My husband and I found each other later in life. We both had been previously married and we have children from those marriages. We were unable to have children ourselves so our puppies are our babies. The one thing about it is that you get to experience the birth without having to do it yourself.
The reason that I told you about that is that we have had one puppy in our home for 6 months. That is very rare that we have a puppy that long. Tux is a special little boy that had become part of our family. Today, he found his forever family. He meet his new mommy and daddy and gave them kisses. He moved to Asheville NC to live with them. After he left, Ben and I looked at each other and discovered something was wrong. What could it be? Our house was quiet. We did not have Tux running around chasing his brother TBone barking and playing. TBone climbed up on Ben's lap and just layed there. Lucky for him he has Smoky to keep him company.
Now we kind of know how it feels with your child moves away and they promise to write. We made Tux's mommy and daddy promise to send us pics of him. We are always happy/sad when a puppy finds their family. Happy that they have found that forever family, Sad that they will be leaving us. It is especially hard when they have lived with you for 6 months.
So today is a Happy/Sad day in the Collins Doxies household as our Tux has found his forever home. It is more happy than sad for sure.
Congratulations Tux!
Melissa and Ben,
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to thank you so much for the wonderful love and care you gave to Tux for the first six months of his life. He is a sweet, wonderful, well-mannered, loving dachshund. I already can't imagine our lives without him!
He did so good in the car on the way back to Asheville yesterday. He was a little bit scared at first (I can imagine, leaving his home and getting in a new car!) but he settled down and slept most of the way home. He has explored our whole house and backyard, and is already romping and playing like the happy puppy we knew he was.
I can't imagine how hard it must be to let go one of your kids. I'll keep you posted as we go along. Again, thank you for raising such a wonderful little guy.