Fast forward a month and we were back home actively looking for a puppy to fill the home and hearth with fuzziness. It was time to realize the long unfulfilled wish for that big friendly Labrador retriever.
The initial search took us to a website with several adorable Labrador pups, with exotic names like Rani and Rajah. We were hooked. But on google searching a little about the breeders, I found that they were Amish puppy mill owners, convicted for animal cruelty in the past. So that lead was abandoned.
Next was the American Kennel Club route. We picked an AKC certified breeder who bred pedigreed Champion pups. Champion breeds are ones who were sired by a dog who had won championships. He told us that a litter of ten pups had just been born, but all of them were already booked by other people. We would have to wait for the next litter in May, which was acceptable to us. A few days later, we received a call from him - one of the pups got canceled. Bingo! He was ours!!
It was on Valentine’s Day of 2009, that the purest love I have ever experienced, walked into my life, with little wobbly steps. His real doggy mom Mae, groomed my hand while I held him, with pleading eyes. I could only assure her that I would take good care of him.
In my arms, he witnessed the beautiful world outside,with his large droopy eyes, for the first time. I definitely said ‘Yes’, when this eight week old, seven pound fur ball asked me , ‘Be My Valentine’.
The initial search took us to a website with several adorable Labrador pups, with exotic names like Rani and Rajah. We were hooked. But on google searching a little about the breeders, I found that they were Amish puppy mill owners, convicted for animal cruelty in the past. So that lead was abandoned.
Next was the American Kennel Club route. We picked an AKC certified breeder who bred pedigreed Champion pups. Champion breeds are ones who were sired by a dog who had won championships. He told us that a litter of ten pups had just been born, but all of them were already booked by other people. We would have to wait for the next litter in May, which was acceptable to us. A few days later, we received a call from him - one of the pups got canceled. Bingo! He was ours!!
It was on Valentine’s Day of 2009, that the purest love I have ever experienced, walked into my life, with little wobbly steps. His real doggy mom Mae, groomed my hand while I held him, with pleading eyes. I could only assure her that I would take good care of him.
In my arms, he witnessed the beautiful world outside,with his large droopy eyes, for the first time. I definitely said ‘Yes’, when this eight week old, seven pound fur ball asked me , ‘Be My Valentine’.
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