It’s been about 2 years since our dog died. He was a chug, half chihuahua, half pug, a rescue and we had him almost since our relationship began. I think we got Enrique in Feb of 97 and we had met in Jan of 96. He was a wonderful little dog and many of our friends ended up getting small dogs because they were so in love with our little guy. We were heartbroken when we had to put him down. He had heart failure at 13 years old.
We had started talking about a new pet again. We decided only if we could rescue again. Then about a month ago we went to a party and a girl showed up with a chihuahua that had been found in the woods behind her house. Her daughter kept telling her for a day or two prior that she had seen a “baby puppy in the woods” and she thought her daughter was playing make believe. Then imagine her surprise when a tiny little face was staring back at her from her sliding glass door. She had her for about 2 weeks and couldn’t keep her in her rental and had signs up with no calls. So she brings her to the party to see if someone can “fall in love” and give her a home. Well….there you go.
It was immediate. The minute she walked through the door with this furry little face that needed a home I was in love. We brought her home that night. The next day I made calls, I had to know she wasn’t someone else’s pet. I called the humane society and some shelters to make sure no one was looking for a female chihuahua. Then we took her to a vet. They checked her for a microchip (nope.) and then check up and tests and all her shots. She is about 6-8 mths old (so born about January) and had a little ear infection, she weighs in at just 4 pounds. Other than that she was a healthy puppy that needed to be fixed. At that point we were thrilled to know that she could really be our puppy and we set up an appt. to have her fixed. Please meet 8 month old Honey Bunny:
Honey Bunny
This past weekend Honey got fixed. She has been a napping fool thanks to medication. Now that her medicine is gone my task is to keep a high energy PUPPY from jumping and wanting to be active! I have 3 more days of keeping her not so active. In the month we have had her, we have gone from floppy crazed “get me off this leash” to walking like a prissy little lady, she sits, she lays down, and we are working on come, stay and down. She is very playful and we are crazy puppy parents. My iphone is packed with pictures of us and the dog.
Post-op Honey
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