Margie

We went back and forth on this for a long time...trying to figure out what would work best for us. We love our Louie, but he is just so dang hyper sometimes. Several people who have multiple dogs chimed in to say that their dogs were so much calmer after getting a companion. Then we saw Margie. Margie is actually Louie's mom, and when we saw her posted on the breeders website as being retired and needing to find a family we decided to give it a shot. We figured the worst thing that would happen would be that we need to give her back if it didn't work out.

Margie was raised with the breeders grandchildren, and had 3 litter of pups (Louie was from her first litter). After the last litter, they decided that it was time for her to go to a new home. They really wanted to find her a home with young kids since she is such a "mother hen" as they put it. They said that she was happiest when the grandchildren were visiting and just loved all babies!

We brought her home last night and have been so happy with her so far! She is everything a bulldog is supposed to be...sweet, friendly and LAZY! The best part is that Louie seems so happy to have her with us. I know it hasn't been long yet, but so far just having a companion to be with has made him much less "needy" of our attention...thus seeming so much more calm. We shall see if it continues!

And for those wondering how I can handle it with all the kids here during the day??? The dogs spend most of the day outside, or playing in the basement. They come up and play for part of the day with the kids, but when things start getting hectic...they get sent downstairs to where we keep all the doggie toys!