I have always loved dogs. Any dog. In high school we had 2 huskies, Travis & tala. Eventually we had to give them away because my mom developed allergies & couldn’t breathe around them.
When Kid1 was 2 I took her to the pet store to look around. She found a small dog & fell in love with him. We got him,named him Rocky & loved him.
That’s our rocky. He was a jack Russell/chihuahua mix
Kid2 was born in October 2009. In December we had a friend coming up from NC to visit family. She posted she saved a puppy from being put down,& she needed a home. So jan 2009 Bella came to live with us. Bella & kid2 were only a month apart in age. They became best friends. Bella was a lab mix & would let kid2 climb on her,ride her like a horse etc. she was great.
My sweet Bella 💖
So at this point we are a family of 4,with 2 dogs. We were happy.
Sept of 2010 I came across a post that a woman had chihuahua puppies in need of a home. So then we had chuy.
Now 3 dogs & 2 kids. Busy house. Bella broke down the fence a lot & liked to run around the neighborhood. Sigh it was stressful.
May 2014 I got pregnant with kid3.
I came home from food shopping one Friday in November. I walked in the door & immediately knew something was wrong. There was a wierd smell,soda bottles were knocked over. Chuy had been locked in his cage bc he jumps the gate blocking the kitchen. I walked into the kitchen & rocky was laying on the floor not moving. I ran over to get a closer look. He was bleeding. I put Bella outside bc she was the obvious culprit. I called my husband. No answer. I called and called. I called my sister. No answer. I called my dad & he came over to help me. I had 1 hour to clean up the kitchen,move the body & get kid2 from pre-school.
When my husband called me back & got home we had no other choice then surrender Bella to the spca. It was the hardest day of my life. My kids were heart broken. My husband lost his best buddy. I had to watch my entire family hurt & I couldn’t fix it.
For 7 months it was just chuy. In May the same friend that saved Bella had found a dog at the park & was trying to find his owners. For almost 3wks she posted on fb on different pages & no luck. We decided to bring this small boy into our home. I bathed him,gave him a hair cut & he was so handsome. He LOVED to play fetch & would go for hours. We named this lil homeless man Benny the Bum.
More months go by. Robberies were being reported around our area. I told my husband I wanted a larger dog to feel safer. We started looking at shelters & online. We found a few liked,but none of them were a good fit.
Christmas week came. I looked online again & a sweet boys face popped up. He was adorable! The kids & I went the next day to meet him. He got along with both chuy & Benny. Now he just needed to be cat tested & my husband needed to meet him.
when my husband got home from work we went right down. He had passed his test! We named the new boy Ollie.
Ollie came home & just slept for the first 3 days. He’s such a sweet boy.
& then tragedy struck again. My daughters birthday party was on the 17th of jan. Everything was packed into a box to put in the car the next day. The dogs were behaved enough to let them have the downstairs when we weren’t home.
We came home that night & there was trash all over the floor. I had bought those gold coins as part of the loot bag treats. Gold tin foil was everywhere. I walked into the room more & noticed my Benny the bum laying motionless on the floor. He had eaten way to much chocolate for his little body. I was so sad. We didn’t tell the kids until Saturday after the party. They were sad but they understood.
Now we deal with Ollie getting into everything. Nothing is safe from him. But we love him.
My mother always told me:
Mombie 