I Have A Secret

Back in October, my sweet old girl Echo passed away. She was 15 years old and I am still heartbroken over the loss of her. I've been really missing not just my dear old friend, but just having a dog in the house. It feels so empty not having the clickety clack of paws in the kitchen, no one to greet me at the door when I come home, well, you know how it is. So I've been spending a lot of time down at our local shelter, just hanging out with the dogs, petting the cats and bunnies and the guinea pigs they have there. I was talking to the lady who runs the place and mentioned that I was ready to adopt and is there a wait list for if any puppies come in. Well, it turns out that a little dog that she is boarding at her house just gave birth to a litter on Christmas day, so she is going to send me pictures and I can choose one! It's a secret because I want to surprise my family and they won't be ready till February anyway. But I just wanted to tell someone :)

That's awesome news, Silverwind! I'm so happy for you! :2huggers: Please keep us posted (and share pics! :D )

That is a great secret and I promise not to tell your family ! :) I also can't wait to see photos of your new :dog: . Do you know what breed the parents are?

I'm excited too. Still waiting for pics, but I'll share as soon as I get them :) The mother is a pug mix, father is unknown. I think this is meant to be because my husband has always wanted a pug. It's hard not saying anything!

What a lovely secret to have!
Wishing you lots of happiness and fun when you bring your secret puppy home :cloud9:

That's great. You can visit and help influence the wee things too, with some early training. Boy, if you continue to visit it will be even harder to keep quiet.

I don't think I could keep a secret about new puppy very long! I would dying to tell my family . :laughing:

Me, too, Barkingdog! That would be pretty hard! I get too chatty when I get excited! :D

I'm still keeping the secret- except I told my husband because it felt wrong to keep it secret from him. I'm still waiting on pictures but later in the week I might ask if I can come and see the puppies and take a picture myself :)

Yay! Is your husband pretty excited, too? I hope you get a chance to see the pups next week :fingerscr

How exciting! What could be better to help heal the loss of a dear friend :)

What a lucky little dog!!! He/she is loved already! Bless you :angel:

This is her :lovestruck:

Oh, she's adorable!!! :lovestruck: Look at that sweet face and that little tongue!!

She sure is adorable, what is her name and what bred is she? :lovestruck:

Adorable puppy! Congratulations :cloud9:

awww man sooo cute. way to go sw! :highfive:

We still don't have a name for her yet :confused: I am thinking maybe Smudge, or Lucy?? But I'm going to give the kids a chance to make suggestions when we get her home. Her mother is half pug half something else, and father is unknown. Name suggestions welcome ;)

Smudge is a cute name! :D Can they estimate how big she might get to be?

Not really, since they have no idea what breed(s) the father might have been. But she's a pug mix so I imagine small/med.

Here she is! We brought her home Wednesday. My kids adore her! My 14 year old cried when she saw her :cloud9: We have decided to name her Betsy- the name my 6 year old suggested. As I type this, Betsy is sleeping in my arms :lovestruck:

Oh! SO CUTE. Oh my, so cute. She'll never learn to walk properly, she'll be up in someone's arms being cuddled the whole time. Kidding. SO CUTE. :)

Oh! Oh! Oh! So adorable!! :lovestruck: I like the name--it suits her!

Has Lily forgiven you, yet? :D

I think you may be right Longblades...She is sweet and almost always in someones arms! Lily loves me again, she's been snuggly, and hasn't eaten the baby so...in other news, I think another heat is coming already!

Hello Silverwind:

What a beautiful little puppy. Looks like you came up with a real gem. I'm glad the young people had the honour of naming her Betsy.

Also glad to hear that Lily has had a change of heart and you're in her good books again. :thumbs up :goodvibes:

A little surprised that you think she may be coming into heat again so soon.

Aww congrats she's adorable!

Hello Silverwind:

What a beautiful little puppy. Looks like you came up with a real gem. I'm glad the young people had the honour of naming her Betsy.

Also glad to hear that Lily has had a change of heart and you're in her good books again. :thumbs up :goodvibes:

A little surprised that you think she may be coming into heat again so soon.

Yes it was definitely heat. She;s still in it. At the vet today, they told me that some cats can go as little as 24 hrs between heats! She is set to be spayed on Friday.