On Friday we bundled into the family wagon and headed to Hobart, a three hour drive south of where we live. The reason behind the trip was to get together with our travel mates from China to celebrate the girls' second birthdays. All the girls turn two between January 2nd and 19th, so we met up in Hobart to have a bit of a party (well, two parties actually!!) and catch up to see how gorgeous all the girls were. We had a marvellous time, and we were all exhausted by the time we got home on Sunday afternoon, but it was just great to see all the girls and to talk to the mums and dads about their experiences. In the photos, the demonic looking clown is actually DS, who asked to have his face painted like Sponge Bob Square Pants. Mmmm, not sure about that one..... By cristinafairley, shot with E-520 at 2009-01-11 By cristinafairley, shot with E-520 at 2009-01-11 By cristinafairley at 2009-01-11 By cristinafairley, shot with E-520 at 2009-01-11 By cristinafairley, shot with E-520 at 2009-01-11 By cristinafairley, shot with E-520 at 2009-01-11 By cristinafairley, shot with E-520 at 2009-01-11 By cristinafairley, shot with E-520 at 2009-01-11 By cristinafairley, shot with E-520 at 2009-01-11 By cristinafairley, shot with E-520 at 2009-01-11 By cristinafairley, shot with E-520 at 2009-01-11 By cristinafairley, shot with E-520 at 2009-01-11
On Friday morning the kids, DH and I went to the Dog's Home to take Daisy for a walk before we went to Hobart for the weekend (more on that trip in another post!) We had our little Bella with us too, and were just heading out the gate of the Dog's Home for our walk when an older guy got out of a truck and came up to us. He asked what we were doing with Daisy. I was a bit puzzled, and told him that we had adopted her from the Home and were going to be taking her to live with us after she was de-sexed. He then leaned down and patted her, and looked at the scar she has above her right eye. 'I know whose dog this is' he said, and my heart plummeted right down to my sneakers. It turns out that this guy (Darrell) was actually the guy who bred Daisy - her mother is his dog!! She was from a large litter, and is actually a springer spaniel/ fox hound cross. He said that she had been born about 15 months ago and he had sold her as pup to a bloke in Port Sorell, a small town about twenty minutes away from us. Apparently Daisy's owner had called Darrell the day before to tell him that his dog had gone missing, and would he (Darrell) mind checking in at the Dog's Home to see if she had been taken in. This is, mind you, THREE WEEKS after Daisy had gone missing!!! Turns out that Darrell lives just a short distance from us, and Daisy's mum still lives with him. As I was hearing all of this I was getting more and more dismayed, thinking that we were not going to be able to go through with Daisy's adoption as her former owner wanted her back. But after we talked to Darrell a bit longer, and he saw how very fond we all are of Daisy, he said that he would call Daisy's former owner to tell her that she had found another home. He could see that she was going to a family who would love and look after her, unlike her first owner who was 'too busy' to call the Dogs Home and see if his dog had been taken in.
So tomorrow we are back into the Dogs Home to give Daisy a bath before her de-sexing on Tuesday. With a bit of luck she will be ready to come home with us on Wednesday morning - hurrah!!
Yes folks, here she is - the newest member of our family, the fabulous Miss Daisy!! She isn't at home with us just yet, as she still has to be de-sexed (Tuesday next week) but by next Wednesday (Alice's birthday!) she will be home with us. We went to the Dog's Home today and took her for a nice long walk, gave her a new collar and generally spoiled her a lot. Can't wait until she is home!! Enjoy the photos.
I have found our new furry friend. Alice and I went back to the Dog's Home today (without DH!!) and had a bit more of a look around. There was a lovely black and white spaniel x border collie there who I had seen last time, but (get this) didn't pay much attention to as I didn't like her name (Belinda!!) Anyway, Alice and I kept coming back to Belinda's cage, and she kept looking at us with her big brown eyes. Whilst all the other dogs around her were going crazy, barking and yapping, she was just lying down, looking up at us as if to say 'PLEASE take me home!!' We took Belinda out in the yard for a play and she was very gentle with Alice - she seems to be quite a shy dog, yet very ready for affection. She is about 18 months old and was found wandering on the road not too far out of our home town. Since DH and the big kids are away on a road trip today, I decided to put a 24 hour hold on Belinda so that no one else can adopt her until we go back tomorrow - along with DH, the big kids and Bella the fox terrier. I really hope that DH likes her as I certainly think she is the dog for us!! As for the name though - that has GOT to go!! Any suggestions???? BTW, the photo isn't actually of Belinda, but a dog who looks very similar. Pretty cute, huh??!!!
but, sadly, did not find a new furry firend for our family. Our sweet little Bella is pining for Bonnie quite badly - not eating, crying at night time, and generally being as miseralble as a dog can be. She is even sleeping in our room just so we can manage to get some shut-eye. So DH and I went to the Dog's Home today in search of a suitable furry friend, but alas, it was not to be. We played with a cute labrador cross named Clyde, but he was just a bit too big and bouncy for our petite little two year old. Bruno also looked promising, but he had already found a home. Anyway, we will keep on looking and hopefully the right dog for us will arrive there soon.
