Anyway when we went to the SPCA we came across Little Bear- my sister was smitten! I thought he was cute but I was worried that our landlord wouldn't be for us having another dog. Her husband hadn't planned on renting to anyone with dogs in the first place. She convinced him that with a two-bedroom house and a big backyard-you were going to find people with animals interested. He relented and we moved in May 1st, 2006 with 2 dogs.
One month later- we see Little Bear. My sister called our landlord and she said yes, we could have him!!!! We were so excited. He was supposed to be Michelle's dog- but he fell in love with me, so he's technically mine.
Little Bear (above) is a Pomeranian - he's very sturdy and when we adopted him on June 27, 2006 he was 17 lbs. Two years later he is now 25 lbs - he's very chubby, and as you can see from the picture he adores me (I'm taking the picture, he's at my feet, LOL. I adore him too!!!)
February 10, 2007, my Aunt Marti, who lives with my Mom a few blocks away, calls me on the phone. We were about to go to Chilli's before I had to go to work - she was heading over in the car to pick me up when she spotted two dogs running loose on her road. In our county dogs have to be on a leash, they aren't allowed to run loose- we do have the regulars in the neighborhood who don't follow that rule - these two were not regulars.
Marti asked me what I wanted to do, I said to pick me up and I would try to catch them and see if they had collars on. I've done this before a few time and the owners were always grateful and happy to have them home. We got to the street they were running on. One had a collar, one did not. I went for the one without the collar first- I got her. I went for the one with the collar- he ran off before I could get him.
We put signs out and four days later, the owner called. My sister was so sad, she'd fallen in love with Madelyne. The owner called us on the 20th - she said Madelyne missed Michelle too, that with Madelyne jumping fences she couldn't keep running after her (she had a baby now) - and would we like to keep her. We called our landlord- she said we could. Madelyne's owner dropped her off that night (her name was Roxie, we changed it to Madelyne). The previous owners still see her every now and then- we've even caught one of their other dogs running around the neighborhood (that's a funny story, for another time).
Madelyne (lab/pointer mix) destroying one of their toys and Little Bear looking on for his opportunity to take a turn. On this note I want to point out that Michelle and I did a little switch (she picked out Little Bear and I found Madelyne but they choose the other sister for their technical owner, LOL. Also,Michelle named Little Bear, I named Madelyne.) We love them all equally, its just who hangs out with whom the most.
Bandit passed away May 2, 2008 he was getting older and wasn't feeling good anymore -or eating so we had to put him to sleep.
Michelle and I were sad...and we felt getting another dog would help. We decided to get another beagle mix who was older - like Bandit, to honor him. We looked at several dogs and actually settled on one we had seen several weeks earlier at the SPCA. Her name was Shelly, which I find funny because that's the nickname I have for Michelle. She was 7 yrs old. We adopted her on May 16, 2008.
Lily in Michelle's room (Michelle likes to knit, see all the yarn?)Fun fact: Lily is named after Michelle's favorite flower the Stargazer Lily.
Michelle picked out Shiloh and Citrine from PetSmart on Oct 12, 2008 after I had mentioned to her that I had been thinking about getting a guinea pig. It turned out that she had been thinking about getting one too! She got them for us as early Christmas presents.
Shiloh (left) and Citrine (right)
Shiloh is mine and Citrine is Michelle. Michelle named her Citrine after the gem due to her coloring. I was thinking about Molly, but Citrine is so fancy sounding that I didn't think it could compete (not that it's a competition- but you get the idea). So I looked down at her and she had the coloring of a beagle, which got me thinking about the movie Shiloh, I've always wanted to name a beagle of mine, Shiloh- but it'd be kind-of dorky to name a beagle after a movie- you know? So...beagle coloring- she became Shiloh (plus it can compete with the name Citrine). It fit.
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