I adopted a dog.
Sonnet is a sweet, precious Pekingese, and I adopted her from Pawtropolis in Athens. She was rescued in March from a puppy mill, along with 273 other dogs. I can't imagine. They tell me that she was so filthy and matted when they got her, that they bathed her every day for five days straight. In the end, they gave up shaved her. They also told me that when they first got her, Sonnet seemed to be traumatized. You could set her on a table and she would just stand there, wouldn't move, no matter the encouragement.She was also VERY pregnant when they got her back in March. She had six puppies while with her foster family, and all but one have since been adopted. Over the months since, she's been spayed, vaccinated, and developed into such a sweet, mellow little dog.
So, after browsing websites literally for months looking for just the right dog, I discovered the Helping Paws Rescue program at Pawtropolis and saw Sonnet's picture and description. I knew I wanted a calm dog, an adult dog, and a female. Her description seemed to be exactly what I was looking for:
Sonnet is such a sweet mellow girl. She she is already housetrained and cratetrained. She bonds very well her to new family and enjoys laying around watching what is going on. She does like to occasionally entertain herself with a chew bone or toy, though her energy level is moderate to low. Sonnet is so loving and will make a great family pet.A couple weeks ago, I finally went and met her. What a little angel! My dad asked me, "Are you going to fall in love with the first dog you look at?" Well, maybe I did, but I felt like I'd been searching for so long, and I felt like her description was just so perfect, that if she really did have the personality Pawtropolis said she did, there wouldn't be any question that I wanted her.
I put in an application and waited. That was a Saturday. On Monday, I got an email saying that after having almost NO people interested in her for months, THREE applications had been placed on her over the weekend. I waited during the week as the rescue folks contacted the other applicants and finally contacted me for a meeting at my home on Thursday.
Sonnet's foster mom Kathie was great. She gave me lots of information, as well as training tips and encouragement. By the time she left, she was confident I would make a good home for Sonnet. I heard from Amanda at Pawtropolis on Saturday, and about 1:00, the adoption was complete, and I could take her home.She is such a good dog. She's house trained and crate trained, although she didn't much like the crate last night. We're working on that. She's sniffing and wandering, learning the environment, but if I'm home, she pretty much just wants to be wherever I am.
I'm so excited to have her. I'm looking forward to us getting to know and love each other. I know she's going to enrich my life immensely.
