Exactly one year ago today, we picked up Fairytail Sullivan (Sully) from a breeder in Buffalo. I talked Andy into getting a puppy but it really wasn’t a hard sell. Andy is as crazy about dogs as I am. We were so devastated after losing our beloved Rex because it was so sudden and then when the rescue Great Pyrenees mix Baxter and Lucas did not get along and we had to re-home Baxter, we needed something to cheer us up. The Flat Coat breeder said the temperment of a  Flat Coat puppy would get along fine with (grumpy old) Lucas and he was right.

We brought him home on Good Friday and then proceeded to hide him when we had 60+ people over for the annual Easter Egg Hunt and Brunch because we felt it would be too much for him.

Boy those first six months were hell! Sully was crated in the dog room and hated it. He only let us sleep through the night when he was in bed with us and we had to wait until he was potty trained so that he could be trusted. That took six months. Six long, sleepless months. We took turns getting up in the midlle of the night. Thank God he was so cute!

This was his first bath. In the kitchen sink.

He terrorized everyone. Poor Rocky!

This is when he decided that he was too big to sit on my lap in the front seat of the car. He wanted to be in the back with his big brother. Broke my heart.

I’d say he had a pretty good first year. We moved him from Bath Road to East Lake Road in Penn Yan and then flew him to Italy. He’s been swimming and kyaking.  He has been on planes, trains, boats and automobiles! He has taken everything in stride and we could not love him any more!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY SULLY!