Zoey

I am writing this blog because I have no one to talk to. I know most of my readers are proud parents of humans, but I consider my dog my "child". Joe and I got her right before we got married and love her so much.


When we got her, I had heard that Petsmart offered "puppy insurance". I looked into the price and weighed it out and decided to do it. NEWSFLASH: I should have looked at the backrounds of the doctors too. While we were having Zoey spade they knicked a nerve. To this day they still say she was born that way, but she was fine before that day. We have kept her alive since then, watching her legs get worse by the day.


This week, she couldn't even keep her back end up on her own, she is having accidents all over the house, and we have to carry her everywhere. Joe and I had to sit down and think about this logically. We decided that tomorrow we were going to take Zoey to be put down. She is suffering and we are being selfish keeping her alive. She will be better off in puppy heaven where I hope she can walk and keep herself up.

She is a great dog, and I hope to someday have another dog like her.

We're Expanding!!!

And no... it's not a baby.

Joe and I decided to add to our family by buying another dog this weekend. We love Zoey, but she is truly handicap and we aren't sure how long we are going to have her with us :-( We made the decision awhile ago that our next dog was going to be, as Joe puts it, a "real" dog. A, big, lovable, lot of dog. I was ok with that as long as we chose a breed that was kid friendly and loyal.

I have always wanted a dog that SOMEDAY I will be able to take with me to a hospital as therapy to little children who are sick. I was in the hospital when I was a kid (for nothing major) but I was there when people brought in their dogs. I have never seen children light up like that. So, ultimately, some day I want to volunteer some of my time to make that smile appear on people's faces as well.

Long story short... we went out to Lake Milton on Saturday when Joe got off work and picked up our second little bundle of joy... Riley!

More on her later, I promise!