The More the Merrier

Well, we finally did it.  I have been hoping to put it off for as long as possible.  But Joel was determined to get another dog.  I loved having the boys.  We had so much fun with them over the years.  But the last few were really rough.  With three kids, they weren’t the center of attention anymore.  The kids wanted to play fetch and chase them around.  But the dogs were just getting too old.  They would rather sleep and get snuggled.  Chili still got bursts of energy and for small amounts of time acted like a puppy.  But poor Decaf was an old man.  He was 17 years old when he passed away.   That’s pretty darn old for a big dog.


After a trip to one of the shelters, I was convinced we were ready for a dog.  Maybe it was I wanted to save one of these 1000s of dogs.  And I’m not exaggerating!  Yedikule Hayvan Barinagi is the shelters website if you want to check it out.  They try really hard to give these animals a chance.  Its mostly run on donations and by volunteers.  But with that vast amount of dogs, I think they can just do the best they can.
So, we went this past Sunday ( Feb. 5).  We had filled out the application and were approved right away.  We agreed we would come out at noon.  When we got there, the place was pretty busy.  It was one of the nicest days we had in weeks.   We looked for the little girl that we had seen the week before but she wasn’t there.  Finally we got to meet with the lady in charge.  She only spoke Turkish so our driver was there for us again!  We said we didn’t want a small dog and were looking for puppies under 3 years old.  With having young kids and not knowing what these dogs had been thru, we really weren’t looking for an older dog that would take more work and could put the kids at risk.


The first group of puppies they brought out, we had been told about the weekend before. They were 4 weeks old; 3 boys and 1 girl.  The little girl was cute and had just been featured on the news.  The litter had been dumped and left to freeze to death.  Thankfully, someone found them and called the shelter.  They were nursed back to health and this was the first weekend they were allowed to be seen.  The boys were quite frightened but one little boy had the sweetest face and gave me kisses.  Loved his white socks on his front paws.


Then they brought out a few other puppies that we would never consider.  Joel asked if they had any puppies with short hair since the first puppy I liked was a fur ball!  We had almost decide on the little boy when they came out with this almost white puppy.  She is 4 months old but we didn’t get any history about here.  She was very scared and was basically in a ball in the corner.  We couldn’t even tell if she could walk.  After a little while, she started to warm up to us.  I’m sure the treats had something to do with it.  Sigh…. hard decision.  We could only get one dog, since Ford only pays to transport two animals. I'm pretty sure Skinny will still be around in 2 1/2 years.  Hmm… are we willing to pay for the third?  Even if its in the couple $1000 range.  The lady told us that the little girl would probably never leave the shelter.  She was considered old and because she was so timid she would never catch someone’s eye. 
So you guessed it, we are proud doggie parents to two dogs. 

Welcome to our two newest family members…… names TBD. 

Yes still.  LOL.  We really want to give them Turkish names.  I think we have one for the girl but the name Joel is pushing I am having issues pronouncing!  I don’t think it fits either. But we’ll see.  He won out with Skinny…. I thought it was a dumb name. LOL.  But it stuck.  So we shall see.


Enjoy all the cuteness!!!  Love our new puppies!