Adopted a rescue yesterday :)

Some people that know me in person know this, but I didn't make any formal announcement in December. While I was away on a cruise, my nearly 2 year old dog, Dahlia, suddenly passed away from a hereditary disease called hemolytic anemia. We had no idea that she had it, and it was completely devastating to find out, especially when I was supposed to be enjoying my vacation.

Well, over 2 months have passed, and even though I still miss her, winter is just not the same without a dog around to play with in the snow. I've been browsing petfinder.com, and came across a dog that had similar markings to Dahlia, and at first I thought I couldn't handle it because they're so much the same.. about 2 weeks went by and I realized that was a ridiculous reason not to give a dog a home, and it was the same exact reason that Dahlia fell in my lap, because the people who ordered her didnt like her coloring when she came in.

So anyhow, I put in an application on Thursday or Friday, and they liked it so much they agreed to come up from Delaware yesterday to let me meet her and set up a week trial run. She's settled right in and there's no way she's going back to her foster home

Her name is Dixie right now, but I want to change it, probably something to do with the fact that I got her on Valentines day, but not something incredibly tacky. She was listed as an Am Staf, but to me looks more like another American Bulldog. There's no way to know for sure unless I do that breed test thing.

anyhow, here she is
Taking over grandpas lap (my dad)


now great grandmas lap


With her new puggle friend Jake

 

thanks everyone, since I was out of the country it was too expensive to get online and when I got back it was harder because it was like it was brand new again so i just couldnt bring myself to put anything up. She showed no signs whatsoever, and my cousin was watching her and one day she just wasnt acting like the playful silly dog she was, she took her to the vet and she passed within an hour. Her red blood cells stopped clotting and she was even bleeding from the IV site so there was nothing that could stop it. I'm petrified of hereditary diseases now, so I'm probably going to have a full battery of blood work done on Dixie to make sure she's clear, or know ahead of time so maybe we can stop it.

For comparison, here's some pix of Dahlia