3 becomes... suddenly 4

yeppers.. that's right.  I said it.. 4.

I'd like to make it known that I did not intentionally set out to take in a special needs dog.   I know nothing about them but I COULD NOT and WOULD NOT let this beautiful baby be KILLED, EUTHANIZED, MURDERED or HARMED in anyway.

kill (kil)

transitive verb

1. to cause the death of; make die
2. 
   
   
   1. to destroy the vital or active qualities of
   2. to destroy; put an end to; ruin

  So with my best intentions I will stumble along, learning and give what care I can to this beloved creature that God has chosen to place in my life.

When a dogs tags on his collar range from North Pole, AK, Lone Pine, ID, various OR towns..  You do NOT give up on them.   You stand firm to what your heart believes and you give them a place in your home and heart forever.


Shiloh's story ...


My day started out with my phone chiming "Droid" If you're familiar with the commercial you know the annoying sound by now. I kept it because well .. it's annoying and gets my attention when an e-mail comes in. It might be work .. I just never know.

The hand reaches blindly to the night stand .. it's either a txt or an e-mail. The mind is curious.. Must see. The body is half with it. It's not even 8 am yet. I stayed up too late last night feeling sorry for myself. Shame on me.

The note went like this.

June 24 at 7:16am

Sarah I just got a call about a doxie who is desperately looking for a home. She is about 1-2 years old, spayed and up to date on vacc's, Black. Kicker is she is blind. She is currently living with a very disabled woman in a house of filth. The woman has to get a wheel chair and is in current diminished ability to take care of her anylonger. No fee just needs a good home. I will find out more in a bit about her personality, but thought of you and your doxie love. Knowing you don't have a blind black one, lol. I think she would benefit for the eyes of another dog and your pack may be perfect for her if you were willing to take her. The shelter just busted a puppy mill and has taken in 58 dogs I hear, there is no way she would enter our shelter and come out alive.

The right eye decides to start twitching.... blind the mind says.. I don't know anything about blind.. Not coming out alive .... the mind is waking up.
I'm up, checking on the girls who are still asleep.. yay! A quick shower and 15 minutes later I ploop down into my desk chair.. Yes ... I ploop .. not plop. It's more dramatic when you ploop.

I re-read the note and try calling hubby. Hubby has said .. no more pets. Over and over hubby has said this. Hubby is like soap stone mind you. What is carved can be re-written. Tell hubby of dire situation. Hubby says .. you know how I feel but I know what you're going to do regardless. Tell hubby .. you know you love me even with all my pathetic must save the world ideals... hubby agrees he loves me and we hang up.

Now onto a flurry of chatting with my friend who sent the note who then passes me on to the lady who contacted her... We shoot notes back n forth and I learn more ...

Black "she" is now a Piebald LH "He" Oh my ... still blind tho .. My mind screams " You know NOTHING of blindness " "shut up mind ... I wont hear it!!"

Also find out he's nuetered. Yay. That's good. Not fully vetted but that can be dealt with. Woman is having a hard time with giving him up. Can totally understand that. It's never easy. Find out he's approx 2-3. No biggy. I like older men. Hehe. So during the time I play hurry up and wait I chatted Terri and Michelle up as they have Mira and Cassidy. A wealth of knowing and I thank you both for letting me be annoying and pick your minds. I read up on special needs dogs while I waited..

5:30 I left the house. Humming as I drove. My heart pounding. It's my first date. Will he like me? Will I smell ok? Do we kiss first and talk later?
I get to his "waiting" spot and there he was. A filthy as hell little thing, covered in fleas, nails long enough to almost be hookish. But he looks towards me. Ohh my heart be still he has some site I feel. Not a ton but enough. I crouch down close to him. I offer a hand while I chat him up. He snifs and gives it a lick. Oh ... kiss and talk later. My kind of man. Hehehe Just joking gals! I lean a little closer thinking ..oh Sarah you're going to get bit. It's a chance I need to take. I am rewarded by a shower of kisses and wiggling joy. I reach out and unclasp the filthy collar. It has a grubby Idaho tag. I might follow up on that tomorrow out of curiosity. He sits up slightly as if to say .. Yes please.. take me home. My mind reels.. "he is blind..." the conversation ends with the heart yelling " I CAN DO THIS " Scooped up and away we go.

So his name was Lucas but I found out he has no CLUE what his name is.. My thoughts.. New Life.. New Name ..
We were stumped until my good friend Mike made this suggestion on FB

Mike :
You should just simply name him "Gift" because you are a gift to him for taking him in and he is a gift to you because he will fill a special spot in your heart.

Sarah:
MIKE .. OMG you're a Doll .. literally.. You made me cry I love the idea but Aaron tittered at the idea of naming him gift so I looked up boy names that have "gift" in the meaning and we're going to name him Shiloh.. it's hebrew and means "his gift" He is such a gift from God. *muah* XoXo

So we chose Shiloh.

So sweet precious Shiloh has since had ... a horrific pulling from his .. flea infested filth manor, a scary drive home I'm sure as he can't see and doesn't know what's happening, straight into the house without so much as a "would you like a cup of coffee" and into the bath. He was scrubbed, rubbed and conditioned. Flufferoonied dry. Flea combed for extra measure and then just brushed and massaged because his little body screamed oh yes I do like my tum tum rubbed right there. Squeeeee. He sat like a prince while I cut the horrific talons off ( they will be a work in progress as they are so long I'm not sure where the quick is, but much shorter now.. yay ) He shamelessly feasted on a few buttered green beans and a piece of chicki from Mommy's dinner plate ( we have years of lack of spoiling to make up for you know ) then later on to retire in the pink pedal bed next to Mommy's feet at the computer and have his dish of supper brought to him. ( Daddy is in wuvs!! )

Oh and in the end.. finally.. lol we know he's a Double Dapple ( shame on the bad greedy breeders or just plain STUPID ones that did this to him )

Link to MANY more photos:
http://picasaweb.google.com/SarahAnnSandberg/Shiloh?authkey=Gv1sRgCM3f4I6uucj1Fg&feat=directlink

Shiloh has his first bath ( I bet his first EVER ... )

Working his magic on Daddy


First potty ... it's outside.. YAY ... the weens are like oh ... must snif


This attention ... oh .. so horrible!


What a Pookie Tanookie Bear looks like


Dinner in the Pink Pedal Bed. The spoiling commences


getting ready for bedtime


The children all snug in their rugs ( I will need a large crate if all works out right.. hope so )


Videos:

Inevitable

: incapable of being avoided or evaded

heart·ache . Emotional anguish; sorrow.

I know .. in my heart your time is coming sweet P.  I watched you off and on today sleeping in the same spot.  Looking so frail and so ... old.   I couldn't take it anymore this evening and I woke you.  I cuddled you and rocked you.   I sat you by the window so you could look out at the world for a while.  

And then ... 

I decided to get down there by the sill and look out with you.  What do you see when you look outside.  I saw the Hydrangeas turning from pale white to a soft purple.  How deep green their leaves are against the softness of the petals.  The wispy leaves of the Crocosmia and their buds tight before bursting forth in bloom.  I saw bees zooming around the roses, in and out finding that sweet taste they long for.  I smelled the evening coming on with the scent of freshly cut grass tossed in to the mix.  

I looked at you so serene just sitting there.  At that moment and still I want to grab you up and find the nearest spring of youth to dip you in and make you tiny again.  When I first brought you home with me.  The runt, so very tiny with a stubby little tail.  You fell asleep later that afternoon, with a tummy full of warm milk, in the palm of my hand and your head dangling over.   It was priceless and you had my heart forever at that moment.  Always sleeping in the bend of my neck and later at the curve of my arm.  Now you spend your days nearly searing your fur in front of the heater I now torture myself with during the day as the summer is coming on.  I leave it on low knowing you'll seek it out after a little snack or a potty break.  

I whispered to him as I left him by the heater.. Not yet Tigger.. I am not ready.  


Will I ever be? 




A younger Mr. P.  My first true love.  

Little Known Things

WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?

Nope..  Mom just looked up at my Dad and said.. can we name her Sarah.   :)

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?

Oh let's see.. I got teary eyed this morning... just sitting at the table listening/watching Zoe read a book to me.  How time has flown.

DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?

I love my handwriting. Penmanship is very important to me. 

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?

Turkey or Chicken

DO YOU HAVE KIDS?

2 kidos, 3 weens and 6 furballs.  :)

IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?

I think so.  I'm rather funny when I want to be.  Except that I'm extremely blunt and "me" being another person may not like that?

DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?

Yeppers

WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?

I have no interest in realigning my spine.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?

Lately it has been Grape Nuts

DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?

Nope ...  I just shuck em by the front door.  I mainly wear slip ons though. 

DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG?

Willed.. yes. Phsyically .. yes.  I can WHUP your butt.  Ok maybe not if you're a big hairy guy with muscles out to there and back  Hehehe

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?

French Vanilla

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?

Height, Eyes and then smile.  Short people tend to annoy me for some reason.  Like they have something to prove in life. Eyes are expressive even when you think you're not saying something.. you are.  Smiles.. well they just rock all the way around.

BLACK OR PINK?

I'm biased.  I like them both.

WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?

The lack of patience I have lately.

WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?

My best friend Scott.  :(

WHAT COLOR SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?

I'm wearing skin today.  It's the biggest fad in my house. No shoe rule!

WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?

A yogurt covered raisin I believe

WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?

The sound of Aaron's computer "fans"  yes that's plural for Mr's gaming get up. Haha

FAVORITE SMELLS?

DOXIE FARTS!!   That's a test to see if you are actually reading this.  Hopefully you were drinking something and snorted it out your nose. Hehe

Um fave smells are: Roses, lilacs, the tops of my girls heads, Aaron's neck about a half hour after his shower when the natural scent mixes with his cologne, my Mom ... she's always interesting smelling with her pick of the day perfumes  :) Oh and how my Grandpa smelled.  Earthy with old spice. Yum! 

WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?

Mr. Wherity.  :)  First name shall go unmentioned as I didn't ask him if I could put his name here.

DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?

Nope.  My eyeballs worked from the get go.  hehe

FAVORITE FOOD?

Anything my Mom cooks.  Aaron's french toast and my sketti.  Mmm nom nom nom. 

SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?

Usually I prefer happy ones.  :)

LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?

I took Zoe to see her first ever "theater" movie and we watched Shrek 4 in 3D.  Pretty funny too.  :)

FAVORITE SEASON?

I love them all for various reasons. :) 

HUGS OR KISSES?

I like both.  I'm greedy what can I say?

WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?

Going to start a new one I picked up from the library tonight.  It's out in the van and at the moment I can't remember the name of it. 

WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?

We don't have cable.  So we watched the remake of Dr. Zhivago

ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?

I have never really cared for either.  :)

WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?

Sweden

DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?

Making people smile.  That's my talent.  I'm good at it too. 

If you made it to the end, you should post this on your blog too.

                                                                                Just me ...

                                                                     My Zoebug

                                                                     Zoe and Emma

1 Reason to love Macys

Oh my GOSH .. need I say more?  I am so going to buy that display!  :)

Wordless What????

and that brings me to Baby .... my newest furlove... nope.. not a Dachsie... a Catshie   :)


( a bit of cross posting from my original post on DBB... my fingers are being lazy about typing it all out again today )

As most of you know my precious Abby had gotten out.. yay had come home and at the time I was pausing on the spay but later after I had made that last posting the vet called me back ( I thought I had spoke to her earlier but it was one of the techs.. my bad ) we discussed Abby's adventure and decided I should go ahead and have her spayed. She had her spay yesterday and when I went to pick her up she was crying miserably in her crate. I felt horrible for her but it was best. So she's in the bedroom recuperating free from the wicked chasers aka Dach's. But I have more to add to this story ....

You see the night she decided to come home was the day my sweetheart of a Mommy adopted this little sweetling for me as I was utterly depressed about Abby.


I had spent the day with my Mom under her command to be out of the house and stop my foolish moping. Kitty will come back if kitty wants to she said. She's had so many kitties do the same thing and is a very wise Momma. So it was what I needed. A day out and an excuse to not mope for a bit. We were at our tiny ( and I do mean ) tiny mall and I said I wanted to see the kitties.. She said.. oh Sarah that's a bad idea you will want them all ... I said .. so and trotted off towards them telling her that I can give them some loves and adoption vibes. The local shelter has a small spot in the mall on Saturdays.

Well ... I wandered in said hello to kittens, seniors, adults and youths .. just making my rounds.. and I kinda got stuck at "Bailee's" cage. Her story was of being trapped, brought into foster and given shots and spayed. She was terrified poor precious love. I stood there stroking her side through the crate and telling her that adoption is good and she will get a good furless parent who will spoil her and love her forever. My Mom ... after oo'ing and aw'ing over all the kitties wandered over and said boy she sure is pretty and I said yeah she is... She said You'd take her home wouldn't you ... Well duh.. She knows how pathetic I am over cats. She wanders off .. I thought nothing of it. A volunteer comes over and starts talking to me about "Bailee" and telling me all about how she is in foster and what to expect and all the sudden it dawned on me. I looked around for my Mom and found her sitting over by the little adoption desk with $ in hand talking to the lady that finalizes things. I can hear her telling the woman what I do for a living and the woman's eyes popped open like "oh my" hehe I love that reaction. I focused back on the woman in front of me and answered all her questions and suddenly I'm walking away with a kitty in a cardboard box, suddenly in Walmart infront of the tag engraving machine, suddenly blank realizing I don't want her to be called Bailee and trying to figure out how to as my Mom if I can call her Baby for the cat my Mom so very much loved and lost 2 years ago to kidney failure. Mom getting misty eyed and saying that would be an honor to Miss Baby.

Funniest part is ..when I called my Mom at nearly midnight and told her Abby came home and it was all because she was jealous and our evil plan worked.

Her petfinder photos..



So now... omg. I have 6 cats. 3 dogs. 2 kids 1 hubby. Check Yes for looney bin certification please.