Then along came "Buddy"...he was zooming around our neighborhood at TOP speed over and over again. Next thing you know, he landed on our front yard! Of course, he had a sore paw! Limping around from all of his zooming he was pretty much starving as well! My husband and I have always been softies for pets and we looked at this dog and we're thinking ...."Seriously?" We have no food except cat food....but of course he downed not one, but three bowls of this as fast as possible and a ginormous bowl of water! Next thing I know the dog is in my back yard! I said to my husband, "There is a DOG in our back yard!!!" he just looked at me like, "DUH?" The next day the kids gleefully took the dog into the house while we were at work, gave him a bath and named him! THUS, making him OURS!! Miraculously, his "injured" paw was just fine and he made his place on my king-sized bed as well! To this day we still have Buddy, or Paw or Old Man as we affectionately call him as he's starting to get older! Buddy decided that right as we are getting ready to walk out the door 2yrs ago to DISNEY...my dream vacation ...for my daughter's graduation present and family vacation...he blew out his ACL! OMG, I have zero luck w/ these pets! $3200 bill...OMG ...hook him up ...gotta save my PAW!!! ... :/ sigh....
Needless to say, this had led to us getting him a companion because surely we could not have one dog by himself all day long! I wasn't in the "market" for one much less two! We ended up getting Honey, but her story is very short! She was a rescue that was incredibly ill and after much expense ended up having to be put down after two grand trying to save her :( and we left devastated! Buddy was sooooooo sad. SO off to the rescue to get him a companion! Enters JACK! Jack is "Special" we believe him to be Autistic since he displays many characteristics of Autism. If you are offended by my references to Autism, my 21 yr old son is Autistic and Jack and he sometimes I think relate very well! They don't want to be bothered much at times...He is not social and does not like to be touched, and would rather be by himself than with someone. As a matter-of-fact he will lay next to you, just don't touch him. He, is NOT what we expected! He likes to go into his special room "the bathroom" at night and the light and fan must be on and PLEASE do not forget to close the door behind him or he will come out and bark until it is done right! Generally Jack is a pain in the ass kind of dog! He is afraid of everything...storm, loud noises, his shadow or anything else! :(
WHY we ended up with YET...yes, another dog....is beyond me!? Enters Greta! Oh Princess Greta :/ Grrrrr..This Border Collie has to be the world's dumbest dog on the face of the planet and she has the bladder the size of a pea. You mention the word outside she freaks...she has to go and bark...bark ...bark! rrrrgh! Yes, this is hubby's dog that we ended up with because a lady at his work..her ex-husband died from cancer and he had these dogs and she couldn't take them...guess we have the word "Sucker" on our forehead. She's not horrible like Jack...but she's a goofy dog. :) She loves being outside and she will find the world's smallest puddle of mud and be covered from head to toe in filth if she can possibly find it and washing her is a nightmare!
We've been living our 3 dogs, 1 cat lives for a long time...Next I end up w/ a 4wk old kitten named Mowgli who is abandoned from his mommy cat. Mowgli, is a cranky and very FAT cat now and if he doesn't get his own way hisses at everyone. BTW he only likes me! :) He, however is very hateful...I think he is bipolar...nice one minute and not-so-nice the next! OH, and he's on a special diet now because otherwise he has urinary problems now which last summer cost us over $2K in vet bills for kidney stones! OUCH! Yup...and his food is $50 a bag...ugh...:(
Finally, we ended up with Molly our black lab. She just walked up to the house one day and wouldn't leave. Hmmmm, what can you say about this girl. She is very sweet and she LOVES to eat. Sad thing is she has seizures and she is heartworm positive. It makes you wonder if her previous owners didn't want to take on that responsibility? Other than that, she's got the BEST personality besides Buddy. When she's hungry she brings you her dish and she INSISTS on eating NOW!
Today, she grabbed the lid off the trash can. She gets a little crazy with bringing us things, shoes, socks, anything on the floor! LOL! She makes for great laughs but she is very loving. I have grown very attached to this dog more than any of the others and we've had her the least amount of time.
I haven't talked about Dory much...well, MISS queen bee is the owner of the house! She may be a cat but she will let you know she was first. I think everyone knows secretly she started this mess! ;) She is a non-stop love machine! She is pretty old now but super fluffy and all she wants to do is have you love on her, feed her and let her sleep. Other than that you don't see her around too much.
I haven't talked about Dory much...well, MISS queen bee is the owner of the house! She may be a cat but she will let you know she was first. I think everyone knows secretly she started this mess! ;) She is a non-stop love machine! She is pretty old now but super fluffy and all she wants to do is have you love on her, feed her and let her sleep. Other than that you don't see her around too much.
So after reading this you are probably thinking, why the hell do you have all these pets?? Well, each one of these dogs and cats (with the exception of Dory), wouldn't have had a chance maybe if we didn't take them in!
Some day, I hope to own a much larger piece of property so that I can actually have an animal rescue of our own. My husband and I have used a lot of my Scentsy commission and our retirement from the military to help many stray pets that have crossed our path that we haven't kept as well! I guess our little fur-babies are pretty lucky too! :D As quirky as each of our pets are and we affectionately call them our "island of misfit pets" we love them all the same!
Some day, I hope to own a much larger piece of property so that I can actually have an animal rescue of our own. My husband and I have used a lot of my Scentsy commission and our retirement from the military to help many stray pets that have crossed our path that we haven't kept as well! I guess our little fur-babies are pretty lucky too! :D As quirky as each of our pets are and we affectionately call them our "island of misfit pets" we love them all the same!
