Woke up with puffy eyes from crying yesterday. My kids didn’t even get as sad as I did when we were turned away to adopt the puppy we had been wanting to see and adopt at the Capitola Mall. Despite trying to convince the manager that the dog would be inside and outside it was too late. I had written garage and backyard in ink on the form. I was emotional since we had been looking for over a year. Our pets were always inside and never left in the cold. When we first started looking my youngest went from Beagle, Golden Doddle, Chihuahua, to Lab and we had all finally decided on a rescue mix mid sized dog. I had seen the liter on the SPCA website.
The time was finally here. Fences were fixed to keep the chickens in their coop, a new gate and fence in front, flatten pump track, cut down the rotten old Apple tree backyard is safe for a dog. After a few visits with the kids and without to the Santa Cruz SPCA over the course of a year with no match we finally see the dogs we think are the ones on-line. So Monday I drive to check them out and mainly the two different colored eyed pup, but they were closed. So mid week I go grab the door and it is locked it was 1:37 pm and they close from 1:00 to 2:00 (everyday). So Saturday I go after a photo shoot and their are Pit Bulls, small dogs and Chihuahua’s dogs we like are gone. Sunday comes around and my neighbor who would send me photos from the SPCA now and then via cell phone son comes over with the his dads cell phone showing me that the dogs were actually all at the Mall the day I went to see them and he even has video of them playing. The kids and I were stoked. I called to find out where they were to make sure I didn’t go to the wrong place, sure enough two of them were there. Greg and I liked the brown one the kids the black one. We got the black one out which was scared and growled at my youngest. He was cute but I wasn’t feeling the chemistry. Greg was like check out the brown one he is sweet and so we did and then we got the news we would have to get approval from the director since I wrote outside and garage. It was clear to me why those dogs were still not adopted. I was heart broken. Never thought being an animal person, born and raised in Santa Cruz, work my ass off, give, donate, do free work for the city, busted my butt to help give a gift to James Durbin, prize for the Amgen bike race no matter. We have hardwood floors no carpet for because of having pets and had been planning this final step. Yes, we could buy a dog but that’s not what we wanted to do. I really like that dog and it will be a bummer if we can’t get it. So lesson learned to anyone getting a dog from the Santa Cruz SPCA write that the dog will be inside and out. They don’t care if you have a fence or not according to the manager, though when Greg got his dog from the SPCA they told him he needed a fence so he built one and went back and got the dog he wanted and we had it for 10 years until we had to put him down because of cancer. I have friends that got a dog without a fence because they wrote fenced yard. Super ironic since I taught a Facebook class a few months ago though Parks and Rec. and one of the students worked for the SPCA and I gave her helpful advice on how to get more people to the SPCA via Facebook.
I raised a JRT (Jack Russell Terrier) had lessons with Kitty Field and Dr. Hoban. I had her for 17 1/2 years. She was my first dog that was all mine. If you can raise a JRT and keep it happy you can work with any dog. They are super cute, smart and hard headed. They keep you on your toes and need lots of TLC.
By the way I would never return a dog I adopted. They become family.
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