Athena Gibbs

Athena Athena Athena its hard to know where to start. I'd been itching for a puppy for a while and finally on a hot august sunday morning Justin gave in. We drove to the Humane Society thinking we'd be good animal lovers, save a life, share our home- all that good stuff. Well freak if you can adopt a human baby they MIGHT let you adopt a dog. We were turned down because the dog was going to be an inside and an outside dog which apparently isn't allowed (who ever heard of a dog being outside as a bad thing) but "oh well, fine!" I yelled and cried in the car "we'll get a puppy then!" We drove to Layton, and picked out their second to last puppy (we were going to name her I think Harley or something like that but... no) Athena!

And of course my mom was right "having a puppy is like having a baby" - ya sure mom, rrright a baby, ok... but seriously it is except babies have insurance for their health problems! I don't even want to think about how much money we've spent on her- she has hips of a twelve year old (hip dysplasia), multiple (and when I say multiple I mean for 3 + months) of Urinary Tract Infections so we'll be needing new carpet when she actually is potty trained, x- rays, swallowing rib bones WHOLE, and the most heartbreaking- hearing that we'll probably have to put her down in a few months (our fingers are still crossed).

So as I'm writing this ode to our dog what is she doing? She's chewing on a spoon she found somewhere behind our couch haha she'll eat anything but apples and carrots are her favorite.

Athena throws her own toys for herself (literally) she loves animals but is intimidated by big dogs so instead of playing with her own size she'll happily squish the pip squeaks who dare play with her. Ok enough writing about my dog I'm sure you hate it because I hate it when others actually think people care about their dog... but I just love her so much :)

xoxo