At the time we got Kona, schnauzers were all but impossible to get. We saw an ad in the paper and we went to look at some puppies, my daughter fell in love with the runt and we said o.k. She turned out to be the one that got into everything. Pulled out all my plants, when I got home they would all be on the patio etc. She turned out to be the best companion ever, she followed me all day through the house and would lay on me at night.
Next we got Daisy. I looked at Schnauzer rescue at that time, and they were either at the other end of the country ( they won't fly them and I am glad of that) or none around here. We saw another ad in the paper that a lady put in who bred them on a Champion race horse farm. Her husband was the manager of the farm. Daisy was the last pup and no one had picked her because she had an underbite. The lady had two little girls who used Daisy as a doll, they never put her down. I asked them to put her down so I could see if she could walk. I told my husband I want her. She was little and scrawny and black, when we took her to the groomer Neena, she laughed, but she loves her she calls her little baby. After being carried by the little girls all that time it has taken us two years for her to sit next to us or come on our lap for a few minutes, but she is doing much better.
Then came Perry. I talked to rescue in Los Angeles and they had no schnauzers, but the lady said there was a breeder who had a male that she would let go. I didn't want a male and my husband did, so since he was good with Daisy I agreed. The breeder and her husband came down to our home in San Diego and brought Perry with them, to check us out, our home etc. Daisy immediately attacked him. I thought oh no. He didn't even know how to walk up stairs, he was being groomed to go in the ring. My husband fell instantly in love and to tell the truth I did too. Perry is a joy to us and he loves Daisy so much, sometimes he kisses her and she will lick his ears and eyes, she loves him too.
Of course we had them both neutered and spayed, if they had puppies no matter how many, I would have had to keep them all. I could never have been able to part with them



[This message has been edited by jackiesdaisy1935 (edited May 04, 2001).]