So I have to admit, I got my little Westie dog, Sydney, about two years before Suzannah was to leave for college. I knew that I wanted to get a Westie for a long time, I guess you could say that a Westie was my "dream dog". Let me tell you, she has not replaced Suzannah, but she has filled that void in our house with Suzannah gone to college. It is so wonderful to come home and she is so excited to see you and just loves you and she keeps me company when I am home and Paul is at work. So on to our new addition...
We were not even looking for Sydney a companion, but I was on Facebook and the Bay County Humane Society ad popped up and I clicked on it out of curiosity. Well the first picture I see is a picture of a Westie and you know I just had to check it out. He was so cute and needed a new home. I talked to Paul and just knew that he would say no, but he surprised me and said that we should check on it. I turned in the application to adopt him and believe it or not, it was a four page application, you might think that I was adopting a child. I was kind of glad though because it's their job to make sure that the dog goes to a good home. They go through all of the applications and they choose who they think would be best to adopt the pet. Well we were the lucky ones.
So once we were approved we had one more hurdle, we had to do a meet and greet with Sydney our little Westie girl. Well of course that was okay with me because I wanted to be sure that we were making the right choice and that they would get along okay. They hit it off and seemed to not bother each other. We decided to leave him there for two nights until we could take him home on Saturday and stay home for a day or so instead of leaving him the next day and going to work.
On Saturday, February 5th we picked up Toby the Westie(we have actually started calling him Toby Mac after the Christian musician). He was excited to see us, actually I think that he recognized me because I had been there to visit him everyday since I met him. Paul and I took him to straight to the vet. He jumped right in the truck and you could tell that he likes to ride in the car. He checked out with a clean bill of health and we headed home. Syndey just loved him right off the bat. She does not seem to be jealous and she just wants him to chase her and play all the time. Of course, he is about twice as big as her, weight wise, but he is very calm and very sweet. He really just wants alot of attention and he will sit in your lap or next to you as long as you will pet him.
So I guess you could say that our nest is empty when it comes to kids, but we have just added another Westie. They certainly cannot replace Suzannah in our house, but they sure are alot of company and they are always glad to see you when you come home, whether you have been gone all day to work or if you went out to get the mail and came right back in.
Suzannah can't wait to come home and meet her new "brother". Well we can't wait to see her either. We always enjoy a visit from Suzannah, but until then we will have to spoil the furry kids.
We were not even looking for Sydney a companion, but I was on Facebook and the Bay County Humane Society ad popped up and I clicked on it out of curiosity. Well the first picture I see is a picture of a Westie and you know I just had to check it out. He was so cute and needed a new home. I talked to Paul and just knew that he would say no, but he surprised me and said that we should check on it. I turned in the application to adopt him and believe it or not, it was a four page application, you might think that I was adopting a child. I was kind of glad though because it's their job to make sure that the dog goes to a good home. They go through all of the applications and they choose who they think would be best to adopt the pet. Well we were the lucky ones.
So once we were approved we had one more hurdle, we had to do a meet and greet with Sydney our little Westie girl. Well of course that was okay with me because I wanted to be sure that we were making the right choice and that they would get along okay. They hit it off and seemed to not bother each other. We decided to leave him there for two nights until we could take him home on Saturday and stay home for a day or so instead of leaving him the next day and going to work.
On Saturday, February 5th we picked up Toby the Westie(we have actually started calling him Toby Mac after the Christian musician). He was excited to see us, actually I think that he recognized me because I had been there to visit him everyday since I met him. Paul and I took him to straight to the vet. He jumped right in the truck and you could tell that he likes to ride in the car. He checked out with a clean bill of health and we headed home. Syndey just loved him right off the bat. She does not seem to be jealous and she just wants him to chase her and play all the time. Of course, he is about twice as big as her, weight wise, but he is very calm and very sweet. He really just wants alot of attention and he will sit in your lap or next to you as long as you will pet him.
So I guess you could say that our nest is empty when it comes to kids, but we have just added another Westie. They certainly cannot replace Suzannah in our house, but they sure are alot of company and they are always glad to see you when you come home, whether you have been gone all day to work or if you went out to get the mail and came right back in.
Suzannah can't wait to come home and meet her new "brother". Well we can't wait to see her either. We always enjoy a visit from Suzannah, but until then we will have to spoil the furry kids.
So here are Toby's before and after pictures, the one on the left is what he looked like when we got him and the one on the right is what he looks like after he was groomed. WOW - what a difference a bath makes!!!
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