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How We Got Sunny

5/7/2014

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Hi!

I was asked to write another story about my pets by my friend Makayla. If you have any ideas of any other typesof stories you want to hear about on the blog, please contact me. So, I will be writing the story of Sunny.

It all started when our next door neighbor, a dairy farmer, was borrowing our pasture for his horses. As a thank-you, he wanted to give us a border collie puppy because his dog was about to give birth. I begged my parents to take his offer up because I'd never had a dog before. My mom and dad said that maybe after a little more research, we could possibly get a puppy. But, we had to look into other breeds first. I learned about Golden Retrievers and decided that was the breed of dog I wanted because these dogs sounded like good family pets. My parents told me we could get one under one condition. That was that I would write a report about golden retrievers. I did so happily and after I completed it, we began to look into the options. A lady who used to board her horses at our barn told us about a vet that bred Golden Retrievers. I was so excited. 

A couple months later, we went over to the vet's house, and we got to meet Sunny's mom. A few weeks later, late on Easter night, Sunny and her siblings were born. I had decided on the name Sunny a while ago and was looking forward to picking her out. At a week old, Sunny was small enough to fit into both hands. 

When it was time to choose which puppy we wanted, I couldn't decide. I wanted a girl, but that was the only standard I had. My dad pointed to  a sleeping puppy and said, "Let's get the sleepy one." I agreed because the puppy was a girl and I wouldn't have been able to decide otherwise. We didn't realize that all puppies take lots of naps.
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We now joke that Sunny was just saving up her energy for when she went home with us.

At one point, before we could take Sunny home, she lost her collar. Luckily, we were able to figure out which one was her. On the day we took her home, she did a good job of whimpering when she needed to go to the bathroom as we were driving. The next nights were not great. We had to let her out three times during the night. My dad took the late night shift. My mom took the graveyard shift and I took the early shift. She did become better at potty training, but we had to learn to deal with her whimpering for the first few months. 

Even though Sunny is no longer sleepy, we love her dearly.

So that's the story of Sunny. Does anyone have fun stories about how their pets came to their families? If so, I'd love to hear about them.

Sydney
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Gloria A. Brooks
5/7/2014 06:51:37 am

Thank you for sharing about Sunny! What a fun story! This reminds me of when I got my first and only pet dog, Rochelle Claire. I was renting my own apartment for the first time and the landlady allowed pets. Within about two weeks I had Rochelle! LOL. I bought her in Georgtown, DE back in '07. I found her in a pet shop as I was driving by and just had to go in and look at pets.

I first looked at all the cats and after sneezing after picking up each kitten, I looked to the dogs. I'd not been a dog person before that day, but, I wanted to look anyway. They had only two puppies - A very hyper Jack Russel, and a calmer Fox Terrier mix. I picked both of them up and left the store. I went to a nearby park and simply could not get the Fox Terrier mix out of my mind. I even picked a name out for her when I returned about 4 hours later. So, I bought my Rochelle Claire and they put her in a box for me to take home. I stopped at a beach in Deleware and walked around with her. I met a woman at the beach who gave me the perfect sized crate for Rochelle and I drove her home in it. Now, I consider myself a dog lover, but, only one dog at a time. I wish Rochelle could live with me until my Golden Years....in my healthy, strong 90's we'll see!

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Sydney Campanella link
5/7/2014 08:51:29 am

Very interesting story! Rochelle sounds like a sweet dog.

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dad
5/7/2014 08:44:59 am

Sunny is now 3. The good news is she sleeps all night. The bad news is she wants to play all day. Not much different than me I suppose! Well, I hate to admit it but she is a great dog :-).

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Mom link
5/8/2014 09:52:06 pm

Of course I must share the story of how Tatter, the cat we had before Melia, came to live with us. One day I was driving down our road and a very thin, calico cat darted in front of me. I slammed on the brakes, but heard a "thump," and knew I had hit her. In the rearview mirror, I saw the cat lying on the road. She looked dead and I was devastated. I went back and scooped her up in an old towel. I could tell that she was breathing, and she had blood coming from her nose and one ear. I drove her straight to the vet. Your dad had said, "No cats in the house!" But I called him crying and told him I had hit a stray cat by accident. I didn't know if she would live, but if she did, I wanted to bring her home and nurse her back to health. It took her a few weeks to regain her strength, but gradually, she did, and, of course, because she wasn't well she had to live inside. She became the sweetest house cat ever (except for Melia)... and even your dad (though he won't admit it very often) loved her. She lived with us for about 13 years and died on Mother's Day in my arms.

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