Doggie Update

I tried to post pictures from our date with Lulu and Jefferson yesterday but Blogger won't let me. Oh well.

So, we went to go see them and they are both beautiful. Lulu is lovely and sweet and so loving. She makes this little piggy snort and licks your face and her puggy little face and little button eyes get all animated. Jefferson is gorgeous, big, buff, larger than life. Very sweet, very playful but... His play got a bit rough. And then he started to grab my husbands clothes and he wouldn't let go. My hubby is a very good judge of dogs (and people actually) and he said he could tell by the look in his eye that if he didn't get some good training very soon, he could be a very agressive dog.

I was so let down. He was too. We just are not ready to be dealing with an agressive dog right now. It was so hard with Niki for many years because she didn't like anyone but us. We really want dogs we can take with us to the park, to family gatherings, doggie friendly weekends in Big Bear Lake, etc. And Jeff wouldn't be that kind of dog without tons of work. And they wanted the two of them placed together.

Or so we thought.

Turns out that the rescue owner hadn't realized that he was agressive. She said she'd have to get her trainers to work with him and that she wanted Lulu away from him so she woudn't start to pick up his bad habits. She also told us that they were in the same cage at the pound together, they weren't picked up together like we thought. So we're not splitting up a family by taking Lulu without him. In fact, she said she knew they had another dog who she would get along with Lulu (Probably Tyson, who we'd already expressed interest in) and that she'd bring all her dogs to Petco for an adoption event next Saturday. She's gonna hold Lulu for us in case we want her.

We've had some long conversations over here and we've decided we do. Yippee!!! She even told us we could go back and get her if we wanted to, but we decided not to. We decided to get the house all ready for our inspection and to bring the dogs home together so Lulu won't be lonely before her friend gets here. I can't wait to meet Tyson. He looks like a beautiful boy! We'd actually asked about him before we even saw Jefferson.

So, that's our news. We're excited. We're crossing our fingers that we can find Lulu a friend. We're hoping it's Tyson. If we don't find her a friend, we decided we'd take her anyway on Saturday and then we'll just take her around when we go to meet other dogs. But for now...crossing fingers for Tyson. And LOVELOVELOVING our Lulu.

Current mood: Hopeful