We moved To Kansas City the beginning of June, Simon was not satisfied at work so we agreed to expand his hunt to Kansas City. It seems our parent's generation are more than willing to stay in jobs they are unhappy with solely for a paycheck, Simon and I cannot function like that. Simon applied at Cerner, a very large medical software company headquartered in Kansas City and of course they loved him because he is awesome. I was very disappointed to leave St Louis and my friends and family but Simon needs a company he can grow with and enjoy.
We got ourselves together and to Kansas City and about 3 weeks, luckily Simon's parent's live here and helped us house hunt for a rental. We would have loved to just get a cheap apartment but with 2 dogs that really wasn't an option (we aren't consistent enough at going on walks and Hank barks in his kennel when we leave which would not be conducive to shared walls. All of our parent's and some good friends helped us move, I of course sat with my friends Kelly and we maintained care of the dogs and her daughter while the men did the heavy lifting.
Simon's step sister in law put in a good word for me at her work and I am a data entry and contract analyst at a logistics software company called Catapult International, I really enjoy the company atmosphere, the work and the flexibility. It's very interesting that both of us ended up working for software companies.
We are very disheartened to not have sold our house and are considering listing with a new agent. I do however feel very blessed that we are able to manage both houses and that both of our families have been very supportive. A huge weight will be lifted once we do sell, we would love to put more money away so we can hopefully buy a house within a few years.
We live in Overland Park Kansas which is a really great community, everything we want is within 15 minutes drive and the city is kept up very well. Of course the downside is that Overland Park is that it is expensive, our rent is higher than our mortgage and this is actually one of the cheaper places we looked at. We really do hope to stay in Johnson County even though we could definitely get more for our money on the Missouri side.
The dogs love our huge fenced in yard, but for the time being Hank is at "College" in Troy Missouri with my dad. Being a purebred Brittany from a long line of hunters he has quite the drive, and Dad has taken over his hunting lessons. We went with a hunting breed because especially in this part of the country most of the puppies come from puppy mills and health was very important to us. Simon is a hunter but not as committed as my Dad who loves the project of Hank.
There is definitely a difference between dogs bred to hunt and hunting breeds. Zoe, our beagle, is a hunting breed... a rabbit dog. She certainly loves to sniff but is very pleased to lie on the couch all day. Hank however was bred to hunt, he is the Grandson of Nolan's Last Bullet (a very google-able dog) a 32 time National field trial champ, his parents and other relatives are also winning hunters. He is driven to hunt, and he needs special attention. Why do I mention this? Whenever I would gripe about him terrorizing our home friends would say, "oh well we have a lab and he's great" or "I know some Brittany's and they are so mild tempered" I am sure those people are correct, but like Pitbulls bred to fight vs the adorable Pitbulls families own and let their children ride, there IS a difference.
Hank is learning quickly how to be a hunting dog. He is learning whoa means whoa and is learning whistle commands. He observed his first field trial this weekend. Opening quail in Missouri is November 1st so I hope to have him ready.
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