Puppy Love

While I think there is no end all event that a couple can go through in order to tell whether or not a person is the "the one" but I truly believe buying a puppy with that certain someone can help really gauge the depths of your relationship and when its all over at least you have a cute dog at the end of the deal.... or not.

1. Naming the Puppy
Although names for puppies can be creative, if your boyfriend wants to name the puppy Gangsta, Pyru, Murda, Ben Ladin or anything violence associated it might mean that he knows Micheal Vick... or really that this dog is nothing more than a toy to him that he will probably get tired of after a while rather than a loving addition to your relationship.

2. Dog Duty
Depending on how old the puppy is, it is important that it is treated like a baby and has constant attention which means there has to be a lot of doggy sitting that occurs. If your boyfriend is suppose to pick up the puppy at noon so you can go run errands, but he doesn't call until 3pm to tell you that he overslept then that should let you know alot of things. Number one he isn't dependable and number two he needs to have more to do than have long ass naps in the middle of the day.

3. Midnight Madness
While the other two signs were important I think this is the deal breaker. When the puppy who is probably sleep at your bedside or maybe in the bathroom is crying how your boyfriend acts is important. But not the first day....nope that's too easy. After a week of the pup waking up and doing its usually whimpers at 2am if your boyfriend -who slept through the entire time you had to wake up and feed event- looks at you the next morning as you sleepily get ready and tells you that you guys should give the puppy away because it keeps you guys up at night - then right there you know he isn't the guy for you! Or at least don't expect him to wake up when your child is crying in the middle of the night.

Unfortunately for me I had to experience these events first hand.... yep he tried to name her Damu (the name of the Blood gang)... but luckily we were only friends attempting to care for a dog. But after experiencing it I realized that it is the perfect way to really figure out if this is the guy that you can have a family with, and if not you can always give the puppy up like we did :( (Yes he sggested it that next morning)

always&forever.

Franchise