Meet Rue

Kennedy was a mess with Tank passing. We told her we would get another pup and she could pick it out and name it but we wanted to get a girl this time so we could breed her to my dads dog. We went to look at a pup just to LOOK. The litter out of Delco Idaho that Tanks' out of were due to have pups in May and we were debating getting one from there. We ended up finding an add on KSL out of Syracuse and they had what we were looking for. We decided to drive down and see. We weren't planning on buying a pup. We didn't even take cash with us...however when we walked to the backyard we all fell in love with this little pup!! She has the sweetest most mellow personality and these huge loving eyes that just suck you right in. We ended up running to the ATM. Kennedy had told the breeder what happened to our dog and that we needed another one. They ended up giving us a hundred dollars off when we went to pay them. I started crying. 

Here is Rue at the house where we first got her

We took her by my parents and Chris's parents house. This little girl is only 10 weeks but she is HUGE. She is going to be a big dog.  We brought her home and she cuddled up next to Kennedys boot and went to sleep.

 The next morning we wanted to see if she would retrieve a wing. She did awesome.

 Miss K is smitten with her. She still misses Tank and wants to make a headstone for him. I told her we could and put it next to the kennel.. but this pup has been a good way to divert her attention. We struggled a long time with a name. Kennedy kept wanting to name her Katniss (from Hunger Games) but shes a hunting dog too so her name needs to be something short and easy to yell. We decided on Rue. She was Kennedy thinks its perfect! "Mom Rue was Katniss's best friend and Im Katniss so she needs to be Rue!" ...so Rue it is!