Welcome to the family

Yesterday we had a new member join our family... a five-week old pompek puppy! A pompek, for those of you who do not know (like me just three days ago!), is a cross between a pomrenian and a pekingese, a very popular breed of dogs in Trinidad. They come in two varieties - fluffy ones and short haired ones. We got a very cute greyish brown fluffy one with a broad white band around its neck. We all are still thinking of an appropriate name but concensus seems to be coalescing around "Calypso".

We, (or, more exactly my wife) had thought about getting our kids a dog for some time now as they are good for teaching kids discipline and responsibility. Also, our daughter is some what afraid of animals and this seemed like a good way to get her used to them. So yesterday we decided to travel to Port of Spain to look for one. After checking several pet shops during the course of the morning we decided to return to the very first one that we had visited in the morning and where we had spotted this grey-brown and white ball of fur in his little cage that he shared with two other friends. He seemed to be the more curious and friendlier one of the three and so resulted to be the winner.

More posts and some pictures on Calypso (?) will be upcoming periodically.