Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Our Boys

Cooper is a dachshund/beagle/terrier mix. Here is his picture Kevin found on petfinder.com. We drove to an animal shelter in Ontario with Max to get him. I originally wanted a female cocker spaniel but when we put her in a kennel with Max, there was no match. When we put Cooper in with Max & within seconds, they were chasing after each other. The people watching said we found our dog. The lady from the shelter said there is a standard waiting period to adopt a pet but she felt good about us so she let us take Cooper home that day.



We got Max a year or so before Cooper. On our drive back from Idaho Falls to visit Kevin's family for Thanksgiving, we were so impressed with Chance, Penny & Dave's dog that we decided to get a dog for ourselves so we went to shelters in Las Vegas, Long Beach, Irvine and Mission Viejo. Of course, Kevin found Max first. Max is a spaniel/retriever mix & we got him from the Orange City Pound. We were 4th in a long waiting list to adopt him. When it came our time to pick him up, the family on the 3rd slot was behind us in line but since their time to pick him up had lapse & it was technically our time, we got him. Max enjoyed being the center of attraction for a year but we thought he needed someone to play with so we looked for Cooper & found him!

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