Bitsy was planned. We got her 2 days before our wedding as our wedding gift to eachother.

Charlie was planned. We knew we wanted a second dog, but didn't have a specific breed in mind. I had been checking the pound for only a couple weeks before I found Charlie. (Though we actually didn't find him at the pound.) My friend knew someone who was 'fostering' her daughters min pin and rehoming him. My friend told me about him, we met him and he came home with us.

Buster was not planned at all. He was in an abusive home and was given to my boss and me to rehome (I worked at a kennel). Buster had a lot of issues and needed a lot of special care and TLC. Justin and I decided he should be with us.

Nacey was semi-planned, not really though. We were fostering her and she was homed with a couple. Justin and I hated giving her up and wanted her back. We said if for whatever reason she didn't work out we wanted her back, permanently. Several weeks later we got a call saying if we still wanted her she was ours.

Nova wasn't planned at all either. She showed up at our door one day (thanksgiving day 2004). We searched for her owners for over a month before finding them. They had no interest in getting Nova back. For about another month we were fostering her and after several interviews with potential homes we decided she belonged with us. Nacey and she were bonded so tightly we couldn't separate them.

Jake was also semi-planned, but not really. Justin and I have been talking about adding a larger dog to our family, but had no intention of doing it so soon. Jake is an amazing dog and although the timing isn't perfect we couldn't let him go.