Friday, July 31, 2009

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

We went to Monika's Doggie Rescue today to meet the short-listed dogs. It was so nerve wrecking for both of us. How do you choose one dog out of a few? How can you reject any dog? We knew that the process was not going to be easy for the two of us.

Monika brought out Gorgeous first - a gentle, timid little gal. She told us to bring Bheemar and Gorgeous for a short walk. It is supposed to help us see if the doggies warm up and get along with each other.

:) It was a disaster from the start. As usual Bheemar got excited and tried to play with Gorgeous. She did not enjoy the bouncy bubbly Bheemar at all. He was too much a pain for her and she was too dainty for him. She snapped at him almost immediately and they kept their distance from each other for the rest of the walk. Sigh!

Monika listened carefully to our observation and suggested another doggie called Homer. Homer? Why Homer? All I could think of was the very annoying and disgusting Homer Simpson.

Anyway, Monika left with Gorgeous and returned with a scruffy brown doggie with bright brown eyes and a tail that wagged non-stop. He was a little timid initially but Bheemar and Homer hit it off almost instantly! Yippee!!!!!

By the time we were back from the walk, we knew he was the one and we were ready to settle the paperwork and whisk him home. We paid up and completed the paperwork but unfortunately, Monika told us that we'll have to wait to take him home. We had to first obtain a written permission from the Strata of the townhouse that we'll be moving to. How sad!!!!

Oh well! It was just our luck that the Strata has been taking it's own sweet time to provide us with that letter. It was requested for on the 21st of July and it has almost been about two weeks now! The take it EZ policy in OZ! Grrrr.....

So we left the place, leaving the fella behind. I'm still not sure when we'll be able to bring him home and he's already being missed very much by us...

Oh and...I'm definitely changing his name! Anyway, he doesn't exactly respond to Homer. He's been at Doggie Rescue for about two months now and it must be a new name that he's not used to yet. So....what should the new name be........