Sierra!

Everyone knows my most wonderful companion of 17 years died in August.  No I'm not talking about my Dear Husband.  I'm talking about my dog Ruby.  Well we have missed her, cried over her and I swear think we have seen her walk down the hall.  ( no not crazy but sometimes well you know)

I would say that "we" decided to get a dog but really "I" decided.  The back story on this is Bill really really wanted a small dog.   I had convinced him when we got Judge ( our chow chow) that he wouldn't get very big.  Yes, I was lying and Yes, he now knows that.  Judge is 85 lbs of pure fluff and growl.  He's not really friendly, and he's well remedial.  I love him though. 

As I said, It was time for a new family member and since I was not having nor adopting anymore children.  Heck by the time the one I have is grown, I'll be half dead.  So a dog it is. My friend who was my very first real boyfriend and first love, David Durden.  Still love ya today David but I love your wife too! Well David and his lovely wife Lisa adopt Pit Bull Terriers.  He has been telling me all the wonderful stories of his great dogs.  They are Harpo, Queenie ( Lisa's dog and don't forget it), Pibbles and Fate. ( Fate is an American Bulldog but you know he's lumped into the group) 

I know I know, I heard all the rumors of ignorance.  Pit Bulls are mean, Pit Bulls will eat your children, Pit Bulls can turn, Pit Bulls have locking jaws ( myth by the way ) Pits are mean and are only owned by drug dealers and Michael Vick ( the slime ).  Well I started to research and think about it.  I went to the East Tennessee Pit Bull Rescue site ( love ya Wendy ).  OMG OMG they are so cute.  I read all the page about the litte rascals dog and the army decorated dog.   I read about that slime ball Micheal Vick and how his dogs were now therapy dogs and companion dogs.  I got to thinking.  Everyone deserves a chance right. 

So Hubbs and I were sitting on the couch one night watching animal planet.  The special that night was on Chow Chows and the correct persons to parent these fluff balls.  Turns out we didn't fit any of the criteria.  Seems Chows are mean and will eat your face off too.  Don't tell Judgie I don't think its occurred to him yet.
Well I looked at Hubbs and said all I want for Christmas is a dog.  ( don't think i wasn't looking all pitiful ).  He said oh fine lets go look at the shelter for a small dog.  Now you know me I don't want a small fuzzy ball.   Now, really I'm fat and Hubbs is portly and well small dogs just don't fit with my life.  I want a big dog, I want a dog that says >>>> I'm King of this here house and I will eat you.  For now,  I agreed OK.  ( right )

So about a week passes and Hubbs forgets the convo.  Well I said ummmm Honey I think I want a Pit Bull from the Rescue in Tennessee.  His head kinda spun and he said ummm NO.  So It was on!  I searched the East Tennessee Pit Bull Rescue site and found Rosie. OMG Rosie was so great she was beautiful.  So the campaign was on.  I posted Rosie's picture on his profile and said this is all I want for Christmas.  Then I put her on my profile and attached a status like this "This is Rosie, She's all I want for Christmas and Bill said no, Please help me".

Well low and behold he was bombarded.  His page filled up.  He kept saying no.  Now I know he was wavering cause he said "just do whatever you want, you will anyway".  He was kinda pissy.  So I began printing research.  He was finding it everywhere.  He would come in and sit on the couch and as soon as I heard the cushions, I would scream OMG come look at this one!

This went on for oh a week.  I had David call him.  I had David email him.  He was wearing down.  Now I didn't want to do just whatever I wanted to do ... I had to make him think he picked Rosie. 

Well me and FB did it.  Hubbs said Denna call those people in Tennessee and get a dog. WOOOOOHOOOOOoo so I called and I wanted Rosie.  Good news she was able to be adopted, BUT (theres always a but) they were not sure Rosie was good with cats.  So they took her to put her to the Cat test.  She failed.  I was so bummed.  There was Gracie a puppy but well theres a back story there and I really didn't want a puppy.  They also were very honest and told me puppies temperament could sometime change.  I really wanted and older dog anyway.  I saw Sierra.  She was bundle of muscle and her picture was really not that good.  I told them Cat test her and we will see. 

ETPBR downloaded me some new pictures with Santa.  SOLD! I'll take her.  So now we have to figure out how to get her to Texas.  Now lots of well meaning friends LARK, called me and said ummmmm this shelter has a pit .. this shelter has a pit... but I wanted to help my Tennessee People.  I trusted David and knew he would not steer me wrong.  I was taking Sierra and there was nothing going to talk me out of it.  Not people who knew people who knew a cousin who had a pit that ate great aunt Edna's face off.  NO, I was having non of it! I wanted her and she was mine. 

So god love the Tennessee folk.  A friend of the rescue Transported Sierra to David and Lisa's house.  (which was overrun with dogs) She was going to be there 5 days.  Well my sparklie darling was going to Tennessee for Christmas and she was going to bring her home.  Well she decided to stay almost 3 weeks.  GOD BLESS DAVID, LISA and Cid.  They were stuck with the precious darlin for longer than we planned.  Well I called everyday almost. I'm sure they stood at the answering machine saying "its her you answer, noooooooooooooo she's your friend you answer!"  They were sweeties though and always answered well almost always.  :) 

The day comes, Sierra is coming to Texas.  Sparklie's real daddy calls and says ... "is this dog dangerous".  I said no good god, would I put my baby girl in danger?  What I really should have said was ummm yep she's gonna eat her face off, lets hope Sierra can see to drive.

Sparklie called and she was kinda nervous because she heard all the stories about Pit Bulls eating children and so on and so forth.  I said you not a child anymore.  They only gnaw on small kids. BRING MY DOG!

I get a call about 5 hours later. I hear this OMG MOM, I'm thinking OH HELL she has eaten her face right off. NOPE seems sparklie was feeding Sierra a hamburger from McDonald's and well she wanted to eat in Sparklies lap.  So when she tried to get in Sparklies lap she hit the car into netural.  Well sparklie sweet baby could not figure out why her car would not go when she was pushing the accelerator to the floor and it was sounding like a race car.  WHEW! I can solve this.  I told her to pull over and put the car in drive.  Those of you who know Sparklie will appreciate that.

So they finally arrive and I'm kinda nervous.  Now I know that Sierra is not going to eat my kids but will she like Judge.  Judge has been here for 8 years and he's not going away.  She has to like him.  Well hell! he hated her.  Right off the bat.  She came running in like "I'm HERE I'm HERE long drive long drive got to pee got to pee".  Judge just looked at me like ummmmWHAT THE HELL! He growled at her and she sniffed his hiney and he growled again and went to my room and sat on the bed.  He was saying I'm KING you not welcome.

So Sierra says ok and she decided who she would love right then.  MR. DO NOT WANT A PIT BULL THEY MIGHT EAT OUR FACE OFF.  Oh yeah, she climbed right up in his lap and licked his face and he was hoooked.  I do mean HOOKED!  I said, oh so Mr. I don't want a pit bull now has taken my dog.  DAMN IT!



Bill, Sierra, and Judgie

 So here we are.  We have a shiny new crate.  For this wonderful dog.  We bought this so Sierra would have a place to sleep at night. UMMMM HUMMMM, well Sierra sleeps with Hubby.  Let me correct.  She spoons and puts her head on his shoulder.  I said to him ... umm is that drool on your neck there, he said umm (sheepishly) she could be just trying to eat my face off.  OH man!  So Sierra is now the love bug of the family.  She sits on the couch with her daddy, she sleeps with her daddy and if he's not around well I guess Jack will do.  She loves Jack and if they aren't into loving on her that moment well then she has to settle for me.  FIGURES! I told him last week welll so the man who did not want a PIT BULL is sleeping with one.  I look between us in the bed and she looks up at me like ummm "whut".

We are now the house hold of the dogs.  Judge and Sierra run the place.  Now really I run the place and Judge and Sierra know this. I'm the Meany, dad is the pushover and Jack well he's the playmate.

We have had one fatality.  Sierra did eat a face off.  Seems Jessie the rootenest tootenest Cowgirl around, well her face is the same consistency of a Kong chew toy.  There is not enough super glue in the world to fix that!  So all in all no one has died.  Well Jessie may never recover and there are some decapitated army men.  No really blood spill though.  She goes to pet smart and get this SHE is scared to death of the freaking poodles.  They yip and she goes the other way.  We are now a family who owns a  pit bull terrier named Sierra! This family at this point can say will never ever own any other breed!



Jack (dressed and sherriff Woody) and Sierra



Sparklie and Sierra



Check out the East Tennessee Pit Bull Rescue site, wonderful people educating ignorant folks like me.  LOVE A BULLIE!

just arriving

Judgie!

Jack and Sierra

HOOKED I TELL YOU



Jack and Sierra

Sparklie, Jack and Sierra all on her new pillow

P.S. Rosie and Gracie are still at the rescue!