My spcaLA mugshot 🙂
My buddy Ray at A Peace-a-Bull Assembly is having a cool Gotcha Day Blog Hop in honor of his first Gotcha Day! So I am going to tell you a little bit about the day I found my mom-to-be 🙂
My mom-to-be met me on Friday the 13th! It was in April just last year. She was not even supposed to be at work that day, but one of the other vet techs was not feeling well, so mom covered for her and thank goodness for that! She tells me it was the luckiest Friday the 13th ever.
The very first time I saw my mom I was sitting in a kennel at Long Beach Animal Control and she she came along with one of her other vet tech buddies. She said hello and told me I was very cute and then she picked me up so the other vet tech could get a sample for Parvo test.
If you have never had a Parvo test, be glad! You don’t want to know where they get that sample from! But I did not mind it too much and I stayed very nice and quiet and mom-to-be (even though she didn’t know it yet) said I was a very good boy and gave me some ear scratches and then they left.
It seemed like they were gone forever, but finally mom-to-be came back to get me. Since I was still a puppy (about 9 months) and she didn’t know if I’d had any vaccines, mom-to-be carried me all the way over the spcaLA side of the property, just in case I could still get Parvo. I weighed 46 pounds, but mom-to-be didn’t mind a bit. And I enjoyed the ride 😀
Now mom-to-be had met a lot of nice pups while working at the shelter. I mean hundreds! So I’m not sure what it was about me that made such an impression. She tells me I was sweet, calm, and very bright. And she says the handsome factor didn’t hurt 🙂 But most of all she says she just had a special feeling that she’d not had before. Something told her that I was the right pup for her.
It was another week before mom and dad officially adopted me. Mom had to start looking for a new job because it took three hours each day for her to drive to and from the shelter! And dad had to sort it out so he could drive home at lunch to walk me until mom got a job closer to home. I guess they must really love me! But I will tell you more about all that on my actual Gotcha Day, which is April 20th 🙂
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onebluedog 
What a great story for you to have. We are so glad you decided to do a blog too.
Lookin forward to your Gotcha day in A;ril
I am really glad I started a blog too; I have met so many cool buddies!
That’s such a touching story of how you and your Mom met. We’re so happy everything worked so well!
Me too! Mom says it was just meant to be 🙂
Wez just put Ray on our buddies list 🙂 Wez fink’z he’z great, gonna pop’z over now 🙂 xx00xx
Mollie and Alfie
I just love Ray and his mom too! And his baby pictures are sooooo cute!!
We love that story and eagerly await the rest in April! Thanks for joining the hop, buddy!
Thanks for putting this great blog hop together! I just love all the happy stories 🙂
I love that story! That special something between a doggie and a Mom cannot be denied. When it’s there, it’s there for good. That makes me so happy!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
You are so right, Cupcake! And it make me really happy too 🙂 I just wish more furry buddies could have happy stories like ours 🙂
That was a lovely story, i can’t wait for April. You were both lucky to of found each other.
Sheba.
Thanks, Sheba! You are right; I am a very lucky pup!
awww! What a nice story Blue, how lucky was it your ma was working that day, you were probably sos cared and confused at first little Remy I’m so glad you found eachother!! You are too cute in that picture btw!
It was lucky! And I was scared, but I did a good job of playing it cool. Mom didn’t even realize how scared I must have been until she brought me home and my personality really came alive 🙂
What a sweet story! We’re so glad you found such an awesome home, and they are lucky to have you!
Thanks, Tucker! Mom and dad are awfully lucky 😉 I’m not sure my kitties feel quite so lucky though…
Aw, that’s a wonderful story Remy! You were a very lucky puppy, but I’m certain that you were incredibly deserving of such an awesome home too! 😀 Thanks for sharing your Gotcha Day with us!
Thanks, Goose! I am very lucky! And mom says she and dad are lucky too 🙂
Oh Remy, your mom is so nice to carry you all over like that!
She did it for every young pup she could manage to carry — losing a puppy to Parvo is just too awful…
So Friday the 13th will forever be considered a lucky day in your house for sure!
Yes it will! Mom used to have a funny feeling about Friday the 13th, but not anymore 🙂
Isn’t it funny how we just know when the dog we are supposed to have appears? I was the same with Blueberry, although I saw her on Petfinders and the feeling was confirmed when I met her face to face for the first time. When she walked out – I saw her and I was like “that’s her!”.
Love this story and I am not at all surprised that you were adopted – you are one handsome fella!
It is very true! The same thing happened to mom when she found her first pup, Peach. Mom was looking for a pup at least one year old and medium sized, but nothing was clicking.
Then her friend convinced her to just look at the puppies for cuteness. She walked around a corner to see a 5 month old 55 pound Ridgeback/Shepherd mix and she just knew this was the pup. Mom says Peach turned out to be the absolute perfect first dog for her and she still misses her everyday.
That is a great story Remy, twas meant to be fur sure!
You’re right about that, Brian!
What a beautiful story. You were meant to be with your mom and dad for sure. No doubt about it.
Blessings,
Goose
Thanks, Goose!
Wow, your mom is pretty special to bring you home with her and change jobs and everything. My Gotcha Day is coming up in a couple weeks. I’m trying to think of something really special for my blog post that day.
That is true, Bongo! But mom says I am totally worth it 😀
I can’t wait to see what you do for your Gotcha Day!
What a great story. It’s great to hear and so glad we have met you 🙂
Oink oink,
Katie and Coccolino the mini pig
I am very glad to have met you and Cocco too!
That’s such a lovely story, I’m looking forward to hearing the rest of it. When you know you know. I just knew when I saw both of my fuzzy loves. And neither time was I looking for them. Love – hits you out of the blue! x
It sure does! It’s like some furry magic or something 🙂
What a Happy Story! Me loves stories with happy endings!
Kisses
Nellie
Me too, Nellie! I wish there would be more and more happy stories every day!
I don’t blame her for picking you out of all those dogs…you’re one awesome pup!
Aw, thank you!
You see Remy things are just supposed to be. Fate moves in mysterious ways. If my peeps had not opened the front door as I walked past as a 17 week old rescue and talked to the lady I would have gone to boarding and who knows where from there. In those few seconds there I was and the rest is history. It was meant to be. Pip too was supposed to go all the way to Nottingham but again fate decided otherwise and she became peeps too albeit before me. Nice one pal. You are happy, we are happy, EPIC WIN! Have a wonderful Wednesday.
Best wishes Molly
Wow, Molly! How wonderful that your peeps opened the door at just the right moment!
I hope you have a great Wednesday too!
That is a wonderful and happy story. 🙂 Some things are just meant to be.
Yup, I think I was definitely meant to be with my family 🙂
What a wonderful story, Remy. I think Fridays are good and Friday, the 13th is a lucky day ;o)
I think you are right, Easy!
Lovely gotcha day story:-)
Thanks, Misaki!
“If you have never had a Parvo test, be glad!” is my favorite sentence of all! Remy, this is a good Gotcha story and I have always wondered how it is that people who work in rescue can somehow settle on the one or two or three (or more!) dogs they decide to bring home to be in their family. You are very fortunate. (Also you look like a CharlieDog and Friends Pocket Pittie (little stuffed animal) that represents the therapy dog Jeffrey!) Love to you all day long.