Brady the Lab

Brady the Lab

Good afternoon Tar Heels!

Today I want to tell you about this playful little puppy who is brand new to our beautiful town of Chapel Hill. His name is Brady (@bradydog12) and he's a 3-month-old yellow labrador retriever who just moved to Chapel Hill with his family. His parents moved here from Boston just a month ago and picked him up in Asheville on the way. As you may imagine, his parents are New England Patriots fans and named brady after the Patriots' QB Tom Brady. Though I love the name, I'm hoping we can turn these guys into Panthers fans! We'll see ;). Regardless of loyalties, I'm glad that this happy family moved to NC and I'm grateful Ali and Brady would join me for an interview. I luckily happened upon Brady's account on Instagram a few weeks ago and was thrilled to get to meet he and Ali in person. What a time for them to come to this little part of Heaven too! Everything is beautifully in bloom and there are tons of people around to provide lots of petting. We witnessed that first-hand last week on campus during our interview.

As I sat with Brady and his mom Ali at the Old Well, we were approached over and over by wide-eyed students longing for some puppy love. Meeting on campus at 3pm on a Wednesday afternoon, we managed to land ourselves in the middle of at least 10 tour groups full of prospective students and their parents. Of course, EVERYONE wanted to play with Brady... and he loved every minute of it. He had a bunch of toys he'd brought along too, including a red frisbee that he has taken a particular interest in. Since moving to this college town, Brady has sparked a strong connection with red solo cups, making me think this must be why the red frisbee seems so great. 

Because of all the prospective students having a drink from the Well, water was running everywhere. Brady played endlessly and got all wet and muddy. Leave it to a labrador to take advantage of any amount of water lying around! After one of his parents takes a shower at home, he'll immediately run in and play around in the water that's left. I'd love to see that in action! At least shower water is clean and he's pretty much giving himself a bath when he plays in it. Bet his mom loves that.

Though he's very playful and kind already, Brady has been going to Puppy Kindergarten to learn some more skills. He gets to be sociable with the other puppies there and his mom gets trained some too! He's looking forward to being able to go to the Dog Park in a couple of months when he's a little more grown up. Look out Dog Park dogs, this little pup will be there soon! After playing with a Great Dane and a German Shepherd over Easter Weekend, Brady knows he's ready for more interaction with other dogs. He played with a few different puppies during our time at the Old Well and made it very clear that he's good at making friends - both human and K9.

I loved meeting Brady and Ali and I hope to see them again before the end of the semester! If you spot them on campus, be sure to give them a kind welcome to our home! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and get to spend plenty of time with the pups and people you love.

Until next time,
Lily