A few weeks after adopting Batman we drove ten hours back home to CT. Batman luckily is great co-pilot and doesn't get car sick. He just enjoys the view out the window or sleeps.

My family has never owned a dog before so my parents were skeptical about having a puppy in the house, only because they were worried about him breaking things and using the entire house as a bathroom. Although all that changed when my parents received a full attack of love from batman when we got home.

It only took a day for my family to fall in love with batman and as days and weeks went by my parents could stop raving about how well trained, calm, and lovable Batman is.

Within the first month of having batman between him being three and four months old, Batman was able to learn the commands, come, sit, stay, lay down, leave it, and paw. As well as rarely going to the bathroom in the house, while home for four weeks Batman only went to the bathroom in the house about six times.

While home I found it hard to find places where I could trust batman off his leash without running away.  therefore, my dad and I ran a rope the distance of my backyard tying it from a tree to the back fence and attached the leash to the rope with a carabiner. It was great he was able to play fetch outside and explore the entire backyard, I plan on using it more when I go home.

Now back at school Batman is able to play more with other dogs his age. His best friend is an australian shepherd and pitbull mix named Rusko. My friend Paul is Rusko's owner and we take them to closed in areas at school where they can chase each other and fight over toys and sticks.

Since Rusko is 2 months older and Shepherds have a lot of energy Batman usually gets tired before Batman. Here is a picture with Rusko sitting on Batman, while Batman is trying to rest after playing for several hours.

I will be writing again next week with funny stories and new adventures and experiences with Batman.

I recently adopted a black lab and retriever mix puppy from the Guilford County Animal Shelter in Greensboro, NC in November.

My roommate Nick and I decided to go to the animal shelter to look dogs with the possibility of getting one. Upon arrival we could hear many dogs barking constantly. We went inside the building where the staff directed us to the back of the building with two separate warehouse size rooms each with several rows of cages with all types of dogs of all ages. When entering the room we could hear music playing over the loud barks of all the dogs, in which we could not help to relate this sad music that was playing to the Sarah Mclachlan commercials. It was already hard not to feel bad for these dogs being in these cages on a cold gray concrete floor, but hearing the music drenched me with sadness for these animals as well as pressuring me to adopt all of them.

We walked though each row until coming to one of the last few cages, we come across two brother and sister labs curled up together, Nick and I asked immediately to take them outside to play with them. After playing with the two puppies for just a few minutes I new I wanted one. Sadly I couldn’t get both and had to choose between the two, therefore I decided to adopt the male lab named BATMAN!!

Since then I have never been happier, as well as being organized and together. Batman has changed my life for the better thus far and I have only had him for just over a month.