Oh My goodness this is so wonderful yet sad in the same breathe! You are so wonderful to take them all and give them love! I got my Chi from Ohio I found her on the internet as I really wanted a female and all I could fine was males this breeder had 5 dog give birth accidentally and she was diagnosed with Leukemia and had put them on special pricing to help find homes...So I really do feel like I rescued her form a terrible outcome the lady was planning on keeping her to breed. Thank goodness I talked to her the night before I went and got her and that was that! Ellen
--- In [email protected], "chi_of_my_heart" <carols...@...> wrote: > > > Thank you for the warm welcome. My Chi family started a few years ago > when I became an empty nester and felt a Chi baby was just what I > needed! So I welcomed in the house the sweetest little 1 pound fawn > female I lovingly named Muchacha Marie. Then almost a year went by and I > had a spoiled little momma's girl with an extensive frilly wardrobe! > > Then my dearset friend passed away and her Bella Rose, a five year old > Chi, came to live we us. Shortly after Bella I contacted a rescue that > had a fine looking older Chi boy. I feel in love! So I applied to adopt > him and when they did a home vist and brought him along they also > brought another older female Chi. They had both been removed from a > backyard breeder and needed some real love. We welcomed Chib- Man-Do, > Chibbie and Mulauni Blue, A pretty blue merle. > > It was at this point my husband said this is enough. Four Chi's for four > grown kids! Yeah, okay. > > One evening when I was leaving work my phone rang and it was the rescue. > They had made another sweep at the backyard breeder and found a 5 week > old Chi female believed to be Chibbie's daughter. Would I please take > her. So I thought about it for 2 seconds and said yes. Now hubby wasn't > so sure. I reminded him that when Jane was alive he and Jane said if > there was an after life they wanted to return as my Chihuahua. Thus, my > newest little girl came home and was named, Rebecca Jane Cooper, after > Jane. We call her Cooper or Coop. The more you have the shorter the > names. > > I was now satisfied I had fulfilled all my emptyness and even believe > some of Jane was around me. So I was done. Well ... My father inlaw > became ill last year and he passed away. My mother inlaw was so lonely > and sad. She needed some responsibility in her life. So, I located a > sancutary I never new exsisted in my own back yard and got her a little > female (Amish puppy mill) girl name Ester. But while I was picking up > Esther I seen this small little shy gal that could barely walk. Tanya, > the sancutary owner, ask if I could take her. She had been bread for > over eight years it seems. She said no fee, she just needs a good home. > Well hubby said , NO, we only came for Esther. We were heading out the > door and he said, okay but she is the last one. I was so happy we took > her. She has bilateral lactating patellas and a hugh hernia. We had the > hernia fixed, but after to specialists examines her they felt she had > this from birth, a genitic defect, and surgery was not going to be the > answer. She was able to walk and was not in pain. (Think of all those > puppies she had in eight years. They all will have this disorder!) > > Well we took Esther to Florida for Hubby's mom and they love each other. > That felt so good. My family was all complete. > > In March I began to volunteer weekends at the Sanctuary. I love it > there. Cats, dogs, goats, rabbit, horses, you name it. Trouble is there > are some animals that can't be adopted or so they said. I met Pablo a > white and black chi with a zest for life. Trouble is he bit a young > child who squeezed him to hard. The father took him to the pound and he > was slated for a shot of sleepy drug. Tanya brought him to the sancuary > several years ago and well I brought him home to have play dates with my > girls and Chibbie. He loved it there and one weekend Tanya said he could > stay as long as we kept him forever. Pablo wouldn't hurt a flea, unless > it hurt him first! > > Working at the sanctuary can be hard. There are lots of dogs from the > puppy mills in Ohio. Most have something wrong with them. Gracie was one > of those little ones. A four pound chi that tried to pass a litter and > nearly died. The farmer decided we could take her. She wasn't a money > maker. She was so afraid of everyone. She had lost half her foot and her > tail from the wire cage. She would bite if you got too close or tried to > pick her up. Put she was so tiny and sad I just wanted her to know what > love and kindness was. So I spent weekends sitting in the dog run with > her. Soon would take food, but not let me touch her. One day I covered > her with a blanket and held her, she was okay so I continued that until > I felt safe with her. I took her home a few months ago and she sleeps > under my chin. She now knows love! > > I found some friends with same interests and recently two older chi's > 10-14 years old were dumped in a small town, word traveled and well I > probably don't need to explain this one. I have Granny "Carmen > Elizabeth" and Prissy "Priscilla Louise". They are not real healthy, > have no teeth, and one is blind. They may not live too much longer, but > they know love. > > I have decided that my ten Chi's are my world but I have a rather full > house. I live in the country and have land for them, but they are lap > lovers, not land lovers. So for now even I know my limits. We are a > happy ten chi family, two cats and my hubby has his two chocolate labs, > Ohyeah I forgot to mention Ricky and Lucy, Steven's babies. Thank > goodness for heated kennels! > > Well this is our story and I really do hope that the next time you think > about a new chi, think about the barely used rescues out there. They are > everywhere! > ------------------------------------ " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/join (Yahoo! 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