17 days!?!

So crazy to think we've only been here for 17 days!! Blows my mind.

First and oh so important, the Poodle update: She's quieter now. Hardly barks. Way way less than before so I'm pleased :D

So, last post was on Monday? Biggest thing was that our family grew a bit more this week.
Since getting here we found out just how much we missed our dogs, and that unless we had an extra 2 grand laying around, it was going to stay that way. Rob and I are both big dog lovers and this week when we tried for the last time to look into bringing them over and were let down all over again, Rob said we could get another one trying to calm my tears.

*Commence doggy hunt* Dogs here are so expensive and many people won't sell to Americans. In the past we were told that people on post would abuse the right to buy dogs here and would get them and then mistreat them or leave them behind when they left again for the states. Plus, the language barrier wasn't helping us any. A few places we called about dogs didn't speak English, which made it a no-go lol

I looked on so many websites and also at shelter websites. Puppies were rare to find and many that I did find cost so much! At least over like 600 euro. (converting that to dollars is roughly 820 dollars) We found some German Shepherd puppies for 2,000 euro a piece!! So ridiculous. Even shelters still charged like 350 euro. We were super surprised. In the states we got Dug and Rex from the human society and each was only $150 - shots and fixed. So, with the cost factor, we started looking at a site they use here (like Craigslist back home) called Bookoo. A few of the wives here told us to look there and that they found their dogs on there. That is also where we found Kaela.

She's adorable. She's 3 years old now with her fourth birthday this coming October. We adopted her from a nearby German lady who was having health issues and was unable to give her the attention she needed. 200 euro for her, a few toys, food bowls, a leash, and her bed. Not a bad deal and she's wonderful. She is a Belgium Malinois.

And she sleeps like such a lady. Just her taking a little doggy nap.

This is the "bed" we got from her previous owner. It's a really big blanket that we folded up and she loves sleeping there.
In between jumping up on the bed to sleep with us, she's such a bed hog on our double bed lol

She's fitting in great and we know the boys will like her. Nice that she's bigger than both of them and will be able to hold her own :D Also, we were introduced to a lady that manages the Java Cafe on post and she said she knows two people that teach training classes for dogs. The husband trains the K9 unit on post and the wife the German police dogs off post. We'll probably get her enrolled in some classes. She behaves well but it can't hurt. Getting her to pull less when we walk her and listen a little better the first time around with commands will be nice. We're not sure if she's had any previous training but figured it'd be a good idea. She's really smart and her breed is commonly used as a working dogs (herding, police work, search and rescue, ect).

But, after we got her on Wednesday the rest of the week was rather chill. Rob passed the driving test this week and now has his International License *bonus for traveling* I just need to take it now!

Then, last night, we went out to another restaurant here in town, Bistro Pierrot at the Hotel Westrich. The food was AMAZING there as well. It was right across from our first restaurant adventure- Stadtkrug and next to the bar we always go to, the Knot.

Here is a little picture of the inside. 

I ordered the rahmschnitzel, which has a cheesy Alfredo ish sauce on it. It was amazing.

And Rob got another schnitzel that he didn't remember the name of.
Covered with sauteed onions, mushrooms and an egg.

After dinner we went out to the Knot for some drinks then back home to let out Kaela. All in all, another successful night. Even Kaela behaved. We asked the neighbors to let us know if she barked at all and she didn't. #win.

Then today, recovering from the night before, and doing homework. So much homework to keep me busy. One of the wives is having a ladies night at her place at 7 tonight. I'm super excited and it should be really fun, lots of people said they'd be there.

Now, it's time to go start getting ready! :D