Nicole Lyn

This little guy right here. This is Bucket. People always ask “Bucket? How did he get that name?” and I explain that he comes from a big basketball family. He’s tiny but has a mighty personality. I always said I would NEVER have (what I call) a “groomable” dog…meaning a small dog. From everything I’ve ever known, small dogs are a LOT. Keeping them groomed, they get stinkier, but that’s not even the half of it. They have this tenacity (sometimes aggression if unchecked) that I’m just not used to with my lab. On June 27th of 2025, I got a call from a friend that said he could no longer have his dog and didn’t know what to do. I could tell it was hard for him. And because of circumstances surrounding it, the person who had him for a while could no longer keep him. I knew I was to take him, prayed about it and almost immediately I knew. I was determined to give him the best life I could. He changed our life for sure, but immediately became part of our family and I could tell he felt safe and loved. People asked me “does Kylo do ok with him?” because after witnessing Bucket, they knew he wasn’t an easy one 🥴. I would tell them that it was only because of Kylo that I knew it would be okay. Kylo is finally realizing he’s not going anywhere and honestly, I think Bucket’s grown on him. From being terrified of our elevator (and basically everything at first) to walking around like he owns the place, he has come a long way. June 27 was when I got the call last year and I met him on June 28th to welcome him to my home. My son @daveyjones_lobster was VERY instrumental in helping to acclimate him and train him, because he’s really good with dogs. There were times he’d shake his head at me and say “this little Bucket you brought in” and stuff like that, because Bucket was difficult and a LOT of work. But it was soon that you could tell how fond they even were of each other. Bucket wouldn’t leave my side when I had Covid last year (and still rarely does lol). Anyway, I missed his “gotcha day” last month because of how crazy busy my life was and I was dealing with some of my own adjustments, but I wanted to take a moment to celebrate this guy, the one I never knew I needed.