table.

We called him all sorts of old man names like Harry, Herb, Wilbur, and Walden – but Louie seemed to be the winner. Louie then affectionately turned into Lou, Lou-Lou and then Shit Head after he relieved himself twice on my cream tree skirt.

My dad’s reaction was pretty much priceless – he high-fived me then gave me the best hug ever. The next six hours were full of puppy play, huge smiles, and lots of pork and sauerkraut. Louie and my dad have now settled into their new life together and I’m pretty certain that Louie couldn’t have found a better dad!

I’ll be back tomorrow night with the aforementioned cheesecake, but until then – I’ll leave you with this:

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84 Comments

  1. Traci D. Haley says:

    Dear lawd, that dog is cute!

    I hope you’ll post pictures of what he looks like grown up :)

  2. Ryan says:

    Oh my goodness… sweetest little puppy I have ever seen! So, so cute!! :) And a great name!
    Happy New Year! :)

  3. Nancy Letson says:

    That’s an adorable puppy. Many happy hours ahead for both of them.

  4. Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction says:

    Aww! Is there anything cuter than a sleeping puppy? :)

  5. Heather @ Bake, Run, Live says:

    How precious!
    My brother had a dalmation who was deaf, so he taught her to obey, with his own kind of sign-language. When he was mad at her for not “listening” to him, he would give her the finger, and she immediately would run over to his side. It was so funny- he never could yell at her for that!

  6. Nancy says:

    I don’t care what kind of day I am having, you and your blog of recipes, etc. always makes me feel better, especially this post. It just warms my heart. Thank you for a wonderful and touching post.

  7. Acies says:

    Hahaha, that’s an awesome story XD Your family is awesome! If only my family is just as enthusiastic about getting another pet =3 Actually, my dad is crazy about cats.. when I told him my landlord’s cats were sleeping on my side of the bed so I had to move them, he told me to just move myself and let the cats have my bed O_o but too bad he’s not crazy enough to convince my grandma that we should get our own cat/dog and that he’d help take care of it…..

  8. Karen Lynch says:

    Awwwww!! Puppies are so precious. And great for snuggling with on cold winter nights. Your dad will enjoy 2012 even more now and puppies encourage healthy lifestyles with walks.

  9. Jaime says:

    Puppy love! He’s beautiful! Thanks for sharing! :)