All of Mac and Shannon(‘s boyhood) dreams of owning a dog came true on July 25. Shelby Thor joined our family. We decided to let Mac pick out the name since this was his dream and he had his heart set on the name Shelby, whether it was a boy or girl. Daddy assured him that he works with a man with the name Shelby and so he decided that that would be his name. Patrick and I wanted Thor and tried with all our might to convince Mac, but no such luck. So we gave that to him as an honorary middle name.
He’s been a little more of a handful that Patrick thought he’d be, but he’s slowly adjusting…just not quite as excitedly as the rest of the family. Shelby is quite jumpy and nippy and when you’re only a hair taller than him, I guess that can be quite intimidating. Of course, it doesn’t help that Shelby goes a little more crazy with the boys than anyone else…We keep assuring Patrick it won’t last forever. Despite his puppy ‘issues’, we love Shelby and Mac is actually amazingly patient with him.
One of the few times Patrick was able to be with Shelby before he started his nipping.
