Congrats Veritek! So happy for you!

@Copa – congrats on your puppy too! I don’t recall…what kind of pup? How are things going so far??

@Rangerchic He’s a shaggy mop! He’s some kind of poodle mix — they think Aussiedoodle but you never really know with rescues! (If you search for Alive Rescue Chicago on Facebook, they recently posted a picture of his sister Cleo being adopted. He looks very similar.) He’s adorable. I’m doing the foster-to-adopt thing, so he’s still not mine-mine. A little nervous he’s going to grow up to be huge. Things are going alright so far. We’ve already had a few accidents, and he seems to have a favorite spot on one of my rugs, so I’m going to clean it as thoroughly as I can tonight then roll it up and store it for awhile. He’s maybe 4-5 months old, so… accidents happen! I bought a new odor eliminator product for carpet and wee-wee pads during my lunch break. I really didn’t want a puppy (we can’t help who we fall in love with, amirite!?), so I’m hoping the rest of his puppy months aren’t awful. My neighbor also has a dog and is also single so we’re basically now BFF and trying to help one another out with our fur babies as much as possible. We have opposite work schedules and came up with a walk schedule so that neither of us has to hire a walker, which is honestly a huge relief.

Side note: The guy I just started talking to last night, one of the companies he works with sponsors my rescue. It’s not a huge organization and isn’t well-known, even in my city (although oddly enough an out-of-state DW-er had heard of them and mentioned it once on this thread!). Turns out, he likes going to their events and is also involved with them. It’s a small thing, and at the end of the day means very little about how we’ll get along in person, but it seems like he may be somewhat of a missed connection.

Tell us more about this wine culture at work! My company has a lot of alcohol in the work fridge, but we’re not like one of those “cool” companies that has a beer cart come around at 4 p.m. or whatever.

Yeah, the past couple months have been quite busy for me, so I feel overwhelmed right now adding a puppy into the mix — but things should die down in a couple weeks with my last work trip. Then we’ll sign up for Polite Puppy class that I’m sure will benefit both of us. My neighbor sent me the cutest picture updates on their afternoon walk. I’m so happy he wasn’t alone in his crate all day.

What a happy few updates. Congratulations on the job Veritek! Where in Aus will you be travelling to, sounds kind of like you’d be heading to wine country. Hunter Valley, Bowral region, Barossa…. I’m intrigued!

Copa if your puppy looks like Cleo he must be sooooo cute. I love ragamuffin type dogs.

Oh that will be awesome, they’re all amazing. The Hunter Valley in NSW and the Barossa in South Australia are the biggest and they’re both pretty gorgeous. Hopefully you won’t have to go in high summer, they both can get pretty hot.