Jennifer
09-13-2000, 10:49 AM
What a great place. I've been lurking for a few days and finally got the nerve to post.
I wanted to share the story of my new doxie girl. We have a 12 year old black and tan doxie (Oscar) who is blind. He's the best. And a 2 year old mutt doggie (Charlie). We decided that we wanted another doxie and my husband really wanted a female puppy.
So, we've been working with several of the rescue groups over the past few months and have been waiting (impatiently) for a female puppy to need a home. Well, last week I recieved an email from one of the reps that there were several doxies in a shelter near me and that the shelter wouldn't release the doxies to the rescue groups under any circumstances. So, I went down to see if any of the doxies were puppies.
Well, one of the doxies was a beautiful red smooth female that stole my heart. She gave great kisses and snuggled into my shoulder. I found out that her time was up and that they were going to put her to sleep in a few days cuz she had been there 9 days and hadn't been adopted. Well, we decided that we couldn't let such a wonderful dog be put to sleep just cuz she was a little older than we wanted. So we adopted her and Betty has joined our life!! (Note that the other doxies that were also on death row were adopted by other people)
An ironic twist to the story is that when I got home from adopting her, there was an email that a puppy had been found for us and would be brought to us in several days. However, we decided that four would be a bit much and the rescue was very happy that we had saved a doxie that they were unable to save.
So, Betty joined our family on Monday and she is a wonderful doggie. Our other doggies even love her also. I have fallen head over heals for her. I am so glad that I didnn't get the email until after I went to the shelter (she sent the email just a few minutes after I checked it before heading to the shelter) because then I would have missed the joy that Betty is bringing to us.
I look forward to getting to know everyone on this board.
I wanted to share the story of my new doxie girl. We have a 12 year old black and tan doxie (Oscar) who is blind. He's the best. And a 2 year old mutt doggie (Charlie). We decided that we wanted another doxie and my husband really wanted a female puppy.
So, we've been working with several of the rescue groups over the past few months and have been waiting (impatiently) for a female puppy to need a home. Well, last week I recieved an email from one of the reps that there were several doxies in a shelter near me and that the shelter wouldn't release the doxies to the rescue groups under any circumstances. So, I went down to see if any of the doxies were puppies.
Well, one of the doxies was a beautiful red smooth female that stole my heart. She gave great kisses and snuggled into my shoulder. I found out that her time was up and that they were going to put her to sleep in a few days cuz she had been there 9 days and hadn't been adopted. Well, we decided that we couldn't let such a wonderful dog be put to sleep just cuz she was a little older than we wanted. So we adopted her and Betty has joined our life!! (Note that the other doxies that were also on death row were adopted by other people)
An ironic twist to the story is that when I got home from adopting her, there was an email that a puppy had been found for us and would be brought to us in several days. However, we decided that four would be a bit much and the rescue was very happy that we had saved a doxie that they were unable to save.
So, Betty joined our family on Monday and she is a wonderful doggie. Our other doggies even love her also. I have fallen head over heals for her. I am so glad that I didnn't get the email until after I went to the shelter (she sent the email just a few minutes after I checked it before heading to the shelter) because then I would have missed the joy that Betty is bringing to us.
I look forward to getting to know everyone on this board.