Puppy Tails Tuesday

Let me introduce you to: RennaShe is a mix, Jack Russell/Sheltie

She likes to put the bitey on EVERYTHING! She is still teething.

Me gives ones of me toy to chews!

First trick?

Momma wants to share how Renna came to be a part of our family:

We were at a Renascences Faire and one of the shop owners had a basket full of sleepy, tiny puppies, 8 or so. They could not take care of them (it sounds like their momma dog Domino has puppies regularly, why oh why don't people fix their pets???) so where giving them away for free to "good homes" or as I believe to anyone that would take them. I picked up this little girl just for fun. I was not prepared for her to snuggle her way into my heart in 10 seconds flat! I handed her to my husband, the "solid one", who can always say NO when I get mushy over puppies and kittens. An itty bitty lick on the chin and nose and he too was a puddle! There was no way we could leave without her. We found out what little we could about her breed and her mom's temperament. We also discovered while weened she was only 6 weeks old. Did we risk leaving her in a unhealthy environment (what they were feeding her was horrible and she was covered from nose to tail in flees) so she could spend more time with her mom and try to get her in a few weeks and hope she was still ok? Or, take her now and start taking care of her the way all little princess puppies should. We chose to grab her and run. Oh how I wish we could have grabbed the whole basket full! It was late on a Saturday so Petsmart was our best resource as we had nothing prepared for a puppy. They were great, helping us with the essentials, giving us advise for the flees on such a baby, getting us started with the best food and even check out her ears for mites. A few days later with the flees gone and wholesome food in her little belly she is already more lively and looks TONS better. I was a little worried about anemia she was so lethargic. Her vet visit is early Friday morning before I go to the hospital for surgery, ack, and we will make sure she is all healthy. Then we can start working on integrating our family. So far the girls nothing but a bit curious about her, they have seen her in my arms but until she checks out ok that is as close at they get! Empress has shown far more interest in her food I think then her. haha