Since all the tragic events were written about I thought I’d tell about the blessings we’ve had lately. After Nola’s accident the house got very quiet. Imagine that with three kids! Really, we all felt a sadness and void. Nobody to wake you up with a nose in the ear (Maggie), nobody to wag their tail for you when you got home from work (Jay), Nobody to wrestle with (James) no body to follow you around when you had treats (Caelynn) and lastly, nobody to sit at your feet and be your total devoted pal (ME). I have always loved animals but never knew I’d get this attached to one. After talking to several people and our trainer we realized that if we were to get another dog we needed to get on a breeders list soon. Maggie would really love to do agility with her dog but you have to wait until their growth plates are developed before really training them. That will take about a year and a half. So off we were to find a good, reputable breeder. I had three to interview. Talked to my number one and we made an appointment to look at her dogs over the weekend. Later in the day I talked to my third and realized her dogs weren’t what we were going to wait for. She was semi retireing anyway. Number two never got called! When I was talking to Jodie from Crystal Winds she did tell me that she had a four month old female puppy. Hmmmm. We went out and got a kennel and a few toys. It was then that I knew if we liked these parents and Jodie and this puppy didn’t have horns growing out of her head we were taking her. THEN we saw her! She was adorable and loving and attentive, the big kids liked her, Jay liked her and she didn’t jump all over Caelynn and I could go on and on. By the end of the visit I KNEW to just go ahead and pay for her because she wasn’t coming back. She has totally lived up to that gut feeling. She is smart, quick, gentle, loving, bonded to everyone in the family, playful, no issues, confident, beautiful, lets us sleep through the night (whoo hoo), mostly potty trained (have to watch her but double whooo hoooo) and we all just love her to pieces. So announcing Crystal Winds Precious Jade. We just call her Jade
If I can remember how to post pictures I will post some later.
By Sheri