Thursday, June 9, 2011

No Wahooman....by Jodi


I remember when we had just one shih tzu and we decided a girl might be the next one. We loaded up the car and went to Westminister to look. There was an asian woman with a dish towel over the dogs face while she brushed him. If that wasn't scary enough there was a big boy staring at us and told my 6th grade son, he liked his titties! He handed me this tiny 6 week old black and white puppy that was supposed to be a shih tzu puppy. I whispered to Dan and Travis this was not a shih tzu puppy! Needless to say, we left. They were scary people and we didn't want scary dogs!
One day Dan said there was a girl shih tzu who needed a home on Craig's List. She was 7 months old and the people would bring the dog to our house, she could stay the weekend. We all were home and they brought her over, she ran through the house, she was beautiful. Wrigley ignored her at first, then he jumped up on to the bed and started barking at her. It was so funny, after he barked at her they were friends forever. She didn't sleep with that Mommy but has slept in our bed with us since day 1. She came named Sidney and that is how we got her. She was free on Craig's List, what a bargain!
We had Wrigley and Sidney for awhile and they happily lived with us. They played dinosaur, barking and growling together. I kept telling Dan we needed another one. I survived my stroke the year before and I could be home with him. One day I was teaching class and he sent me a picture of a shih tzu puppy! He asked me to look at him on Saturday morning, we went, he was cute but too big and appeared to be attached to the boy. We got in the car and he showed me a picture of more adorable shih tzu puppies. I agreed we needed to look at them. We went to Rolling Hills and there were 2 males. The one was brown, black and white. He was tiny, a bird could have carried him away! He weighed 1.8 pounds and we bought him. We named him Boone and we loved him. Wrigley and Boone get along famously but Boone and Sidney are still getting acquainted. Slowly buy surely, they make daily contact. Wrigley is laid back and likes his belly and ears rubbed, he loves the spa, he adores his mama! Sidney is Dan's dog, she sticks out her little pink tongue and Dan rubs her back. Boone is like a bunny, he darts around, he loves to play outdoors and he does this adorable little thing with his paws so that looks like he is praying!
I can't believe we have 3 shih tzus! I tell Dan that it isn't a farm unless we have 5 or more...LOL. We love the ones we're with types, we all cuddle with them all. They get their tummies rubbed, they get their cookies and they shred up all the tissues they can shred! We love our shih tzus! They are cuddly and very lovable! Everyone has his own personality! We love our doggies.
No Wahooman, you may not have Boonie! ;)  

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