Throwback Thursday: Tucker

Throwback Thursday... to the day I adopted Tucker. 

While I was growing up, I had a dog named Cocoa. She was a cocker spaniel and I loved her to death. When I left for college I missed having a dog around the house, but knew that I did not have the time, as a college student, to take care of a puppy. 

I started browsing dog adoption websites while I was abroad in Italy. I had just found out that I was going to be staying in College Station and attending grad school and I thought that I'd have more time as a graduate student to raise a puppy. 

After returning to College Station and graduating the next day, Megan and I only waited about a week before we took a trip to the Montgomery County Animal Shelter. She was going to be my partner in crime, as usual. 

The shelter was overcrowded with animals at the time and were doing adoptions for half off. Megan and I spent about 30 minutes playing with different puppies and enjoying all the puppy kisses before we spotted a little, brown fur ball. He was 3 pounds and 4 ounces and a shelter staff member told me the person who dropped him and his litter-mates off said they were a boarder collie mix. 

He went through a 6-8 month period when I had no idea what he was going to end up looking like full-grown. He went from tiny fur ball to pomeranian lookalike to an adorable, hairy dog.