LAD-A-DOG

Saturday, June 12, 2004

I AM OH SO GOOD...

I was born on February 2, 1999 and I am a West Highland White Terrier.
I think that it was a blessed day when the lady chose me over my two
brothers.

I heard her say she was looking for a little girl Westie but I only
had one sister and she had already gone to her new adoptive home.

Then she rolled me over on my back while in her hands and because I
felt oh so good I just relaxed and enjoyed her tummy rub. Then she
put me down and picked up my brothers, each in turn, and did the same
thing to them. Oh how they squirmed and wiggled!

She sat there watching the three of us for the longest time gazing
intently at our antics. I just got going right up to her hoping that
she would pick me up again. But she didn't. Instead she clapped her
hands and waited to see what we would do. That didn't bother me a bit.
I walked up to her again. Then she blew a whistle and again I wasn't
at all bothered. I was on my best behaviour. I sensed that she was
looking at me a little more intensely than she was at my brothers.
Her steady gaze was focused on each of us and I saw that she had very
kind eyes. She smiled a lot.

She took out some toys and dropped them on the floor and waited to
see who would go for the toys. Well we all went for them of course, but
my brothers were all over each other to get the toys for themselves. I
just picked one and was playing with it. Then the lady called each of us
one at a time. One of my brothers ran over to her and the other one
stayed a little behind.

I just sat there and waited for my turn.

When I wasn't paying attention suddenly she called me to her and I ran
right up to her and she scooped me up in her arms and gave me a hug and
I quickly gave her a quick little kiss and settled in her lap and that
is where I stayed while she asked a lot of questions from my breeder
about each of us.

She wanted to know who was the firstborn, who was the biggest, who was
the smallest, who was the most outgoing, who was the most dominant, who
had the best appetite, oh so many questions. She really did have an
awful lot of questions. All the while I was snuggled in the warmth of
her lap as she sat cross-legged on the floor playing with us all in turn.

Still she did not put me down with my brothers.

The lady seemed to be searching for something out of the ordinary. I
didn't know what then but it was a happy day for me, when finally after
what took most of the afternoon, she decided that I was the one for her.
I could see that she felt sad that I had to say goodbye to my two baby
brothers so, she let me have some time with them alone, while she settled
things with my breeder.

I wished both of my siblings a good home, and with that the lady picked
me up in her arms and with me snuggled deep inside her warm leather jacket,
she carried me out.

I didn't where I was going, but I was happy.

Oh happy day, going to my forever home!

Posted by Gwen Beauregard at 6/12/2004 04:15:00 AM