A new member of our family

So very out of the blue John and I decided to get another dog.
Our new friend and other AKK owner, Dana, texted me on the 20th of August saying that Heart of Texas (our breeder) had a 6 month old, red and white male for sale on their website. So out of curiosity we got online to see and emailed the breeder. It turns out that our breeder sold him to another breeder in Colorado to be a breeding dog but because he was a Cryptorchid(only dropped one testicle) he couldn't be bred and in Colorado they can only have 6 breeding dogs an she was at her limit. Well curiosity turned into interest pretty quickly and after a couple hours of emailing back and forth we had decided that we wanted to buy him. So this is all Dana's fault :) but it's a good fault and we're very happy that Makoa's a part of our lives now.

The picture that stole our hearts:




We drove to Colorado Friday the 4th to pick him up, we stayed at the breeders house for about 3 hours on the 5th just talking and letting him get use to us and then got ready for the ride home.
For most of the trip John sat in the back seat with him and he was very shy with us. He didn't want to get out of the car the few times we stopped and didn't really want to walk on the leash. I was pretty nervous that he was going to have a hard time adjusting to us.
we stopped at John's parents house to pick up Enna and let them get to know each other on neutral ground. Well Enna loved him immediately, she was jumping all over him wanting him to play. He wasn't too sure about her.
We took them both home and let him walk around the house and play in the back yard together. He did much better with Enna at home and started playing with her and coming up to us.



Now that its been a few days with him we couldn't imagine our lives without him. Enna and Makoa love each other, they have really similar personalities (except he's a little more people friendly) and he's really starting to bond with us. He has taken a real liking to John and whines when John leaves the room, its really sweet.


I think we're set on pets for a while now, but he's a gem and I'm glad Dana texted me that day!