Meet Eddy Cosmo!

Well, at least that's what I think we should call him, since he was born in Eddyville.

(EDIT: Mom was out-voted, 3-to-1! Ben voted for "Robby", I was stuck on "Eddy", but everyone else loved "Cosmo" at McDonald's this afternoon, so Cosmo it is!)

He needs one more week with his mama, and then we can bring him home. He lives on a small farm now, with cattle right across the one-lane dirt road.

The suburbs will be shocking!

We do have a veterinarian within walking distance, and West Des Moines even has hours set aside at the local pools for dog swimming. Really! So, it won't be like a farm, but I'm pretty sure Eddy Cosmo will adjust smoothly.

We met mama and papa. Papa is 110 pounds, with mama not far behind. They are both four years old. And just like any other four-year-olds, they were very curious about Ben. Papa gave Ben quite a fright trying to kiss him, since Ben is a wee bit shorter than the dog! Ben started crying, and both mama and papa backed off and looked up at me with the sorriest little faces I've ever seen, as if they wanted to say, "Gee, we're sorry! We just wanted to make friends! We didn't mean to scare the poor kid! HONEST!"

(I'll post pictures of the whole family next week when we add Eddy Cosmo to ours.)

Seeing those two huge dogs act so sweet and kind, given their enormous size? I'm sold.

And, oh boy, are those little puppies soft. Eddy Cosmo has two brothers and three sisters. The sisters are all yellow labs (they got that from their father, whose grandfather was a yellow lab), and the brothers are all chocolate labs like Eddy.

See, doesn't it just sound nice? EDDY? :) (Yeah, until you get overruled!)

I should have been doing this already, but today I'm stocking up on books regarding labrador care. We have a week to prepare and accumulate supplies. A metric ton of food, too, I understand.