Anticipation building all week long and bam! A hiccup

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adoption, pets, postaday2015

I have to confess, ever since our kids went to the Animal Shelter and fell in love with Louise, i have been looking forward to her arrival.

Ordinarily she would be coming to our home tomorrow, but our daughter found out today that when Louise went in to get her shots, they put her through a whole bunch of tests with parasites being one of them and the results aren’t in yet. The Shelter won’t release her without a clean bill of health which of course I appreciate because we have Jack and we don’t want him to get anything.

So if the results come back tomorrow and they are negative, hooray she comes home. However if they come back positive then her homecoming will be delayed for quite a few days because you have to work those parasites out. I hope that there aren’t any pesky parasites.

Originally she was supposed to be spayed during the week, but the doctors decided against the procedure because she is far too underweight to undergo surgery safely so it will be upon us to get her up to a healthy weight. I know that our kids are more than equal to the task and I am sure that Jack will be more than eager to show her how to do tricks for treats. Jack doesn’t have many in his repertoire, he has sit, paw, lay down, stay and up. That’s about it, but he does them very enthusiastically, he always has his eye and nose on the prize. I trust that Louise will be in good hands with Jack.

As soon as she arrives, I will be writing about it. I am so excited!

Where desire lives, procrastination doesn’t

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adoption, dogs, postaday2015

Today my husband and I were surprised by our two kids when they came into our room to take Jack. They had decided amongst themselves that they were going to bring Jack with them to the Animal Shelter in their search of a dog. Jack was more than happy to go off with his big brother and big sister; his tail was wagging a mile a minute.

When they came back, they were so excited, they had fallen in love with a rescue dog. Her name is Louise, she was found with another female who was called Thelma, hence Louise, she is about 10 or 11 months old, she is a pit bull mix, quite undernourished and a gentle, loving soul. This is what our two were telling us, each one telling us one bit and the other filling in the rest and according to our two, Jack really liked her a lot. He was very friendly from the start and she also responded very well to him.

So the only thing left to do was for us to meet Louise as well. Our daughter filled out the paperwork that they gave her and then we three went back down to Westfield to meet Louise for the final approval.

Her eyes drew both of us in; her look was so soulful, deep with a need for love and such gentleness, it broke my heart. She is so quiet and calm, my immediate reaction was to feel maternal and want to keep her safe and to fatten her up, her ribs stick out so much, the poor thing.

So as it stands, Louise’s adoption is pending and come Monday the nice lady will call our daughter to let her know when the spade and chip procedures will be done; once that is done Louise will be ready to come to her new home.

When our two kids have a goal in mind, they move quickly in tandem. I would say that they make a formidable pair, my two.