Dogs

Boston Terriers are my favorite breed of dogs. My dad got me stuck on them. About ten years ago I had a male and female named Tango and Trixie. A couple years ago when Wyatt and I had our own house I decided it was time to look for another Boston Terrier. So we got Princess. Princess is the greatest dog ever except she is an escape artist. Wyatt and I found a rescue group that had a small Boston Terrier that we liked and we went to Sapulpa to get her. Well, we didn't end up with the Boston we went to get. Princess chose us instead. So that was in February of 2007. Princess turned 3 on March 17th of this year. Now through the time since we got Princess we have tried having other dogs.

1. An expensive German Shorthair hunting dog that was a gift from Poppy to Wyatt. Wyatt named him Buck (since he was a hunting dog) Buck would dig underneath the fence and then run from me! So we couldn't keep Buck anymore and returned him to Poppy's house. While Buck lived at Poppy's house he dug under his fence and dug into the Jack Russell terrier fence and let a mommy and daddy out. One of them drowned in the swimming pool and the other one was never to be seen again. Buck, needless to say was never seen or heard from again.

2. A Jack Russell terrier, another gift from Poppy to Wyatt. A small female puppy. Wyatt named her Angel. She was really cute! We had her for over a year and we couldn't get her potty trained. I'm afraid she had a learning disability. The final straw was when she had an accident ON my boyfriend at the time and the boyfriend lived with me so Angel had to go. My stepmom wanted her, tried her for about a week, couldn't get her potty trained so my Uncle Randy now has Angel and loves her very much. I hear she is very spoiled at his house.

3. My ex boyfriend wanted a Great Dane so we got a Great Dane on March 2nd. He was full grown and came from Craigslist from a family that was having a baby and already had small children and just couldn't keep him any longer. So we somewhat rescued him. He came with the name Kane. Well Kane was a nice dog but had a long tail. If it rained and he got muddy I always remembered to wipe off his feet but not his tail, therefore I had mud spots on my walls several times. If a child opened the back door to let Kane inside he basically ran over them and got through to smear mud all over the floor. If anyone accidentally let Kane out the front door it was terrible to get him back. He would run all over the place and of course people were scared of him. Kane ate like a horse. So when the boyfriend and I broke up I put Kane on craigslist and got rid of him that day.

4. My assistant manager found a small dog hanging out at his house. He felt he had to get rid of her quickly before his children got attached to the dog. So it was me or the pound!!! What kind of option is that??? So I took the dog home. Named her Bridget. Around the same time I was dog sitting my friends dog Blaze. Well Bridget and Blaze became buddies and so Bridget went home with Blaze when her daddies picked her up.

5. I was looking everyday for a Boston Terrier to rescue. looking at petfinder.com and on craigslist. My Dad knew I really wanted a Boston Terrier. No luck with all these other dogs. Dad had told me there was a red Boston Terrier running around his neighborhood that wasn't taken care of. So on August 27th i was sitting at home and get a call from my sister Jennifer. They had scooped up the dog and had her at dads house. Immediately I went and got her. She looked a bit pregnant and looked very rough. I really wish I would have taken before and after pictures of her. She had dried oil spots on her that made it look like she didn't even have hair in those places. I took her home and gave her a bath. She looked amazingly better. We named her Dixie.

Dixie and Princess are not best friends but they have gotten a lot better. Maybe since Dixie basically lived on the streets she doesn't want to share any affection. When someone comes in the front door Princess wants to greet them and Dixie will fight with Princess to keep her off of the person coming in the door which i think is protecting that person. Maybe I'm just a wishful thinker but I'm hoping this will work out.