Dear Robert I really enjoyed reading your introductory letter. You have a great writing style, and I look forward toe hearing more more about your life and Minnie. I'm from the UK so it's fascinating to read about life from another part of the world. we don,t have back yards here for example, they are called gardens. !
Juliet xx --- In [email protected], Becky Stewart <stewartgang@...> wrote: > > 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" <dabears233451@...> 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. > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
