Of Dogs

Bear Stare, originally uploaded by Lostfiniel.

Our family has always been one to take in rescue dogs. Since my parents were married and I was but a mere thought in their mind, we have been taking them. I came into the world to a house with rescue animals. I grew up raising adult dogs that wandered to our neck of the woods.

That is why after all those unwanted dogs and cats we took, we went out and picked out some of our own.

We own 3 American Eskimos. The first and oldest, Casper, was the last rescue dog we have taken in. We became so enamored with him that we needed to go and get another.

We found a breeder at a dog show. Her dog had one second place in it's breed and as we talked to her, we got to meet him. He was a loving dog and all that we were looking for. It was decided that we would keep a female offspring of his.

The puppies came and when we entered that pen and 6 round fluffy puffballs surrounded us, we knew we were not leaving with only one.

By the end of the whole thing, we came home with two. One female, Yasha and a male, Bear.

These dogs have meant a lot to us, and everything to my mom. She has taken them on as her second set of children.

I think she knows that pretty soon I will be getting married and moving out...and Bob is going to college during the first part of next year.