They are beautiful! Poor little dogs.... What a bad life until you found them! You have made a huge difference in their lives and they in yours. I loved reading all about them! Mj
>From My iPad On Oct 27, 2010, at 1:05 AM, Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> wrote: Hi All! Now that I have my email straightened out, I would like to introduce myself and my girls. Gigi was recently adopted from E-bay classified. A college girl offered her for a free adoption. She only had Gigi for one month and decided she had to go back to college and couldn't keep her. She said that she adopted her from a woman who also previously had her on E-bay and had her for two months. This woman claims that she adopted Gigi from a shelter, which means that some one had to have owned her prior to being in the shelter, which means that within a three and a half month period, Gigi had now been shuffled around five times! The woman claimed that Gigi was only two or three years old, and not house broken which is why she didn't want her anymore. The whole story was fishy because after having looked at Gigi, you could tell that she was over five years old and she had a c-section scar and her teats were very large for a 6 pound dog. My guess was that she was from a backyard breeder, probably by the same woman who claimed to have adopted her from the shelter. When I asked the college girl for her rabies tag/certificate she said that the woman never gave them to her. She did email the woman and the woman said that she didn't have any papers or info on her because she came from a shelter. We all know that no matter what state you live in, dogs are not released from a shelter for adoption unless they are given a rabies shot first. It's a federal law. Although I knew that she was going to cost a small fortune in Vet bills, (which she has) I felt so bad for her, that no one had given her the attention that she really needs. The thought of her being shuffled around anymore was killing me, so I took her. She has finally found her forever home! It was the best decision I have ever made. She is such a sweet joy to me! During the first week of me having her, poor Gigi goes into heat. Her teeth were very bad and they were causing her a lot of pain, although it didn't seem to stop her endless pit of a stomach from eating! LOL. She was very laid back and just slept constantly. She was always rubbing the sides of her mouth and sometimes cried in her sleep. I had given her a bath just before she went into heat because she had a horrible doggy smell all the time. I originally thought that the black on her tummy was the color of her skin, only to find out that the more baths I gave her, the pinker her tummy and teats were getting! Plus that very long double c-scar all pointed to my suspicions that she was nothing but a breeder and once they realized she couldn't produce any more they got rid of her. My suspicions were confirmed by the Vet. He said that she had way to many sutures for just one c-section. Two different Vets also estimated her to be about 6 yrs old. She weighs 6 pounds and is 9" from the shoulder. So now that a bunch of teeth have been pulled and the infection is gone and she is spayed and on a good diet, Gigi is a wonderful and happy little Chi. I get the greatest kick out of seeing her do zoomies, and then go belly up for a tummy rub. She now loves to go for walks holding her tail high instead of being so afraid of everything like she was before. I take her everywhere with me and I know that this has helped her tremendously to over come her shyness. She loves it too. Now she doesn't even get car sick anymore. She still has a bottomless pit for an appetite though. She was housebroken within three weeks and I have to say, I never had a dog that did it that fast. She is perfect at it. . Gigi has caught on real fast to many commands too. She constanly amazes me how quick she is to learn things. She loves to be cuddled and be held and is just so sweet. She hardly ever barks, only when I leave and then it is for just a few minutes. Her bark is funny too, more like a high pitched squeek and not annoying at all. The one thing that amazes is that she can't sit pretty in the beg position for some reason. She likes to crawl and then do the bow position on her side. It's so cute, but I also know it is a very submissive postion for a dog to do. So who knows what she has been through in her short life. I do know if I had my own home and all Chi's were like her, I could have a dozen of them. Gigi has a fur-sister, Princess, a minature American Eskimo, now also 6 years old, who was was rescued by me from a local kill shelter four years ago. She was found on the streets and was very leash aggressive. She was going to be put down if the owners didn't claim her within the five days because of it. I was actually looking for a toy breed at the time, and lucky me, just happen to know one of the woman who works their. This woman knew that I know how to train dogs and could rehabilitate Princess. So when the owners never showed up, I adopted her. She was 7 pounds underweight and had three types of worms, and her fur was falling out by the handfuls due to the worms and being so under nourished. No wonder she was ornery! Well, once she was vetted and back on the road to recovery I started her training. Part of her problem was not being acclimated to the world around her, so her aggression was more out of fear then anything else. You wouldn't know that she is the same dog today. She is a joy and loves people and has a super time at the dog parks interacting with other dogs and no more aggression. 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