things happen for a reason. Always....
my decission that she is a keeper... It was not planned, it was not wanted, but it just happened! So now we are 4 BP family!
YAY, YAY, YAYYYYYYYYYYYY
YYY!!!! I am so happy to read this AnnaCrew. After seeing that adorable pic of Grace with your husband, I had the strongest feeling that she'd found a forever home with your family, and that it had been planned that way by Someone. My eyes got all misty when I read your news. I am sorry about the puppy, but I know that is how it is supposed to be sometimes. Here's how *I* found that out:
A few months after we lost Halley to cancer, I was still in tears whenever I thought about her, but we really wanted a new sister for Daisy and another furry person to love, so I contacted Cara's breeder to see if they had any litters planned. We were excited to hear that they were planning a breeding in a couple months, so we waited. When 2 breedings didn't "take" over the next few months (2 different females, of course
), I started to wonder if this was what we were "supposed" to be doing. Then I went to a dog show and finally got to meet in person the lady with Pyr Rescue that had been so kind and supportive while Halley was ill. We decided to adopt a dog from rescue when the right one came along, and also to buy a puppy from Cara's breeder when a breeding "took". Meanwhile I saw a Pyr boy on Petfinders in a kill shelter and called about him. They said he'd been adopted, but kept my ph#. They called me a week later and said that an elderly couple needed to rehome a young female Pyr, was I interested? Meanwhile, the couple found a home for her, so I gave them my ph# and asked them to call me if she didn't work out in the new home (something didn't sound right to me). A week later, we were on our way to Pyr Rescue to meet a male Pyr that had come from that same kill shelter that I had called a couple of weeks back, when the elderly couple called me on my cell and asked if I could come get Cassie, b/c the other home hadn't worked out. So we ended up with Sammy (who had come from that kill shelter) and Cassie (who was referred to us by the same kill shelter's staff) all within 1 month. I just *know* that it was meant to be, this small shelter is 5 hours from us and not somewhere that I'd have
ever thought that we'd find 2 pyrs in a year, much less 1 month. Now, I'm having health problems that until they are controlled would make it hard to have a new puppy in the family that needed training, etc. so I can see that again Someone had a plan here. Cassie, Sammy (and of course my sweet Daisy) are the pyrfect fit for us.
BTW PyrParent, the rescue that had Sammy held him for us for almost a month while we added some new fencing and got Cassie (then Daisy) through a bout of kennel cough. They didn't charge anything additional for his boarding (though we did donate some $ as thanks) and they were very nice about it. I think that his adoption fee was something like $150 or $200 and that included neutering, antibiotics, and some extensive blood work to be certain that he was otherwise healthy except that his previous home had tried to starve him to death.
So between this breeder's adoption fee and their fees for boarding, I can see your concern. Who knows though, maybe they will rethink they're position. In any case, I think that it's wonderful that you are giving this so much thought and I just *know* that when it's right that you will be able to tell.
