Bitsy Comes Home

The home visit with Katrin went well. Snook and Annie were on their best behavior, no rough housing, and Alex took to Katrin right away. He fell asleep in her lap. We talked about how it would be best for Bitsy to come to our house. Katrin and Will talked and it was decided that we would drive up to Pasado's to pick her up on Saturday May 30th.


I took the girls and I went shopping for a collar, harness, and leash for Miss Bits. They wanted yellow, with bling. They couldn't find anything they liked. What we DID find was purple with butterflies. The girls loved it. They said it was good for Bitsy because we were setting her free like butterflies. Since we all need birthdays and since Bitsy is about 7 we gave her May 30th, 2002 as her birthday. That way we would always remember when she came home with us and because it was a new begining for her.


Saturday came. Libby was up at 6:30 am. For a kid that likes to sleep in, you know she was excited. Dad drove us up to Sultan where we met Will again. It is so beautiful there. Pasado's Safe Haven is a lovely facility. I would liked to have seen more, but we really wanted to get our new little girl home. We walked over to Bitsy's enclosure and she remembered us, especially Libby. Both the girl and the dog were happy.

When a tractor went by, Bitsy started spinning..........oops........we have some stress issues we didn't think about. OK.........that's workable. We got her new harness on, and Libby started walking her to the van. Bitsy was doing the little prance walk that Minpins do. Then........she heard a motor again............OK, not just tractors..........motors, could be a long drive home, that's still workable.

We waited while Will got Bitsy paper work, her vet files, her feeding instructions, a weeks worth of food to transition her. She was a bit nervous and unsure, but she was doing pretty well. We had brought along a kennel in case she was more comfortable in that. Dad had taken all but one of the back seats out, so there was lots of room for the two girls.

The ride home was amazing. Bitsy was great. The van didn't frighten her. She looked out the window. She sat in Libby's lap. Eventually, she went to sleep in the kennel. I was elated. Maybe this wasn't going to be as hard as I thought. Maybe she wasn't as bad off as I was afraid of. Maybe....................

We arrived home and introduced Miss Bits to the small dogs one at a time. Bitsy was unsure but the others were welcoming. They treated her gently, as if they knew she was fragile. When she seemed stressed, they each helped her out in there own way. Snook, stayed with her, brushing up next to her gently. Annie, our little tease, gently licked her ear. Alex, seemed to show her around and answer her questions. I might be reading human actions into our dogs, but I know that our dogs helped Bitsy adjust to her new life with us.