So, who wants a puppy? Cute story for Friday

Chipmunk415 · February 2014

Background: My FSMIL is an animal control officer. All of FSMIL and FFIL's pets are rescues: Scooby, the 9 lb yorkie who's elderly owner could no longer care for him; Izzie, the 4 lb teacup yorkie/silky terrier mix who ran away from a puppy mill; Morty, the 20 lb (midget panther) long haired black persian cat; and Red, the chicken who was half mauled by a pit bull.

We had dinner with the FILs last night. It was also our first time meeting Forrest- the white, male, poodle/maltese/not sure what other toy breed mix that FSMIL found stuffed in a too small cage shaking from cold, malnutrition, and beatings in a raid on a house. The photos of him when they found him are just awful. FSMIL is fostering/nursing him back to full health so he can get neutered and adopted as a rescue.

3 weeks later, Forrest is a happy, clean, loving pup. He's about as long from nose to tail as my middle finger to elbow (and he has quite a bit of tail on him, no docking). He can't jump up onto your lap quite yet, but he'll happily let you pick him up and lick the bejeezus out of your hand, face, really, anything he can get to. He also likes chewing and nibbling on you, but he is still a puppy with puppy teeth.

Later that evening, Scooby was a mean old man jerk, and bit Forrest (Scooby thinks he should be the only dog in the house). Scooby got in big trouble, but all Forrest wanted was to be held at chest level, so he could curl up with his head under your chin.

If that wasn't cute enough, he has an underbite, similar to ones seen in Brussels Griffons. In fact, he has a Bubba from Forrest Gump level underbite. (originally FFIL was calling him Bubba, but they decided "Forrest Gump" was the better option). He looks at you with those big, eager, yet serious eyes, head tilted quizzically to the side, and that toothy grin, and you can't help but smile and cuddle him!

Happy Friday!

AprilH81 · February 2014

I want a puppy, but we need to wait until we move in a few months. Then I need to weigh my puppy wants versus travel wants (harder to travel with a puppy in tow or having to kennel).

Cokezerofreak · February 2014

I want every puppy out there. But we have two fur babies already and if we want to try for the human babies, we need to hold off.

Similar to your in laws, my parents are the Doctor Dolittle's in the neighborhood. They feed all animals (birds, squirrels, strays, etc.). The neighbors go to them when they find anything that needs help. Dogs and cats randomly just walk into their back yard when my dad has the fence open. The local animal control knows them by name. They got their first cat because it walked into the doggy door after they fed her for a while. She decided that she liked them so she was moving in. A week later another of the stray cats walked in but they took him to the ASPCA to get adopted (he was a beautiful Siamese so adopted within days). Three months ago their second cat showed up by my brother's store (industrial area) so they took him home. The dog is from a neighbor across the street that couldn't handle her as a puppy. I take my dog over there every workday for baby sitting. My BF tries to take hers over once a month to hang out with them, too.

Animals are the best! If I ever won the lottery, I'd quit and have an animal and kids charity.