Snookie was the runt of my chi Izzy's litter so I fell in love with her from
the beginning. All the other pups kept growing but she didn't lol
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(♥) Crystal (♥)
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On Apr 9, 2012, at 9:44 PM, Cindy Rieger <[email protected]> wrote:
> Oh Crystal,
>
> God Bless you! Thank heavens there are people like you with such big hearts!
> Poor little Snookie, she has had a rough time of it, lucky little one that
> you saw past all her problems and gave her enough love to overcome her
> handicaps! Thanks for the encouragement, hopefully the home visit will go
> well and they will allow me to adopt her!
>
> Cindy
>
> --- On Mon, 4/9/12, Crystal Thirion <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> From: Crystal Thirion <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Big News!
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Date: Monday, April 9, 2012, 10:22 PM
>
>
> I have a pack of chis too lol. I have five and my littlest one Snookie has
> many issues. She was the runt and wasn't supposed to live but she is a strong
> willed little girl. She has a hole in her heart, hydrocephalus, her bottom
> jaw is not developed so her tongue hangs out all the time and her teeth
> haven't come in all the way. She also has an umbilical hernia and a very
> crooked tail because it was broke in the womb. She is 1.8 pounds. I took her
> to the vet and they said they were surprised she was alive and not to expect
> her to live over a couple of months. She will be a year old in 2 weeks!
> I'm so excited for you and for little Daisy. She will be so loved.
>
> `’•.¸*♫♪(✿◠‿◠)♫♪*¸.•’´
> (♥) Crystal (♥)
> ¸.•’´*♫♪(✿◠‿◠)♫♪*`’•.¸
>
>
> On Apr 8, 2012, at 8:24 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
>>
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