Re: [Chihuahuas] Getting what I needed not what I wanted-long

2013-08-27 Thread carol holleman
dogs are sometimes better judges of character then we are! From: Susanne Defoe To: "Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com" Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2013 10:23 AM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Getting what I needed not what I wanted-long   We went to t

Re: [Chihuahuas] Getting what I needed not what I wanted-long

2013-08-08 Thread JD
that was a wonderful story and I am glad you shared it. Dogs are a whole new world to me. I've had cats for the past 18yrs. I've done cat rescue and even ran one for 10 + years (Manxalot Cat rescue). Now I just run an on line group. I always said I'm NOT a dog person. They are too much work alway

Re: [Chihuahuas] Getting what I needed not what I wanted-long

2013-08-08 Thread whiterabbit32
You are a very lucky person, JD. I believe the chiweenie chose you. Animals have a way of doing that. She loves your son and it's a good learning experience for all involved. Like you, I didn't want a Chi at first. I'd only known the nippy, yippy and mean ones. I did know that the way a dog wa

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2013-08-08 Thread solesurviv...@gmail.com
I love hearing things like this. Sometimes we don't need them but they need us. And as it turned out she's just what it took for your son to get over his apprehension of dogs. He'll talk about "his 1st dog" all his life. That's a wonderful gift that little dog gave him :-) Mitzi Oklahoma On A

Re: [Chihuahuas] Getting what I needed not what I wanted-long

2013-08-08 Thread Peggy & The Girls
I needed not what I wanted-long We went to the shelter looking for a cat because our daughter wanted a pet at college in Miami(and we were in Michigan). they didn't have the cat she wanted anymore but we ended up getting Nina, a special needs Chi for her instead. She needed both

Re: [Chihuahuas] Getting what I needed not what I wanted-long

2013-08-08 Thread Peggy & The Girls
yahoogroups.com Subject: [Chihuahuas] Getting what I needed not what I wanted-long OK I just have to say this .I hope it doesn't make me sound callous. When I thought about getting a dog, I really wanted to rescue a Pittbull. They are awsome with kids and normally the first to be put down in

Re: [Chihuahuas] Getting what I needed not what I wanted-long

2013-08-08 Thread twopenns
I think with every puppy you get, it's a roll of the dice to how he will be or look when he matures. Gloria -Original Message- From: JD To: Chihuahuas Sent: Thu, Aug 8, 2013 9:20 am Subject: [Chihuahuas] Getting what I needed not what I wanted-long OK I just have to say

Re: [Chihuahuas] Getting what I needed not what I wanted-long

2013-08-08 Thread Mommabear7772004
Thanks for that story JD . I'm glad the universe changed your heart and gave you what you needed . I think my chiweenie is pretty special too . I didn't know I was getting a mix either , but when I first met her I took one look and knew she was a chiweenie . But she needed us and I figured I

Re: [Chihuahuas] Getting what I needed not what I wanted-long

2013-08-08 Thread Susanne Defoe
We went to the shelter looking for a cat because our daughter wanted a pet at college in Miami(and we were in Michigan). they didn't have the cat she wanted anymore but we ended up getting Nina, a special needs Chi for her instead. She needed both knees fixed. Nina was what she needed. she has s

Re: [Chihuahuas] Getting what I needed not what I wanted-long

2013-08-08 Thread Robin Gordils
Sometimes Fate chooses our dogs. Or they chose us as Brutus did me. Robin, Dobe Axel CGC, TT, German Pin Ranger CGC, TT, Chihuahuas Alice CGC , Monte CGC, foster Blue and MinPins HoneyB and Brutus Www.minpinrescue.org Www.chi-rescue.com Http://chihuahua.rescueme.org/Florida JD w

[Chihuahuas] Getting what I needed not what I wanted-long

2013-08-08 Thread JD
OK I just have to say this .I hope it doesn't make me sound callous. When I thought about getting a dog, I really wanted to rescue a Pittbull. They are awsome with kids and normally the first to be put down in shelters. My sister raised her son with a pitty and this kid sits on her head, pulls he