Chloe's First Day

We lost our dog and cat about a year ago due to health issues – about a month apart from each other. Since then, it’s always bothered me that PJ didn’t have a dog to grow up with. A few weeks ago our neighbor, Mary Alice, came over and asked us if we’d be interested in an 8-week old puppy. I told Ron about it and he instantly said “NO;” but told me to go check it out anyway. After a little more discussion about it, we started to lean a bit more toward doing it, then just decided it was too young and our schedules were not really conducive to having a puppy that little.

A few days later, at Easter services, we happened to sit in the same row with our former groomer, Wilma. I jokingly said “you don’t know anyone who has a small dog to give away/adopt?” To which she replied, “I just might, give me a couple days & I’ll call you.”
Well…on Tuesday we got the call. A groomer friend of hers knew of someone in Rantoul who had small children and needed to find a home for their 6-month old Shih Tzu. She gave me the number of the person to call. I contacted them the next evening, got all the details about the puppy – Chloe – and relayed all the info to Ron. He then came up with the idea of asking them if we could “try her out for the weekend.” Basically, put down a “deposit” on her, then bring her home and see if it all would really work out.
We made arrangements for Gma & Gpa to pick up PJ, so we could go get her and brought her home on Friday, March 28th. When they arrived with PJ, he knew there was a surprise in the house and we told him she was just visiting, but it was LOVE at first sight.

He had an absolute ball playing with her and that night, he even got his sleeping bag out so he could sleep with her – she of course was in her cage, but that didn’t detour him.
By Saturday morning, the decision was pretty much made – she was staying. Today she officially became ours.