March 17
Happy Saint Patrick's Day!!
Okay how did I get hoodwinked into this? I never wanted another dog after Sadie.
Mel doesn't like dogs so he wasn't exactly broken up about my decision.
Not to mention that we are leasing a house in a neighboring town until we can find something we want in our town, so a pet wasn't on my mind.
Then out of the blue I get a phone call from my second oldest son Derek. He has been spending some time with my ex-husband in the attempt to get to know him better. Anyway our other son Chris was down there visiting when I get the phone call.
I guess their Dad had a weird pigmy dog that he was getting rid of for no good reason except that it was getting on his nerves.
My sons, being the eternal saviors of anything that moves, called to rescue the dog because they didn't want it to go to the shelter.
Of course first question out of my mouth is what is wrong with it? They say nothing; he's a good dog and of course pretty, pretty, please, sugar on top!
How old are you two, five?
I, being the eternal sucker for a sob story, ask my hubby Mel if we can have him.
He asks the eternal question, what is wrong with him?" You get the gist. We agreed to take him on a one week trial basis.
He so much as looks at me wrong he's out of here! Yeah right who are we kidding? That tiny little freak of nature, half Chihuahua, half German shepherd, Yeah I know, don't ask!, Walked in, I was hooked!
He was only three months old and already a whopping 11 pounds.
He showed us right of the bat who was the one with the brains in this operation!
We decided to leave him in the downstairs bathroom when we went to church because we hadn't gotten a crate for him yet.
Well when we got home he wasn't in the bathroom. He was in the family room on the couch with the light on!
I guess the prior tenants had a big dog that made a hole in the door between the bathroom and the family room. Mr. Genius, AKA Buddie, found it and slid underneath, jumped up on the card table turned the light on with his nose and proceeded to nap the morning away on the couch!
We thought one of the kids had left him in there because he felt bad for him, but no, he showed us exactly how he did it when we put him in there again!
Needless to say my hubby was impressed! I was in love and Buddie found a home.
Although everyone thinks it's kind of weird that I got him from my ex-husband!
So even though we aren't Irish Buddie sure felt the luck of the Irish when he found a home instead of a shelter! Now if only I could find that pesky leprechaun and his pot of gold!
