Everyone needs a Chewie …
I was never a dog person until I got Chewie. I was intensely afraid of dogs. Every kind of dog… big ones, little ones, even the ‘invisible’ ones. Do you remember invisible dogs? They used to sell leashes on a wire, at the carnivals, and you walked along with this leash that floated along beside you, looking like you had an invisible dog. OMG those were the worst! I mean geez, I was already afraid of dogs, and if there was an invisible dog that might get me, how do I know where he is? Whew! Glad those days are over and I’m in love with dogs now, big, little and I guess invisible ;)
I didn’t go shopping for a dog – actually I was shopping for a fish, and when I was leaving, Chewie put his paws on the fence and let out the most cute sound you have ever heard. I looked over and there was this teeny tiny dog with his tail wagging. I went over and picked him up and he nuzzled his teeny tiny head in my neck and that was it. In about 15 minutes, I was driving home with this teeny tiny dog. I had no idea what to do with a dog – I was a cat person.
He was like a duck that saw me first and imprinted me as his mother. He never let me out of his sight. It was like there was a tether between us, if I got more than a few feet away, he was following me. I was lucky enough to be working from home, so we dealt with the potty training pretty easily. I brought his food dish into my office and he was happy as clam to be my office mate. He is my buddy and totally soothed my baby urges :) Mr. Chewie Monster is my little fur baby. He turned 3 this month!! He’s been 5 lbs 7 oz for 2 years now. He popped into my life at the perfect time, and vice versa. He ended up being very sick – having seizures because he would not eat unless he had someone there beside him. At the crappy pet store where I ‘rescued’ him from, they just left him outside all day and he didn’t eat, became anemic and started having seizures. The vet said he would have died if I hadn’t come along when I did. Although I paid a small fortune for him, I consider him a rescue because the lame store did not look after him. I think we saved each other. I would be lost without him.
