Introducing my very own little puppy…

Enzo

Now you might be able to guess where my family got the idea for his name, but Enzo’s name also contains three of the four letters of their first Golden Retriever’s name, and has "NZ" in the middle – which is where we live, so his name is extra special to them. Of course your first two ideas about where this Italian name comes from are also correct.

He came home last Saturday, and this is the first time I have had to write about him. Enzo is a mini-me, he follows me around, barks lots when he wants to play or go outside, plays with my toys, has very tasty food (I’d forgotten what puppy food tastes like!) and makes us all smile.

If you read my earlier posts ( I'm getting a puppy and Puppy photos ), you will know that I first got to meet Enzo when he was five and a half weeks old! I was allowed to visit the ten puppies (although I had to be on the other side of the fence), and all the other Golden Retrievers that lived there, so when mum and dad came home on the 20th of February smelling again of puppies I knew something was up.

Picking our puppy on the 20th of February.

 

This is the one!

They told me how hard it was to choose. The process took them so long that the puppies even had a rest while they were deciding. I wish they could have brought all ten puppies home as that would have been so much fun, but after much playing, looking and thinking they picked the one with the black collar that kept following them around and snuggling into mum's lap because they fell in love with the mischievous look on his face, and they said that he reminded them of what I looked like when I was young.

Then last Saturday my humans disappeared for a while and left me home alone. Little did I know that it would be one of the last times I had the whole house and back yard to myself.

Pick up day (8 1/2 weeks old) with his teddy and mum.

 

The car ride home on mum's lap, while dad drove.

Getting used to our front yard

and to me.

I think we are going to be great friends!

Since Saturday Enzo has and I have had lots of human visitors – young and old, he has been to the vets for his nine week injections and check, and we have taken so much of mum’s time that she has hardly taken any photos, or visit your blogs or do things for herself especially as dad had to go overseas for work.

Anyway it is time for mum and I to play with him. I'll try to get mum to take some more photos for you, and hopefully she will find some "spare time" to visit your blogs and type to my thoughts (as I am unable to type with my big paws) about my little puppy on this blog.

Bye for now,

Woofs,
Riley