2000 foot yard, I think you have enough room for all the dogs, good luck. I'm sure everything will be fine. Valerie
Valerie On Apr 8, 2012, at 6:24 PM, "Cindy" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I have some exciting news! I think I mentioned quite some time ago that I had > been hoping to get a little male Chi and had also been looking at a tiny > little female who had been in rescue for about 4 months. My husband Rob had > big concerns that bringing another dog into the house would upset the balance > we have with Cooper and Dali. He did agree that Cooper would enjoy another > playmate as he is more playful than Dali wants to be. > > I had been visiting the adoptathons every weekend and fell in love with a > little female named Daisy. I spent about 3 hours with her and talking to her > foster Mom. Daisy is extremely fearful, apparently she had been in a puppy > mill but was too tiny to be able to breed. I don't know the full story but > she trembles and has lots of retained baby teeth. The daunting thing is that > the rescue wants $300 to adopt her..this along with her issues made Rob say > no way! He wanted to look at Chi's with less baggage, so we went to see a > little male from a breeder who was looking to sell some of her males. He was > a small little guy, very cuddly and friendly and we thought he would be great > with Cooper. She wanted to breed him one time though, when one of her females > came in heat so that was part of the deal. We would have to wait another > month or so and then she would have him neutered before we could take him > home. This was back in the beginning of January. Finally this Saturday I get > to pick him up! I'm very excited! > > All this time though I can't get Daisy out of my head! I keep checking to see > if she has been adopted yet. I saw her a couple of weeks ago at an > adoptathon. I keep talking about her and my husband wouldn't budge. This past > weekend I knew they were having the adoptathon at my local Petsmart I thought > Daisy might be there if she was still available. I couldn't stand thinking > about it so I reluctantly approached Rob and asked if he would ever possibly > consider adopting Daisy. After all the same reservations, he said, "What is > it about this dog? I don't get it?" I got pretty emotional talking about it > but I told him that I had just felt such a connection from the first time I > saw her picture online for adoption. I can't explain it, then after I held > her I couldn't forget. > > Long story short, he sighed and said, "Oh well I guess if we have 3 then I > guess 4 won't make that much difference! Hurry up and get up to Petsmart and > see if she is still there!" > > I raced up to Petsmart and didn't see Daisy at first but then saw that her > foster Mom was holding her and talking to a lady. I asked the lady if she was > adopting Daisy, and that I had come specifically about this dog. She said she > wasn't sure and that she would let me see her if I was interested. I filled > out the application, (which was about as extensive as adopting a child!) and > talked with Daisy's foster Mom for an hour. They are asking for a home visit > before they will consider adopting her out, they will call me to set it up > this week! > > So this has been quite an exciting weekend! If this all works out I will > really need all of your help, as now I will have a real pack and want to > introduce the new dogs in the best possible way. I welcome any advice, I'm > going to have my hands full pretty soon! I sure don't want to make Rob regret > agreeing to Daisy . He has been working on expanding the fenced in area of > our yard; we will soon have over 2000 square feet of Chihuahua safe play > area! Sorry to be so long winded but just had to share this! > > Hope everyone is having a great Easter and weekend! > > Cindy > > > > > TODAY(Beta) • Powered by Yahoo! > Pregnant Reese Witherspoon in swimsuit > The actress hasn't confirmed that she's expecting, but this photo does all > the talking. > Privacy Policy
