Welcome to beagle world. Looking forward to more stories about your Sammy. She is lucky you were looking for her at just the right time. Maybe you had so much trouble finding a beagle because she was the one meant for you.
My introduction....."short story"
Hi,
My name is Joe aka Sammy's Daddy, and I've been lurking around for six months or so. I have to say that this site is awesome. I really enjoy reading about and seeing all of the wonderful beagles here at BW! Now a little about my little corner of BW. I finally got permission from the landlord and my darling wife to get a dog. Having grown up with a (rescue)beagle, I knew someday that I was going to have one again. A beagle was my only requirement. I didn't care if it was a puppy or adult, it just had to be a beagle.
So the search was on!
I started out looking at petfinder and some other online rescue sites and they were either to far away or there was some other stipulation that wouldn't work. I was so anxious to find a beagle that I wanted one now, but was getting somewhat frustrated that I couldn't find one. Not that this was a bad thing, cause I'm certainly glad there weren't many in the shelters around here. It broke my heart to see\read about all of the animals in shelters. Anyway back to the search. Finally on October 23, 2006 I was reading the local paper at lunch, and in the classifieds was an ad for a 6 month old female beagle for sale. I was so happy to see this ad I called the number and the guy answered and I made arrangements to go see her that night after work. My day couldn't get over fast enough! I just new I was going to have a beagle before the night was over. So after work we hopped in the truck with mapquest directions in hand and drove about 25 minutes to the guys house. When we pulled up I was like "people live here?" My wife almost went back to the truck, it creeped her out so bad. It was also really cold, and misting out. We walked up the sidewalk and around the corner, there she was this little beagle tied up to a dog house. As soon as we made eye contact she came running right to me and jumped up, with tail a wagging and her little beagle nose going a 100 MPH. It was love at first sight! I picked her up, (muddy feet and all) and just gave her the biggest hug she'd probably ever had. Instantly I noticed she was covered with fleas, her ears were (stinky)infected, and she was so skinny, I just couldn't believe it. I ended up haggling the guy down to next to nothing for her, since she was obviously going to need to see the vet and it wasn't going to be cheap. The next day we went to the vet and found out she had hook worms, fleas, ear mites, and was slighly malnourished. We got Sammy all taken care of, and I couldn't have ordered a better beagle. She is the most loving dog I have ever met. Granted she is a beagle and has her beagle issues, but she's my little Sammy girl and I wouldn't trade her for anything.
Thanks for reading my story, and give your beagle a hug from Sammy and I. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
My name is Joe aka Sammy's Daddy, and I've been lurking around for six months or so. I have to say that this site is awesome. I really enjoy reading about and seeing all of the wonderful beagles here at BW! Now a little about my little corner of BW. I finally got permission from the landlord and my darling wife to get a dog. Having grown up with a (rescue)beagle, I knew someday that I was going to have one again. A beagle was my only requirement. I didn't care if it was a puppy or adult, it just had to be a beagle.
So the search was on!
I started out looking at petfinder and some other online rescue sites and they were either to far away or there was some other stipulation that wouldn't work. I was so anxious to find a beagle that I wanted one now, but was getting somewhat frustrated that I couldn't find one. Not that this was a bad thing, cause I'm certainly glad there weren't many in the shelters around here. It broke my heart to see\read about all of the animals in shelters. Anyway back to the search. Finally on October 23, 2006 I was reading the local paper at lunch, and in the classifieds was an ad for a 6 month old female beagle for sale. I was so happy to see this ad I called the number and the guy answered and I made arrangements to go see her that night after work. My day couldn't get over fast enough! I just new I was going to have a beagle before the night was over. So after work we hopped in the truck with mapquest directions in hand and drove about 25 minutes to the guys house. When we pulled up I was like "people live here?" My wife almost went back to the truck, it creeped her out so bad. It was also really cold, and misting out. We walked up the sidewalk and around the corner, there she was this little beagle tied up to a dog house. As soon as we made eye contact she came running right to me and jumped up, with tail a wagging and her little beagle nose going a 100 MPH. It was love at first sight! I picked her up, (muddy feet and all) and just gave her the biggest hug she'd probably ever had. Instantly I noticed she was covered with fleas, her ears were (stinky)infected, and she was so skinny, I just couldn't believe it. I ended up haggling the guy down to next to nothing for her, since she was obviously going to need to see the vet and it wasn't going to be cheap. The next day we went to the vet and found out she had hook worms, fleas, ear mites, and was slighly malnourished. We got Sammy all taken care of, and I couldn't have ordered a better beagle. She is the most loving dog I have ever met. Granted she is a beagle and has her beagle issues, but she's my little Sammy girl and I wouldn't trade her for anything.
Thanks for reading my story, and give your beagle a hug from Sammy and I. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
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Welcome! Sammy looks like a total sweet heart. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
3:30 in the morning and my rescue beagle and I are getting up for another adventure in the desert. Just toook a quick glance at the introductions and Sammy's story has already made my day.
Welcome to Beagle World :wave: A big welcome aboard arrroooo to Sammy. Looking froward to exchanging more stories of our beagles /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
Welcome to Beagle World :wave: A big welcome aboard arrroooo to Sammy. Looking froward to exchanging more stories of our beagles /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
Hi and welcome to BW :wave:
That's a great story. So many of our dogs come to us seemingly by miraculous happenstance. It seems to be really true that our animals choose us. Sammy was waiting for you and because she was meant only for you, no one else, you had to wait 'til the exact right time.
Daisy sends arrooos to Sammy. She's our miracle baby and the lovingest girl ever. :heart:
Monica and Daisy /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
That's a great story. So many of our dogs come to us seemingly by miraculous happenstance. It seems to be really true that our animals choose us. Sammy was waiting for you and because she was meant only for you, no one else, you had to wait 'til the exact right time.
Daisy sends arrooos to Sammy. She's our miracle baby and the lovingest girl ever. :heart:
Monica and Daisy /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
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