For as long as I can remember and WAY before Sex and the City made them popular, I have been in LOVE with Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.
Their hefty price tag to buy from a reputable breeder has been around $2,500- $3,000. Way too much for me. I have looked through rescues and you can hardly ever find one...let alone one that is a puppy/young anywhere near where I lived!
Flash back to last Tuesday when I saw a litter of puppies taken from a horrible Puppy Mill in Georgia.
Here are some of the stories
All the puppies where named after the Sex and the City girls (and Steve). I fell in LOVE with Charlotte. I put in my application and thought there would be no chance I got her since they had received about 100 applications for this litter.
The SAME DAY, I got an email back from Southern Hope Humane Society (outside Atlanta) asking some more questions and then checking out my vet and references. I was approved the next day!! I had no idea how many people were in line ahead of me for the other pups so I just gave the lady my preference list and then had the final interview/meet and greet on Saturday. (A 4 hours drive)
Can I say how impressed I was with the facility! I have adopted my dogs before and this place by far had their act together. Their adoption facility was very urban loft like with fun art and black leather couches. It did not smell like dog/cat in there at all! It was small, but housed a lot of animals.
By the grace of God, even though a few people cut me in line, the lady put me on the list first for Charlotte (man, if looks could kill the other people would have killed me on the spot). Charlotte and I bonded :) She was too cute!
For $350 bucks she was spayed, mirochipped, dewormed, all puppy shots minus rabies since she is too young...only 11 weeks. (higher than their usual price because of the breed of dog but still CHEAP considering everything that was included) And the icing on the cake was puppy pads, 2 bags of free food, a collar and leash and a personalized name tag they engraved on the spot!!! I was floored!
The 4 hours drive home back was a breeze...she slept the whole way with no accidents.
Jake loves her, Ellie is one jealous girl! And boy did I forget how fun potty training was...grrr.
4 comments:
Absolutely a-freakin-dorable! Congrats!! I might need to come visit her cuteness! :)
Also I meant to ask you again about the book club. I had a crazy busy few months, so I kind of left it hanging before, but I should be ready to start mid-July. How did you all get together?
What a sad story! We've had a few similar in MN just this spring as well. Just sick.
Congrats on that adorable face though! How can you not just love her?
oh my gosh!!! I had nooo idea you were getting another! Charlotte is adorable (can I trade Bailey in for one just like her?? haha j/k of course!) and I love the story of her journey and your ever open heart!! congrats mamma!!
So cute!! I haven't read the stories you linked to yet, but I'm so happy Charlotte has found such a loving home. I love the picture where she's all stretched out. FUN!!
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