Howd you get your dog/s?

Howd you get your dog/s?

i found Kirby by browsing around on the Internet looking for a female Pom puppy and instead stumbled upon a two year old Toy Poodle up for sale because his owner was moving to a place that didnt allow dogs. of course i went and met him and couldnt leave without him. :D

I had a mini schauzer for 16 years and she went to rainbow bridge oct 31, 2003. I had decided I would not get another dog..but you know how that goes! Nine months to the day we brought Gracie home. She was at a pet store on consignment. One look at that sweet face and I was hooked. She had me at "woof". I had planned on getting a yorkshire terrier once I made up my mind to have another puppybaby..but she was just "the one". I can't imagine our home without her.

* Knowing what I do now I would NEVER go into a pet store to purchase a pet..however...the person that she was on consignment has now turned out to be a friend and we email all the time and she has offered to baby sit gracie when we go on vacation..she is a breeder..but not of yorkies/poos...she breeds English bulldogs...she just happened to be selling Gracie for her brother...who has a yorkie and poodle and was his first/last time breeding..he did not like giving up the pups..so has decided he doesnt want in the business..
so my story turned out well...

We got Blaze one week after my previous Border Collie, Bandit passed away...I just happened to find an ad in the newspaper for Border Collie pups, and long story short, 7-week-old Blazer picked me out alongside his brothers and sisters and he came home! I haven't regretted it since; Blaze is one affectionate dog, and I've had 3 WONDERFUL years with him!! I can't believe it's been that long! I hope to share MANY more with him! (his gotcha day is in a couple weeks! Don't worry, I'll post!):D;) I thought I'd never love another dog like I did Bandit...ha, I was wrong!;)

Sheba:
I started attending dog shows and asking
questions.
Their was one breeder that stood out, and was
happy to answer all my questions.
I decided to go with him and a few weeks later
I put a deposit down for Sheba.

Rocky:
I was a member on one of the Akita lists
and made some friends.
One of them was planing a breeding
and asked me if I would like a pup.
Rocky was a special gift all the way from Alaska.

Roxey~we had just lost our chow Keisha and wasn't looking to get another dog. We just happened to be at the mall and stopped to look at the puppies. Needless to say we came home with our beautiful blue eyed beauty:)

Huney~a coworker of mine told me that someone had dumped her in her brothers yard and she wasn't able to catch her. So my niece and I went out to see if we could get her (with the intent of finding her a home). Of course we did and she's been here ever since!

Bon~a month prior to getting Bon, our sweet Angus went to the RB. We said no way did we want another dog, but it just wasn't the same around here without a big boy laying in our way;) So I searched for a breeder and ended up with our big boy Bonbon:D

Simba, my very first dog, was adopted and rescued from death from the SPCA of St Petersburg. They are a kill shelter, and Simba had been there for 4 months, since he was 4 months of age. He would have been killed if we hadn't taken him.

Years later... I remember the day perfectly and play it back to myself all the time.


Nala was adopted at the Humane Society of North Pinellas. She was 8 weeks old and had been there with numerous littermates that had been dropped off. She was the skinniest, lightest color, and shortest coat.


Kiara was adopted from the Humane Society as well. She was 15 weeks old and had been found wandering on the road the H.S. is located on. Her papers said she was VERY scared and skiddish, yet has NEVER acted a bit scared or skiddish towards us.



Have getting all three of mine from the shelter.. and seeing how they were just carelessly "thrown away".. makes me wonder why nobody wanted them. Why weren't they chosen? Why did people let them wander the streets? Why didn't anyone taken them before I did?

They're such wonderful dogs now.. and I just don't know why they weren't wanted.


Oh well.. they're mine and will be that way for eternity.

We got Katie from a petstore. A family turned in some puppies of a un-planned litter, and Katie was the last one left.

And Elvis was a surprise from my parents. We got him from my moms friends mom who breeds mini schnauzers for shows. Although, an exception for me was made as you can tell.

:)

Penny was a freebie from a friend of my Mums, i wanted a staffy but was not allowed so we got Penny. Penny's mum was suppose to be spayed, but as it turns out she was not. Penny and her 3 siblings were the result.

Clover was a $20 bargain from the news paper, we had been looking around shelters/ rescues but no one "clicked" and then we saw an ad for Rotti x pups and she chose me :D.

Theodore, was a petstore pup :(. He had been there for weeks and yes we feslt sorry for him. *Note we will never do it again.

Ahhh and the saga of Elvis...

He was a gift from a very good friend of my Mum and I (Now my boss at work). Elvis was going to be a sheep dog but the farmer did not want him, although i had been promised a pup anyway. I believe he was meant to be mine, yes he is a challenge but i like that about him ;).

Lacey and Mandy both came from a shelter, a low kill shelter, but kill shelter just the same. Lacey had been there a month so who knows if she would have been PTS. I don't know how Lacey ended up there. Mandy was there only one day after being found in a dumpster with her littermates.
Lacey was 10 weeks old and Mandy was guessed to be 8 weeks old.

Bull came from what I guess is called a backyard breeder. My boyfriend had gone up to the grocery store and there was an ad on the bulletin board in there...he called the number and paid $25 for a purebred (as far as we know) but un-registered black lab. He brought her over to show me and I had to have one too...so he took me to go get Bull. We got them from people living behind the post office in a tiny tiny apartment. I got to see both parents so I'm sure Bull will be a BIG boy!

I saw an ad in the paper for siberian pups, and they were soooo cute! They were also only 5 weeks old. Star picked us out, followed my son around, sat between our feet. It was the first time the puppies had ever been outside! I thought we'd have to come back but the breeder said to take her then and there. (A backyard breeder - I'll never do that again!)
When my sons decided to go live with their dad, Star got really lonely, so we took her to the shelter to pick out a friend - 3x!!! We finally decided on Rosie (actually I fell head over heels in love with that 20-lb. puppy ball of fluff!) We only had her three years when she was hit by a truck last year. I was devastated, Star was so depressed. I started looking for another dog but wasn't having any luck - kept checking the humane society, tried a rescue. finally found Sherman on the internet, we went to see him (3 1/2 hours away) and we just knew he'd fit right in! Had to wait a month for his owners to bring him up to us. It's been 7 months now and we love him to pieces.

We got Peej from a breeder and Bailey was adopted from a shelter. :)

Sierra - I found her on Petfinder, she was with a GSD rescue.

Buddy - My friend found him on the internet, he was listed on the kill shelters website.

Miksy - We got 12 years ago from a breeder. We had gone to a few breeders looking for the right pup. I remember one we went to, the pups were all SOOOO active! Running around like crazy. I thought they might be a little too hyper. The last breeder we went to had one puppy left. He followed their cat around, played with my brother, was super sweet, and I thought, "That dog is perfect!" And Miksy still is a perfect dog. :) <333

Megan and Monica - My aunt literally handed them over to us. :( She BYB her BYB girl dog to my grandma's petshop puppy. The mother died a week after giving birth. I had been wanting a Border Collie or Aussie at the time, and my mom didn't want any dogs. My aunt somehow convinced my dad to give the dogs to us, and then one day at a family get-together, she literally handed them over to us. My mom and I had NO idea and we didn't even have a say in it.
But, years later, Megan is my best friend. She is so loyal and intelligent, and she goes everywhere with me. I couldn't live without her! :) (Monica is my sister's dog)

Sesh - The same aunt who gave us Meg 'n Mon got Sesh from their local shelter when he was about 1yr. He lived with them for about a year, and then they realized he wasn't getting the love and attention that he needs. (He was kept kenneled and crated most of the time, away from the house) I was looking for a BC, so my aunt was like, "Take Sesh! He's a GREAT dog!! He's such a lovebug." :rolleyes: I now wish I just had gotten a BC puppy and raised it myself... Sesh has a couple behavioral problems due to his first two cruddy years of life... *sighs*

my mom got Jenny from a free add in the paper the summer I graduated 7th grade, Rocky from a shelter when I was in the sixth grade ,Buster from a free add in the paoer last year and my mom inherited Ginger when my grandmother passed away in 2003