About a week
ago my boyfriend and I decided we wanted a puppy. We were set on a
smaller dog
such as a Boston Terrier or Pug. I was at work one day and visiting the
local
kijiji puppy postings when I saw this 12 week old beagle puppy
advertised only
about a half hour outside of town. The price was right and the face in
the
picture melted my boyfriends and my heart. I emailed him immediately
and made
arrangements to pick him up. The current owner would not give me his
address
only his cell number and refused to let me go to his home and see the
puppy. I
picked up the puppy in a McDonalds parking lot and right then I knew
why he
wouldn’t let me go to his home. When he brought the puppy out of the
car he was
soaking wet, covered in feces and his ribs were clearly showing, this
puppy was
abused and malnurished.
When he saw
us he immediately ran over and my boyfriend and I knew we
had to take him, I
couldn’t live with myself if I let this adorable 12 week old puppy go
home with
these horrible owners.
We decided
to name him Dexter and from the moment we drove him away from his
previous
owner he has been forever grateful. When we got him home he could not
run due
to what we think was that he was left in a crate day in and day out
with no
chance to use his legs. The first day he came home he went to the
groomers to give
him a bath and get all the nasty stuff that was stuck in his fur, the
groomer
told me she had to bath him twice due to the amount of fecal matter and
dirt in
his fur and he smelled like he had been locked in a kennel for days.
He has
been
home for a week now and is running, playing, socializing with other
dogs and
claiming his official spot on our bed right between my boyfriend and I.
We are so
glad we adopted him and to anybody thinking about getting a puppy, I
recommend
a beagle.
What could be better
than owning a Beagle? - Well, owning
two of course !
Missy's
Story - As I approached, I could see they were surrounding a
small scruff beagle!
I remember pushing the kids away in attempts
to retrieve the beagle.
Jakey's
Story - I found him in a ditch,
all balled up in the grass.
Sidney's
Story - How a small little puppy found in a ditch along the Trans
Canada Highway
has brought so much joy