Bitsy Questions

We had been watching Bitsy and her mom Pixel on line at Petfinder.com for a while.

Mom had lost her Minpin, Simba to old age last fall and was really grieving. She was determined that she wasn't getting another dog. Dad and I knew better. We also knew that a rescue dog with problems was not a good match for mom right off. In January, we got "Snook" for Mom. "Miller's Lovely Kaiser Jaden" to be exact. He is beautiful. He is also young. He turned one on May 8th.

I knew that Snook was lonely, so I kept looking for a friend for him. Bitsy was always there. Mom said keep an eye on her. She was so pretty. But she had issues and I wasn't sure we could handle her. We kept looking.

A number of things happened............we found Alex, another Miniature Pinscher, in May and Annie a mixed breed Minpin and (we think) Chihuahua. Alex was a bit possive and Annie wasn't totally house trained. We took care of those issues and were feeling pretty good.

Bitsy was still on Petfinder.com.

I went to Pasado's website to find more info. Just looking. Just thinking. Then I noticed that there was an adoption event just over an hour away from us.............so I thought, why not go and talk to people that know about Bitsy and find out if we can handle her.

Dad thought is was a good idea (Mike rolled his eyes but he had to go to work). We put mom, Ally, Libby and me in the van. Abby stayed home to doggie sit with the kids (little dogs) and off we went.

We made it to the adaption event and met wonderful people there with great dogs and cats. If my kids had their way, we would have taken every furry person home with us. We really don't have that much room. We met and talked to Katrin about Bitsy. She gave us Miss Bits' background and what her special needs would be. Katrin suggested that we go up to the rescue and meet Bitsy. We talked about it...........this was a huge commitment. This little girl had never lived in a home, had never interacted with kids, had never done a bunch of "normal" dog stuff. Mom decided she wanted to meet Bitsy.

We drove up to Sultan and met Will "the Dog guy". He took us to where Bitsy lived and introduced us. I think my girls were the first children that she had met. My kids are very good with animals. They know how to approach shy animals and we had talked on the way there. They did a great job.

Poor little Bitsy was so unsure of herself that she was shaking. My dad and the girls coaxed her to them and soon Bitsy was taking treats from all of us. When the other dogs came back from the event, it was time to go. BItsy jumped up on Libby's leg and followed her down the fence line to the van tring to lick her fingers. Will told us that he thought that we were the right family for Bitsy, we thought so too.

When Katrin called early in the week to set up a home visit, I'm not sure who the most excited person was. The kids or my dad.