COVID crazy - Buddy

Quarantine is kicking our butts.  Carson especially has so much energy that none of us can keep up with him.  He has been asking and asking for a puppy since Hank died.  The answer was always a hard no.  Then COVID came.  Daddy and I talked and talked about it.  Despite knowing it was going to make travelling complicated in the future, we decided we could get a puppy.  But...that means Kayda has a pet, Carson has a pet.... that would leave Dillon out.  Turns out, Dillon has desperately wanted a bearded dragon.  We decide to pull the trigger.  We found a tank with some supplies we'd need on craigslist.  Then went and got a dragon!

We were able to get the bearded dragon before we could find a puppy so we got him first.  We all added possible names to a whiteboard and Dillon would erase them as he decided against them.  We came up with some pretty fun ones but Dillon decided to go the traditional route.  So we have Buddy the bearded dragon now. 

I'm adding to this from August 2021...

This picture is when Buddy had been with us for about a year.  Dillon got a harness with dragon wings from Grandma and Papa H for either Christmas or his birthday.  

After having Buddy for over a year we have discovered he is SUPER chill.  I've wandered around with him tucked into my vest, he'll just sit on you for a long time.  Every now and then he gets energetic and he will jump off the couch and go explore every nook and cranny he can find.  Ozzi makes him nervous for obvious reasons but there haven't been any problems between the two.  

We've taken Buddy outside a few times.  He hasn't been a real big fan.  He'll puff up his throat and turn black.  We're working on that.  Our friends that have a bearded dragons would take him to soccer practice in November!  I won't take him out then since it's so cold then, but he should be able to go with us most anywhere.  

Unfortunately, we can't bring him with us on ANY trips.  Our neighbor is really cool about swinging by every few days to give him water and some munchies, and he really likes Buddy too!