Neat story Robert. I am not sure who is the luckier one, you or Minnie. Hope
you enjoy this group. For most of us here, our worlds revolve around these
wonderful little dogs. WELCOME!
Becky & the girls
(Gracie & Sabrina)
Sent from Becky's IPad
On Jun 27, 2012, at 2:37 PM, "Robert" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello all, new member here. I wanted to introduce myself (Robert) and
> the real star attraction my loving Chihuahua named Minnie. You can see
> a picture of her taking a look out of the window of my '69 VW Bug in the
> album titled "Minnie". A condensed story of how she and I met follows.
>
> A couple of years ago I was living in a guest house in a backyard in the
> San Fernando Valley. Both the front and backyards were completely
> fenced off with wrought iron gates and my landlord had two sibling dogs
> (Chi/Poodle mix) that lived in the backyard. One day he came home and
> found a Chihuahua puppy sitting at his front doorstep and there were no
> breaks in the fencing, which led us to believe that the puppy was either
> placed or thrown over the fence into the front yard, perhaps when the
> perpetrator saw the two dogs in the backyard.
>
> Living in the San Fernando Valley, where the prevalent dogs found at
> shelters are Chihuahuas and Pit Bulls, this seemed like a reasonable
> conclusion. Our theory goes like this - Mother Chihuahua had puppies,
> puppies were raised to 3 months old, puppies were distributed in the
> neighborhood to homes that seemed like they would be able to raise the
> puppy. In any event, the puppy was placed into the backyard with the
> other two dogs and she began to socialize and play with them. I found
> out about the puppy later from my landlord, and since he already had two
> dogs I told him that I would adopt the Chihuahua. My girlfriend brought
> her into the house in her arms and she looked so tiny I said she looked
> like a miniature dog and thus her name, Minnie was given.
>
> Now that I've had her for two years in order to avoid telling that story
> I just say that the stork brought her and that's how she ended up on the
> doorstep. For the past two years she has been an absolute joy and a
> great companion for me. I look forward to sharing more stories about
> her and learning more as an owner through others in this group.
>
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