Hello all! I'd like to hear short stories from you all about how you all obtained your animal companions?
I'll start with my mutt mix girl. I was looking for a dog at the time and looked on, where else? Good 'ol CraigsList. I had been looking for a little while until I came across this very cute looking doggy girl mutt. From the pictures posted it looked like she was around 50 or so pounds, but as I soon found out, pictures can be deceiving. I am not sure what her exact mix is, although I have a few guesses. I traveled about an hour to go pick her up. But when I got to the house I was very surprised to see a poor neglected bag of bones, she was also a LOT smaller than I had anticipated. She didn't look like her pictures. Her previous owner then told me about how she has no time for her, how she has no toys and is caged for 8-10 hours a day while she works. She had absolutely no training other than potty training. This is not an ideal first "pet"... but I couldn't just leave her there. I couldn't just leave her with someone that was mistreating her and starving her. So, I paid the rehoming fee and took her home with me. And, this was one of my best decisions I've ever made. She's come a long way from where she was when I first met her. But overall she's a spoiled loveable goofball that lives a pampered life now.
Next is my Newfoundland girl. --- She's lived a pretty good life so far, the main issue is eventually everyone in her life either lost their job or lost their home and gave her up. She was bought by my zoo friend off of craigslist. He had initially purchased her to rehome to another zoo. But he ended up losing his job and eventually his home. My friend tried to rehome her several other times only for them to just give up on her and give her back to my friend. This was taking a toll on the newfie girl's mental state. Bouncing from one person to another to another is rough on a dog. My friend didn't have the room for her but kept getting stuck with her when the people he tried to rehome her to kept giving up on her or losing their jobs. Eventually he asked me if I'd be able to take her off of his hands. He didn't even charge me anything for her. He came over and I let the two girls meet each other. Overall the meetup went pretty well, although my mutt mix was definitely nervous at first. I was a little hesitant at first, never in a thousand years did I ever plan to get a dog as large as her. But, I decided to roll with it. And again, it was one of the best decisions I've ever made.
Now our little pack lives happily together, and I couldn't have asked for anything better in life.
I'll start with my mutt mix girl. I was looking for a dog at the time and looked on, where else? Good 'ol CraigsList. I had been looking for a little while until I came across this very cute looking doggy girl mutt. From the pictures posted it looked like she was around 50 or so pounds, but as I soon found out, pictures can be deceiving. I am not sure what her exact mix is, although I have a few guesses. I traveled about an hour to go pick her up. But when I got to the house I was very surprised to see a poor neglected bag of bones, she was also a LOT smaller than I had anticipated. She didn't look like her pictures. Her previous owner then told me about how she has no time for her, how she has no toys and is caged for 8-10 hours a day while she works. She had absolutely no training other than potty training. This is not an ideal first "pet"... but I couldn't just leave her there. I couldn't just leave her with someone that was mistreating her and starving her. So, I paid the rehoming fee and took her home with me. And, this was one of my best decisions I've ever made. She's come a long way from where she was when I first met her. But overall she's a spoiled loveable goofball that lives a pampered life now.
Next is my Newfoundland girl. --- She's lived a pretty good life so far, the main issue is eventually everyone in her life either lost their job or lost their home and gave her up. She was bought by my zoo friend off of craigslist. He had initially purchased her to rehome to another zoo. But he ended up losing his job and eventually his home. My friend tried to rehome her several other times only for them to just give up on her and give her back to my friend. This was taking a toll on the newfie girl's mental state. Bouncing from one person to another to another is rough on a dog. My friend didn't have the room for her but kept getting stuck with her when the people he tried to rehome her to kept giving up on her or losing their jobs. Eventually he asked me if I'd be able to take her off of his hands. He didn't even charge me anything for her. He came over and I let the two girls meet each other. Overall the meetup went pretty well, although my mutt mix was definitely nervous at first. I was a little hesitant at first, never in a thousand years did I ever plan to get a dog as large as her. But, I decided to roll with it. And again, it was one of the best decisions I've ever made.
Now our little pack lives happily together, and I couldn't have asked for anything better in life.
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