Thanks everyone.
My Rottweiler's name was Brinx and she passed away at seven years old from Lymphoma. She was my perfect angel and I really hope that one day I get to have another Rottie. I miss her everyday.
Growing up my family has always tried to adopt from shelters or rescues. Ironically the only dog we did not rescue was Brinx. We got her from a very reputable breeder, because we wanted to make sure that we knew where she came from.
Any other dog that my family or I have had has been a rescue. Currently my parents have adopted a 2 year old Boxer whom Alonzo HATES!!
I don't live at my parents home anymore and because Alonzo is my doggie he lives with me but when we go to visit Alonzo has a very hard time with Baxter (the Boxer) and I know I'm biased but it is mostly Baxter's fault.
To be fair though Alonzo would rather ignore most other dogs after the initial meeting. Is that a common Yorkie trait?
The day I rescued Alonzo I had almost given up on finding a dog I liked in a shelter or rescue. I had already been to five other places and someone suggested Craigslist but I didn't (and still don't) think I would want a dog from CL.
It's actually divine intervention or something that I ended up with Alonzo. To be honest I didn't even see him first my mother did. She pointed him out to me but I wasn't interested. We were about to leave when something caused me to go back and have another look at the purebred Yorkie that someone had left behind. I asked the staff what his story was and they didn't know much only that this was his second time at their rescue after he had been adopted for less than a month by a couple who worried about the safety of their baby with him. And they could tell me nothing about where he had been before that.
I asked to meet him, and he was such a gentleman! (Which was all an act, his whole personality that day was fake, the little bugger.) I really liked him and I told the volunteers that I was taking him. They couldn't even track down all the paperwork for Alonzo because he had only been with them for twelve hours! I was given his old vet records from before he was adopted by the couple and advised that I should get him looked over again (which I did the next day.)
Sorry for such a long post.
I love Alonzo so much. He brings me so much happiness. Even with some of his neurosis! (Like his fear of being outside, which I try to ignore but it makes walking him difficult!) He is different from any dog I've ever had before but I'm not surprised by that no two dogs are ever the same.