Anyone who knows me can tell you how much I love dogs. I'm that girl at the party who's sitting on the floor hanging out with the host's dog, or procrastinating at home by watching episodes of Dogs 101 on an endless loop. At our recent wedding, my husband had to sit through an embarrassing amount of speeches from family members giving first-hand accounts of my obsession.
And yet somehow, until this weekend, I had never actually owned a dog.
About a month ago Sebastien and I started browsing Petfinder and visiting our local SPCA fairly regularly, hoping to find a pooch that would be the right fit. We needed a quiet pup as we live in a condo building with lots of neighbours, as well as a low to non-existent prey-drive to get along with Gordon, our dwarf parrot. Eventually, we found a 3 year old mix named Wedge at a rescue called Passion4Paws. He was described as a gentle and mellow guy, friendly with kids, dogs and cats-- even chickens! We were sold.
After filling out the adoption paperwork and a bit of back and forth with the shelter to sort out the details of bringing a dog across the border, a date was finally set for us to pick up our boy. Coincidentally, it ended up falling smack in the middle of National Adoption Weekend! It doesn't get more perfect than that folks.
We drove the couple hours from Montreal to Vermont, the back seat piled high with dog treats and toys. I was disgustingly excited. Luckily we arrived early enough to kill some time (and nerves) at a local farmers market-- they had donuts guys. Can you say best day ever?
Finally the transport that was delivering Wedge from his native South Carolina to us in Vermont (about an 18 hour drive) arrived and we got our first look at our newest family member. Let me tell you, that guy had to pee. Despite the less than ceremonious first greeting, we were in love.
Wedge, now Abe in honour of his American heritage, has been settling in super well in his new Canadian home. He has napped in almost every room so far and is already charming the neighbours with his good looks. We think he's most likely a Bullmatian-- that is, an American Bulldog and Dalmatian mix-- but who knows. There's certainly no Dogs 101 for him (I've checked) but he's a little love that's snuggled his way in to our hearts. Happy Gotcha Day Abe, we couldn't be happier to have you.
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