I was aching for a new companion. Still missing Nelly like crazy, a few months ago I found myself looking at photos on rescue sites regularly but none caught my eye until I saw this pic from an organization called S.A.F.E.
It stands for Saving Animals from Euthanasia. It was created by a friend of a former co-worker. She started it years ago after meeting an elder dog that had nothing wrong w/her. Her owners surrendered her to the Humane Society just because she was old. They currently have four kennel locations just south of us. They don't put new puppies in the kennels but place them in foster homes.
Found out she was four months old & weighed a whopping 5 lbs. I showed her to Greg & he agreed we should meet her. I called the foster Mom & she told me there were several others interested & had already scheduled meet & greets, ahead of me but she would let me know if we had a chance. She called the next day to say a family w/two small children had agreed to take her..... Crushed.
Surprisingly I got a call a couple of days later to say the family didn't work out after all & would we still like to meet her? Of course we said yes. She brought her to our house the next day & we fell in love, puppy pee & all.
She was scheduled for spaying & we arranged to get her a few days after. We drove to St. Augustine to pick her up on 8/25/23 & the rest is history. Not housebroken AT ALL (I think I've lost my mind). Hated her halter, leash & didn't like to take walks. I worked on that all through September & she's much better now. Here's a pic the day after we picked her up.
We just returned from our first camping trip & she did great. Still working on the housebreaking but not nearly as many 'accidents'. Here she is posing on the picnic table at one of the campgrounds we visited.
I'll post on the trip in a few days. Expect to see a lot more pics of her in those posts.
Note: She loves people, children & other dogs her size. She cowers from larger dogs but as long as they're nice she's fine.
2 comments:
What wonderful news! She is SO cute! Those ears are adorable. I see why it was love at first sight. Sounds like she was worth the effort and energy for training. Congratulations!
Thank you Leigh. She's a sweetheart.
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