We took our time in grieving over our little friend of 12+ years and we will always miss her. As the days passed, our grief grew less sharp and we realized that the house was a bit empty. We talked it over and decided we wanted another Jack Russell terrier (JRT). DH was leaning toward getting a puppy. However, due to the influence of my stitching friends Lynn and Jennifer who have both adopted several adult dogs, I went to the Texas Russell Rescue website "just to look." I was both amazed and appalled at how many JRTs there were out there needing homes.
Long story short, we recently adopted Annie. She is a young (1-2 years old) JRT. She was found wandering the streets of Wichita Falls, Texas, last December by animal control. Very emaciated at nine pounds, she was taken to the animal shelter and was slated for euthanasia due to her growling and snapping at everyone. Besides being underweight and bad-tempered, Annie also had a missing right eye. The shelter vet was unable to determine it if was from a birth defect or an injury.
A wonderful lady named Sue came in to the shelter to pick up a couple of chihuahuas. Sue is involved with Little Dogs Big Hearts rescue and specializes in chihuahuas. She saw Annie sitting sadly in her cage and she sat down beside it. Annie soon calmed and came over to Sue for some petting. Sue decided to rescue Annie and took her home with her and two chihuahuas, even though she had no experience with JRTs.
Annie's JRT personality was a bit much for Sue and her chihuahuas, but she persevered and Annie was very well cared for until we adopted her. (Sue had named her "Sassy," but DH thought that "Sassy" sounded like a stripper name, and I didn't think she looked like a "Sassy" so we changed her name to Annie.)
She is a joy and all JRT and we are happy that we could give her a "fur-ever" home. (As I type this, she is galloping back in forth in the house, tossing a toy repeatedly over her head - she entertains herself well.) I am finding it hard to stitch as Annie wants to sleep in my lap every time I sit down in my stitching chair. Oh well. We must all make sacrifices! ;-)
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| Sitting with my male human. |
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| I see you! |
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| Playing with my purple ball. |
2 comments:
So sorry to hear about Emma. I loved reading about her antics and seeing pictures of her.
Also nice to read your blog again and that all is well.
Have lots of fun and new memories with Annie!
My heart hurts reading about Emma. I really liked her. I loved it when she supervised the work on/in your house. I will miss her.
Annie is lovely. Her eye just makes her more charming. I get a great mental image of her entertaining herself.
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