So after my Tuesday night basketball game, I stayed up until midnight filling out the adoption application. If we got accepted, it would be perfect timing since we were going to Tahoe that weekend and could swing by Reno on the way up to check her out! While we waited to hear back, I checked into doggy day care places, and Richie talked to the apartment management office to get info on their pet policies.
Brown SugarAfter a couple of days, we heard back from Sarah at the rescue group. She said our application was really good, but there were already 17 other applications in for Brown Sugar, so she was basically unavailable. We were really disappointed, but we said we'd still go up to Reno to check out the other dogs they had. Sarah mentioned another dog named Perdita that would be good for an apartment, but the downsides were that she is deaf and she only gets along with small dogs, which would be a problem since she would need to get along with KayCee!
That Sunday, we drove up to Reno and saw the dogs. Amazingly, Brown Sugar was still there, so I was really excited! We asked about her, but Millie, the woman running the group, said that someone was in the process of applying for her, but that they still needed to submit a letter from their landlord saying it was o.k. She implied that it was first come-first served, though, so we took Brown Sugar out for a walk.
On our walk outside, Brown Sugar was really mellow and she seemed a bit nervous. She wasn't super interactive with us, and she just seemed really dazed. We brought her back inside and didn't really push adopting her since we figured she was already spoken for.
We played with Perdita and she seemed really sweet -- when I knelt down to pet her, she put both of her front paws up on my shoulders...It was really adorable! But, we asked the rescue people whether or not she would get along with an English Bulldog and they were very doubtful, so that pretty much ruled her out.
PerditaAfter watching some of the other dogs, we decided to take Anakin out for a walk! He was really playful and strong on his leash -- you could tell he had that puppy exuberance still. And with a name like Anakin, I'm surprised Richie wasn't pushing hard to adopt him! I was a little hesitant about adopting a male dog, though, since I've never had one before.
AnakinAfter we went back inside, I asked the rescue lady about Brown Sugar again. We actually had the information with our apartment complex's pet policy, so she said that if we wanted to adopt her we could! We were a little hesitant because we didn't want to just snatch the dog So then we had to decide between Anakin and Brown Sugar. We liked Anakin's playfulness, but Brown Sugar was just so adorable, and it was better that she was on the small side, and honestly, a mellow dog would probably be easier to deal with.
I decided that, for me, it came down to which dog would be more likely to want to curl up on the couch with us when we were home at night, watching t.v. and the rescue lady said with no hesitation -- "Oh, that's definitely Brown Sugar. Once she's attached to you, she's really attached." That made up our minds right there, so we decided that she was the one we wanted! We were still a little hesitant because we didn't really want to snatch someone else's dog out from under them, but the lady emphasized that it was first come-first served, and the other people hadn't gotten their stuff in when they had said they would!
The last step that we needed to complete was a home inspection. Luckily, they were actually more lax about checking people who live in apartment complexes, than people who live in homes. For people that live in homes, they need to make sure that the dog has a place to stay inside and also that their yard is fenced adequately. For apartments, all they needed were some pictures.
I conned my dad into going to our apartment as quickly as possible to e-mail pictures since Richie, my mom, and I were going to be in Tahoe for the next few days -- I didn't want someone else to swoop in and adopt Brown Sugar in the meantime. I also touched base with the Boxers and Buddies people every day to let them know we were e-mailing pictures, check that they got them, and then set up a time to pick Brown Sugar up. I wasn't going to count on anything until we actually drove off with her!
Finally, by Wednesday, everything was set for us to pick her up!
I decided that, for me, it came down to which dog would be more likely to want to curl up on the couch with us when we were home at night, watching t.v. and the rescue lady said with no hesitation -- "Oh, that's definitely Brown Sugar. Once she's attached to you, she's really attached." That made up our minds right there, so we decided that she was the one we wanted! We were still a little hesitant because we didn't really want to snatch someone else's dog out from under them, but the lady emphasized that it was first come-first served, and the other people hadn't gotten their stuff in when they had said they would!
The last step that we needed to complete was a home inspection. Luckily, they were actually more lax about checking people who live in apartment complexes, than people who live in homes. For people that live in homes, they need to make sure that the dog has a place to stay inside and also that their yard is fenced adequately. For apartments, all they needed were some pictures.
I conned my dad into going to our apartment as quickly as possible to e-mail pictures since Richie, my mom, and I were going to be in Tahoe for the next few days -- I didn't want someone else to swoop in and adopt Brown Sugar in the meantime. I also touched base with the Boxers and Buddies people every day to let them know we were e-mailing pictures, check that they got them, and then set up a time to pick Brown Sugar up. I wasn't going to count on anything until we actually drove off with her!
Finally, by Wednesday, everything was set for us to pick her up!
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