Our First Puppy
I have always wanted to own a puppy since I was 5 years old. Due to my family background, upbringing, living surroundings therefore I cannot own a puppy. Life goes on without a puppy till I am now a mother to a 17 year old teenage boy. With my busy schedule with work, sending kids to and from school, owning a puppy was not a priority.
As my son grew into teenage life, he changes. He began to isolate himself. Confined in his room, we only get to see him during dinner time. We dont communicate as well as we used to when he was a kid. One day, I saw some very depressing letter from him to a girl. Then I realised it is time for me to take action.Communication is lacking here. I know he is a pet lover and owning a puppy is one of his dream too.
We made a plan. We had a family dinner outside and I choosed a place where there is a dog breeder nearby. After dinner, we went over to the dog breeder’s home which is what we normally will do. But of course this time is with an intention of adopting one puppy without my son’s knowledge. There were so many puppies and dogs. Some were in their cage and some were moving around the playground area. As we were walking, admiring some of the cute dogs suddenly, we spoted a cute little black and white shih tzu trying to get up from its lying position. We immediately look around for the person in charge and enquired whether this little puppy is available for adoption and she said yes but this puppy is having some health problem. We checked the problem with the vet’s doctor and found out that it is not a serious problem.
With a surgery done, this puppy will be in perfect health. I then discussed adopting this puppy with my son. We talked about the extra time we have to spend on this puppy on training, feeding, caring etc and concluded that we will and have the extra time for this new addition to the family. Finally, our dreamĀ come true, we have and we own a puppy. When we were in the car with our new puppy, our topic was just about the puppy all the way home.
We didnt have difficulty naming our puppy because from the first look, she reminds us of the Chewbacca from the movie Star Wars But for short we just call her Chewie.
Ever since the day we brought Chewie home, my son spend his time outside of his room. My son is back. We could talk almost about any topic like good old days. We joke, we laugh at every little things Chewie does. We surfed the net about how to train Chewie on dog obedience such as dog potty training, sit pretty, down, paw, roll over, kiss kiss and many more. Chewie is a very clever puppy. She learn and she remembers all that we taught her.
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June 11th, 2009 at 4:31 am
Your story is heart breaking, I admire you! I would do the same thing, every dog deserves a second chance! And you gave this chance to Chewie, and she didn’t disappoint you! You have a great heart, and your son is back thanks to her!