Thanks for the kind words all.
We got her from a rescue at 42 days old. The minimum legal age that a dog can be adopted. Pure luck.
Funny story..
We had an American Eskimo at the time (wifes dog) who was very prissy. I had wanted a companion to play with, maybe catch a frisbee, etc etc
One day when my wife was at work, I called her and said
"You're gonna be mad at me"..
Why? What did you do? What did you buy?
"You'll see when you get home"
How much did you spend? What is it?
"You'll be home in a few, you can see then"
You got a dog, didn't you? Puppy? Male or female?
"You'll see!"
At that point, I jumped in the car and headed to the pound.
NO puppies at all. All their adoptees were 1+ years old. Which is ok, but I had to have a puppy.
Off to a rescue. NONE!
At this point, I'm thinking i'm screwed. I had it set up perfectly and now she's going to get home and see that I didn't have a puppy. She'll be hip to my scam. I'm done!
As I was walking out of the rescue, something caught my eye. It was a cage.
I asked a lady what was in the cage and she said "oh, those are our newest litter, 6 weeks old today!"
She took me to the cage where all the puppies were sleeping.
I asked if I can hold one and she said sure, and started to lift up the cage wall.
Out of the 10 or so puppies, the one black one woke up and walked across all the other sleeping puppies, right to me.
I knew it then. It was perfect. This dog chose me for a reason. This was my puppy.
When I got to the desk to fill out the paperwork, another lady asked which puppy I was getting and I pointed her out.
She said "oh, the hellian"... That made me scared.
"cali" turned out to be a perfect dog. She was very well behaved, easy and quick to train and very loyal. And, just to add to her perfection, she was a disc dog too. I could rip a disc 100 yards and she would track it down and nail it in mid-air. No matter how far I threw it, no matter how bad of a throw, didn't matter if it was low, high, sideways, she brought it back in her mouth, tail wagging.
I'll miss her for sure.
This is our other dog.
She's a yellow lab (she's a bit of a runt).. VERY loyal and loving, very obedient and she is the true "man's best friend".. She's a dogs dog.. Constantly in "play" mode. Loves to jump in the Jeep and stick her head out the window, loves to play with other dogs, etc etc
Guess she'll get a lot more attention now. She has mom and dad all to herself.
