on halloween morning two years ago, eric and i decided a trip to the humane society was in order. we'd done this many, many times... just to volunteer. we always had such fun spending time with the dogs and puppies who would otherwise get no lovins. they let you walk them in the back, fenced in area, and play with them in little rooms. we'd done this probably a dozen times before this day, and never expected to find this:
there she was- all squishy and cute! and when eric walked past her cage she started looking at him and jumping on the cage door as if to say "hey! take me outta here! i wanna play!" he took her out and spent some time snugglin before calling me over and said "look!" my heart nearly melted into a puddle of goo right then and there. we took her in the private room and got to see a bit of her personality- she was fiesty and fun, and we liked that. 45 minutes later, i found myself holding her as eric paid the fee. she was $90, and that included all of her shots AND her spay surgery! she was just 8 weeks old and the employees were saying that she'd come into the place the day before, but had only been "on the floor" (out in her cage where the other dogs are) for 1 hour before we swooped her up. boy did we get lucky!
i love this picture because of all the extra skin. is it any wonder we scooped this baby up and ran??
we knew she was really something. proud parents. lol.
it took a while to decide on a name- maybe even 2 hours! eric wasn't sure about bristol, but i knew it was rockstar from the get. (lol). my parents HATED that we named her bristol and decided (oddly enough) that she definitely looked more like a "trudy anne" than a "bristol." for the longest time, they would ONLY refer to her as trudy while talking on the phone. the idea of bristol had grown on eric by this point, especially when he had to face the possibiliy of naming her TRUDY! (it was never a real possibiliy actually, i had made up my mind early that bristol was IT!) anyway, in an effort to appease my parents (because although im 28, i DO still seem to care about keeping them happy) we decided "anne" would be her middle name... just as they'd suggested. so there ya have it! bristol anne adams has been an absolute joy since the day she unexpectedly chose us at the humane society!
if you want to get a dog, and you're not sure where to go or what to choose- go to the humane society! there are so many awesome babies out there who have no homes, no mommy and daddy, no "treaties" for podying outside. i had always been a "full blooded" kinda girl, but simply cant imagine my life without bristol! and if youre not in a place where you CAN get a dog, but find yourself with some extra time and want to volunteer- GO! they can ALWAYS use people to love on the dogs, and the dogs eat it up!
hope you enjoyed flashback friday as much as i did. be blessed. be thankful.
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