And Cha Cha makes ten

[LizStreithorst]

I wasn't wanting another.  I got what I wanted when I rescued Bruno.  But when God sends you a dog, can you say no?

Her name is Cha Cha.  I have to say, her name suites her.  She is 2 or 3 years old and full of life.  She belonged to Mrs. Delk, my old lady.  Her husband found her lost, wondering down the street.  He stopped to check out the poor little lost black dog.  He bathed her and whacked off some matted hair and she turned into a white dog!  He thought that she was a Poodle with a long tail but after I groomed her I could tell that she was a Malti-Poo.  I don't like that cross because they have always had the intelligence of a Maltese and a coat will turn into a mat is you look at it wrong.  Cha Cha has the brain of a Poodle and she looks good in a short poodle cut.  She was Mr. Delk's favorite.  La La, their Poodle was Mrs. Delk's dog.  Then Mr. Delk up and died unexpectedly.

Mrs. Delk said that the two little dogs were too much for her and she wanted to find Cha Cha a home.  I offered to take her because I had not yet discovered Bruno.  She said that she wanted to give her to someone who would be home all the time, and I work.  Finally she found the perfect couple who wanted her.  After a few weeks it was obvious that she made a mistake.  The new owner's husband went to work off shore.  The wife had bladder surgery and was in a lot of pain.  Cha Cha started chewing up stuff in the house.  Any idiot would know why.  The little dog was in a strange place.  Nothing was stable.  She wasn't getting any attention so she tried to get attention by chewing stuff up.  So Cha Cha came up for adoption again.  Mrs. Delk told me, I said that I'd take her.  This time I was good enough.

Her new owner will deliver her to my  shop tomorrow morning.  Bruno needs a young friend to play with.  Cha Cha likes to play but she's going to have to teach him how to play gently since she's smaller.  She can do it.  They're both smart and they both speak "dog".  I'll be taking them both to work with me for a week or so.  Bruno needs to get over his fear of the unknown and Cha Cha needs to be with me

[Mugwump]

....somehow I doubt that Cha Cha will be the last one.......you have a good soul, Liz

[Tony44]

Good for cha cha and you to sounds like she stumbled into a good house

[LizStreithorst]

....somehow I doubt that Cha Cha will be the last one.......you have a good soul, Liz

10 is my limit.  I only have enough love for 10.  God knows.  He won't send me another.

[Ron Sower]

Liz, you are just a good-hearted woman loving a good timing bunch of dogs!
(did Waylon sing that one?)

[LizStreithorst]

She's home.  She doesn't leave my side.  She jumped up on my desk chair and is sleeping contentedly behind my butt.  She is so sweet!

The previous owner delivered her to my shop this morning.  She needed a groom so once I was done with my paying customers I did her.  The minute I put her in the tub and turned on the water she started drinking bath tub water.  She drank, and drank, and drank, and drank, and drank.  I put her in a cage to air dry a bit and thought that if she was that thirsty she might be hungry, too.  I grabbed a small handful of her food and put it in the cage with her.  She ate it.  When I finished her groom I gave her a large handful of food and she ate that, too!  The poor little thing was thirsty and hungry!  What kind of person leaves a dog unfed and without free access to water?

I walked to the mechanic's to pick up Charlotte and left Cha Cha loose in the shop.  When I got back there was a very small puddle of pee on the floor and it was dark orange...way to concentrated than normal pee.  She was actually dehydrated! 

She's had quite a day.  She's exhausted.  If I'll snap a pic of her tomorrow.  She's a pretty little thing.

[Mugwump]

She's home.  She doesn't leave my side.  She jumped up on my desk chair and is sleeping contentedly behind my butt.  She is so sweet!

The previous owner delivered her to my shop this morning.  She needed a groom so once I was done with my paying customers I did her.  The minute I put her in the tub and turned on the water she started drinking bath tub water.  She drank, and drank, and drank, and drank, and drank.  I put her in a cage to air dry a bit and thought that if she was that thirsty she might be hungry, too.  I grabbed a small handful of her food and put it in the cage with her.  She ate it.  When I finished her groom I gave her a large handful of food and she ate that, too!  The poor little thing was thirsty and hungry!  What kind of person leaves a dog unfed and without free access to water?

I walked to the mechanic's to pick up Charlotte and left Cha Cha loose in the shop.  When I got back there was a very small puddle of pee on the floor and it was dark orange...way to concentrated than normal pee.  She was actually dehydrated! 

She's had quite a day.  She's exhausted.  If I'll snap a pic of her tomorrow.  She's a pretty little thing.

....sounds like she found you just in time.....lucky girl.......

[wsantia1]

Wishing you and Cha Cha the best Liz.

[Barb]

You have saved another dog life Liz.  Hope to see a pic soon, and of Bruno too!
Barb

[LizStreithorst]

Here she is.

[PaulineMi]

My first post read in too long of a time. What a great one to start eith. Cha Cha is adorable and very lucky you took her in. Nice Liz.

[LizStreithorst]

I've missed you, Pauline.  Welcome back.

[Ron Sower]

She's a cute dog....

Welcome back, Pauline. Where you been?

[Mugwump]

...cute pup, did she drink all that beer?.....

My folks had a toy poodle named 'seppi'.....smart dogs...smelly farts....damn French....

[Mugwump]

....nice to see you pop in Pauline...