Showing posts with label Max. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Max. Show all posts

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Well, That Didn't Last Long!

Do you remember Max? Of course you do, I just introduced him last week. Wednesday Jackson & I were home and I let Max out to take care of his doggie business. About 20 minutes later we went on a hunt for him. I was pretty sure where he'd gone. There is a family, the Moores, that lives a couple houses over and he likes to visit them. We met them on the road. Yep, Max had been at their house. Then Greg told me about how "Tippy's" owners pulled up in their driveway, opened their door, called him and left. Greg told them that we had been caring for him, told them where we lived, that they might want to stop by and let us know that they picked him up. They didn't. We knew that Max had owners, we had tried to find them, so I wasn't real surprised that they found him. I was however, surprised at the way they picked him up. Especially after he'd been with us for almost two weeks. At least the kids aren't upset. Jackson does keep asking when we can get another dog. Hailey just smiled and said OK.

A kinda funny note: I was so mad after it happened and I was telling Jay about it. I said "who names a dog Tippy anyway?!" Jay busted out laughing, "my grandmother". So, I apologize to anyone who has, or has had, a dog named Tippy, but Max didn't look like a Tippy!

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Meet Max

Jackson has been begging for a dog for some time now. I've stood firm in my conviction that I wasn't having a dog. I wasn't the slightest bit interested in potty training, chewing, dog hair, dog smell, absolutely NONE of it. God had other plans our family. About a week ago this adorable Jack Russell showed up in our neighborhood. After checking around, no one claimed him. He had a collar, but no tags so I started calling him Max. I know, kinda dumb for the one who said NO dog. But like I explained to Jay, we couldn't just call him "dog" could we? Jay called the vet to see about having him scanned for a chip and having him checked out. They told him that they did have an older man who had been looking for a dog with a similar description. I prayed for days that if Max wasn't supposed to be a part of our family that God would send him down another path before we became too attached. I explained to the kids that he had been some one's dog and that they may be missing him, they seemed to understand.

Jay took Max to the vet last night. They scanned him twice and found no chip, and they had no records for anyone looking for Max, the vet said "looks like you have a dog." At least I only had to go back on my word partly..... he is potty trained.
Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...