As some of you may know, living in a South Florida apartment means that big dogs are a no-no. There's no room for them to run around and let off all of that energy that they have. This news was tough to take for an Arkansas girl! I love big dogs and was ecstatic when we found a beautiful Irish setter/lab mix at our local humane society to give a home to. Unfortunately, it didn't take long for us to figure out that our Pumpkin was just not in the environment she needed for a dog her size. She tried to chew and claw her way out of our small apartment every chance she got, and we eventually had to take her back to be re-adopted by a different family, under the condition that they have a big backyard for her.
After that heartbreak, and believe me, it was horrible, we knew that we still wanted a dog. We both grew up with dogs and knew it was something we wanted in our lives. We also knew that it would have to be a small breed. After a lot of searching and researching, we found our baby! After a couple of weeks of waiting and hoping, we got to bring this angel home:
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| Pixie's very first day with us! |
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| How can you not love her? |
Fast forward to Christmas of 2009- we are on a search for a small puppy to give to our nephew's as their big gift that year. One night, after we had searched several different shelters, we came to a pet supermarket that was advertising puppy adoption from abandoned homes. We found a VERY cute baby boy. The only problem was, he had been rescued with his sister! After a few pleases and my very own puppy-dog eyes, we were on our way with BOTH dogs! The boy went to our nephews and we kept the girl.
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| Tater and her brother, Max |
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| Tater's first day at home! |
And we have been one big happy family ever since!
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