impulse or planned out

[cloverfdx]

Nala and Kiara, well I had no clue that we were ever going to come home with another dog.. let alone have 3 dogs. They were found on one of our usual humane society visits. Each time when filling out adoptions papers my dad said "Mom is going to kill me."

Kay that is so sweet, bought tears to my eyes .

[cocker_luva]

jesse was planned out

[cloverfdx]

Penny and Clover were planned we looked for months in rescues and shleters for them (Both were from oops litters in the end). Theodore (Chihuahua) was impulse bought. Elvis was planned, we knew about him 3-4 weeks before he was born.

Then Ms Tinny came along unexpectedly, and was only a foster.. well that lasted all of a day and we could not give her up (I did not try too hard to find her a home hehe, no one was ever good enough for her). If Tinny had not come aloog when she did i was going on a waiting list for a pup anyway .

[tricollie4me]

Bijou was (mostly) planned. We had adopted Bonnie, our first cat, in the month of January, and by February I knew I wanted a second pet for our family - this time, a dog. We checked many shelters online and went to see one group of pups that we soon realized wouldn't be right for our family...when we returned home that afternoon I felt really sad - like we were missing "someone...". That evening, I found our Bijou on a local rescue's website. I had actually noted her photo previously, during our search, and this time made the call to the rescue the next morning to find out about her. I was told she was the final collie pup available from a litter of sables (she was the only tri), and that the rescue had two other families calling about her. I told them to hold her for me until 12:00 p.m. and drove like mad through terrible weather conditions to see her. I adopted her on the spot and brought her home!

Four months later we adopted a sibling pair of cats so now have our hands full (of fur!)

I just adore this girl. Now if only I could get my hubby to agree to a second dog, I think a pair of pups and a trio of felines would be perfect!

BTW, interestingly, the rescue's photo simply showed her little black body tucked into the mass of her sable collie pup siblings! I really didn't know who I was going to be meeting -- she ran like wild, jumped like crazy, and was all-around ebullient with her taste of freedom. She's such a wonderful metaphor for all that is good in the world!

[AdoreMyDogs]

Graham and Kersey were impulse. Boone was planned for a long time, I just thought we'd get him in July, when instead, we got him in April...he was planned, but just came earlier then originally expected

[GiantSchnauzer]

Planned out. After I lost my last Giant the house felt so empty and so began my search for a GOOD breeder. I was on the list for a puppy from a GS breeder here in MA. I probably wouldn't have gotten a puppy until Oct. The breeder emailed me to tell me that the breeder she got 2 of her dogs from had puppies available and ready to go. I researched the pedigrees etc etc as I did with the MA breeder then emailed and called the Canadian breeder. She had puppies available because the Dam had 17 puppies Who expects that many?? The rest is history...

[lizbud]

Mine were all planned. If I hadn't I would have found myself with a
house full of dogs. After Buddy passed away, I found myself falling
into a deep depression & thought I might make myself sick with grief.
I went to find another pup to keep my mind from dwelling on my loss.

You can't be sad to long with a little pup running around who needs
you. Smokey was a wonderful distraction & Maggie has been a great
pal for him. My house is full again & I'm a better person because of it.