Hoping and Dreaming

If all goes according to plan our family is about to grow by four more feet in a couple of days. Mama and Daddy spent endless hours searching for a young pug to add to our family. Although the journey has only taken a couple of months so far, it consisted of 12 applications, 13 potential pugs and 10 heartbreaks.

Mama and Daddy applied for Scarlett the pug back in January. They were told that she had a lot of interest already, but they were not dissuaded. When the first approved application fell through, Mama and Daddy's just happened to be next in line. Mama was thrilled when she received the call. Then she was told that Scarlett had a luxating patella and would require surgery sooner rather than later. The rescue shelter that is currently taking care of Scarlett said that they could not afford the thousands it would cost for the surgery. Mama did some research and discovered that the animal hospital she takes our foster siblings to specializes in that kind of surgery. They also quoted a price that was half of what the rescue had quoted. It is still expensive, but much more feasible. Daddy said no. He said he didn't want to adopt a dog only to have to pay that much right away. Mama was sad. She called back the rescue to let them know. Luckily, she got the rescue manager on the phone who informed her that Scarlett's condition is very mild, and although it's degenerative, she wouldn't need surgery for awhile (if at all). Daddy said yes. Then Mama was informed that the rescue does not put their animals on hold even though we had an approved application. It just wouldn't be fair if we somehow flaked out or changed our minds while Scarlett sat waiting. Unfortunately, our family was heading north for a week long trip and would not be able to get Scarlett right away. While our family was gone, Mama checked on Scarlett's listing every day. One day she noticed it was no longer available and she became very sad. Daddy was sad too. Mama called a couple of days later to confirm whether Scarlett had been adopted. The nice lady on the phone told Mama that a family in Atlanta, GA would be adopting Scarlett and coming to pick her up soon. Mama realized the lady was talking about us. She and Daddy were so excited that the rescue decided to put Scarlett on hold for us afterall. Now we get to meet Scarlett soon. Our hoomans cannot wait. Even our hooman sister who usually does not like dogs except Dr. Dooley, our senior pug foster brother.

Scarlett will likely need some time to learn how to behave around Bunnicula and Cleo, but we are confident we can make it work.

Here she is by the way. She looks like a happy girl.