We added to our family Friday.  He's a tiny little bundle of joy named Cruiser.  He's a Yorkie that I adopted from our animal shelter.

My friend has a Yorkie named Cooper, and I am completely in love with that dog.  He is full of energy and life, and he has a big dog's heart in a tiny little body. He's cuddly one second, and en garde the next.  I admire that!  I have wanted a purse dog for several years, so I started looking at Petfinder.com to see if I could find one at a local shelter.  I didn't see any, but I went to a couple of shelters to look at the dogs they have.

When I went to the Liberty shelter, they were closed, but one of the officers was there playing with and taking care of the dogs.  She invited me to take a look.  At first, I didn't see the little face peeking out at me from behind the wooden gate.  Then Emily's boyfriend said, "Oh!  It's Cooper!"  Sure enough, out pops the cutest, most adorable little Yorkie face I'd seen.  It was love at first site.  I was allowed to love on him, and I took advantage of that.  I learned that he would be up for adoption in 5 days.  In the meantime, i went to the shelter daily and played with and bonded with him. 

Thursday, the adoption became final, and Friday, I picked him up at the vet after his shots and neuter.  It's been a constant love fest since then.  He's definitely MY dog. I'm sure he's struggling today, because I'm working for the first time since he's joined the family.  Friday night, I'm taking him out to get him a sweater because it's getting cool outside.  He gets along great with Daisy and Toby.  He keeps me safe from all the boogeymen in the house.  He cuddles me 24/7.