Puppy

5/21/11

Puppy - the last puppy of the litter and the one we ALMOST kept! We had gotten rid of the second to last puppy on Wednesday 5/17 and I told Nate that if we didn't get rid of the last one, Puppy (which is what we called him) by the weekend than we would be keeping him. I was off work the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that he was alone with us and I knew we would quickly bond with him. Once that happened there was no getting rid of him! Part of me really wanted to keep him- the other part of me really didn't. I didn't want to have to go through the "puppy stuff" with a 15 month old, a CRAZY puppy mama, and Nate and I working full time and us being in school! It just seemed like to much work. Puppy was such a stinker but also so stinkin' cute! We thought it would be good for Chloee to have a friend when she's home alone and when she just wants to play! He was so good with Braxton and was very sweet and calm so he had that on his side. We talked about it A LOT and changed our minds on the idea A LOT as well.

To make a long story short -

On Sunday 5/21/11 we were hanging out in the yard and doing a little straightening, after finally getting rid of the puppies - except for Puppy- our yard needed quite a bit of work! We started talking about Puppy and our real/final plans for him. After much talking we finally decided to keep him but were still a little hesitant about the idea. Part of me was SO excited and relieved that I finally was able to persuade Nate to let us keep him. The other part of me was asking myself, what are you thinking? Are you sure you're ready for this? The weekend was pretty much over and we were all bonding with him enough that the thought of giving him up was hard to think about. Even Braxton LOVED him! We decided it was the right thing. Not long after Nate's phone rang. After he answered it I heard him say "Ya, we have one left." "It's a male." Yep, we'll be home for a little bit." "Thank you, see you soon." He then hung up and said, "We just sold him."

I immediately felt my eyes feel with tears and my heart pound! I was so mad at Nate! I was really frustrated that he would make a decision like that on his own and especially after we had just decided together to keep him. How could he do that! Nate could tell I was upset and when he came over to where I was at and saw the tears he felt so bad. He asked me if he did the wrong thing. If I wanted Puppy for sure to just let him know and he would call the guy back and tell him never mind. I couldn't believe that he wanted me to be the one to say what he did was a bad idea and to make him call that poor man back that was hopefully excited to be on his way for a new puppy! Why couldn't he just admit he was wrong and call the guy back on his own? Yes, I was very upset! He asked me two or three more times what I wanted him to do as far as calling the man back. Nate kept saying, "I don't want you to be mad at me." I don't want you to hold this against me." I finally said to him, " Just don't talk about it. I'm not mad at YOU, I just really don't want to talk about it."

I stole a couple of last pictures and then went inside to get ready for Jason Sorenson (Nate's cousin) farewell. The last think I wanted to do was be around when Puppy was taken away. I cried the whole way upstairs, through my whole shower and for a good while after getting out. When Nate finally came upstairs and told me he was gone I was finally more sad then mad.

Nate told me that the guy who took Puppy had lost his lab the day before. He had taken her to a parking lot to play ball, threw the ball behind her and she turned around to quickly and her back end instantly collapsed. He took her in and she had broken her back. The surgery was going to cost a lot of money and they couldn't guarantee it would work causing her to be in a rear end wheel chair. He is a single man and this dog was his life but he couldn't afford the surgery and the thought of no guarantee for it working didn't really make sense doing it. He had such a hard time leaving his dog at the vet and eventually talked to him mom about it. She told him that the thing that would help him the most would be to get another dog. He didn't want to do that though because he didn't want to replace her to soon. He woke up Sunday morning and decided him mom was right and he came upon our ad first and figured he would give us a call. Can you say TENDER MERCIES?!?!?!

Nate said that the man was choking up while he was telling Nate the story. I obviously was a mess again but for a totally different reason! This was meant to be. I'm so glad that Nate was the one to answer the phone and talk to that man. I probably would have told him Sorry, we don't have anymore. This man needed our Puppy and our Puppy needed him. We knew with the mans situation that he would take really good care of him. We knew that Puppy would get so much more time and attention from this man than we would be able to give him. I still think about him occasionally and wonder what he's up to but still deep down I'm so glad that Nate answered his phone that day, told the man yes and that the man took our Puppy home with him on that Beautiful Sunday!

LOVE YOU PUPPY!!

Last pictures of him

Right before the man came to get him

Isn't he so stinkin' cute?

~He was such a softie~


This is the closest I could get Chloee to get to him

** Poor Chloee had such a hard time! She knew what was going on when the man came into the back yard. She had been through it 6 other times and never really seemed to care to much. But with Puppy, she was very sad. She moped around the house and wouldn't eat for about 3 days. Luckily, she snapped out of it and before we knew it she was back to normal!

Chloee, you are such a good mommy. You took great care of your pups and were so patient with them. Way to go Mama Chlo~