All my life I've had severe allergies. As a child I had a teacup poodle puppy (poor tiny thing died after a few months) and a shih tzu (purebred stolen from the backyard). As an adult I really wasn't thinking of ever having a dog again due to the extreme allergic reactions I had to my previous dogs. But I got married and my husband loves dogs and wanted one so I started researching less allergy symptom inducing breeds. I also wanted a small dog that I could take places with me. We both work full time and I didn't want to get a dog just to leave it home alone 8 hours a day. I have nothing against that. I just feel too guilty so I wanted one I could cart around.
I narrowed the list down to a Yorkie, Poodle or Bichon. We really wanted to adopt one. So when 8 year old Teddy was surrendered to a local shelter we took him home for a week to foster him to make sure he would be happy with us. He was turned in on Monday, March 30 and I took him home on Wednesday, April 1. Of course we couldn't give him back. Hes too sweet. But we got more than we bargained for. Because I picked him up him so early he never got a proper Vet exam and we didn't know he had so many health problems.
We knew he was blind from a cataract in one eye but we didn't know he was developing one in the other eye and was almost totally blind. We also didn't know his teeth were a disaster. $600 later hes had 4 pulled and is on an antibiotic to clear up the infection around another molar. If the Vet pulls many more he'll be gumming his food.
We go back this Friday to see how its doing and to get the referral for the Opthalmologist. I hope we can get his better eye checked out soon and that its not too late to save it. And I hope we can pay for the surgery in installments.
Still, we are SO happy to have the little love bug and wouldn't change a thing. Hes such a loving little (well, maybe teapot sized) boy and a joy to have around. The longer hes with us the more of his crazy personality we get to see. Funny boy! Sorry this turned out so long. Its so much fun reading everyone else's stories about their sweeties. Keep them coming please.