With age, comes wisdom

By now all of you know that I only have my sweet shy KC living at home. So we are getting a little restless at our house. Once you have had 2 dogs living together, you realize how important companionship is for a dog. So I contacted Ry’s breeder in Canada. I also looked at some other Boxer breeders. But then I remembered Oprah’s show about our responsibility to ourselves and our animals on this planet. Surfing Boxer rescue I went. I found a site called http://www.boxerocrescue.com. There she was. A little “Minnie”, her name at the moment. 12 weeks old, the prettiest female boxer I ever saw. I filled out the application, sent it off and then forgot about it. The other half of my brain is still thinking maybe I should just go with the breeder. I sit and talk to my husband. We look on line again at Minnie and read her story. Her mother Dory was about to be euthanized a couple days before she was ready to deliver her litter because she had kennel cough. Thank goodness BOCAR rescued her. Brenda Kinnie, the founder, rescued Dory and found her a foster home close to where she lived. A couple days later, Dory delivered 9 pure bred Boxer puppies. Unfortunately, 2 of them died. The other 7 were beautiful. What a fool I was all these years to have not rescued a puppy, any puppy. But for me, it was Boxers. I want to tell everyone that this is the greatest deal going. First, you get the most beautiful dog, you are saving a dog’s life, the dog is spade or neutered. Through BOCAR my dog also came with a microchip, food, toys, and complete records. When Brenda showed up with “Minnie” in her crate and 2 of her sisters I could have just screamed they were so beautiful. Each one was different, a fawn, a dark brindle and our “Minnie” Star. Brenda did a complete check of our yard and home to make sure it was adequate. We introduced sweet KC to Minnie Star.  KC seemed to get along just fine. He adapted easily.  I hated to let the other puppies go, but I do know my limits. I made a donation of $600 to BOCAR which I will be doing yearly now. I think the work Brenda and her organization does is so amazing. The reason I added “Star” is because I have a great Aunt Minnie, so just couldn’t call her Minnie. So you guessed it, she became our “Star”. Now we have KC and Star, two amazing Boxers running around. There is a difference between a rescue dog and a puppy mill dog. Star has been with us 3 days now and is open, loving, already trained to “sit”, goes out, sleeps through the night, wakes to a dry crate and plays wonderfully with her big brother. She has such a sweet nature and easy to please. It took me awhile to catch on but I will never ever go anywhere but to a Rescue. I encourage all of you if you are looking for a dog, any size, any kind. There is a rescue that has a dog, puppy, whatever you are a looking for, you will find each other and be so grateful that you did.