Quick note first: we looked for months in animal shelters for "the right dog" with our first 2 (penny n clover) but never found a dog that was for us (we were not going to adopt on impulse)

our dogs are priceless and would not trade them for the world (although both dogs have health problems, skin,clovers eye's, etc)we deal with it.

but i am sooooooo ashamed of how we got theodore (Chihuahua) he was from a pet shop, and although i knew better we went and bought him anyway, in return we have gotton a shy,insecure little guy but he love's us uncondtionally.

ohh penny was a freebie, mum met a lady at her work who adopted a supposedly desexed bitch who gave birth to 4 pups a few weeks later

and clover was out of an ad in the paper and cost $20 (+ desexing,vacinations,worming,fleaing,obedience school,flyball training, various canine association fee's, vet bill with eye and skin problens) but i love more than life itself and would never give her up
and the cats were both freebies