impulse or 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!