Goodbye Jack Hello Tonks

Well its been over a month now that Jack passed away..I never wrote a post about it cuz it made me too sad to write about. 
Unfortunately we had to take him to the emergency vet the Friday before Easter because the injury he had just took over his body. We ended up having to transfer him to a neurologist and things just got worse from there. We found out it wasn't an injury at all, but a fungal disease he probably picked up at a shelter in Utah. (Where he came from). The vet said fungal diseases can mask themselves as spine injuries and when you give the animal things like pain meds and steroids to cure the injury, it helps the fungal disease take over....The vet did not look optimistic about Jacks well being....he was in a lot of pain those last couple of days we had him so we made the hard decision to let him go peacefully.  It was the first time my husband or myself had to put a dog down. Jack was the first dog we adopted as a couple. He was crazy, fun and a sweetheart and we still miss him terribly....but its nice to know he's not in pain anymore...

......Well my husband and I thought it would be nice to go to the local animal shelters a couple of weeks after Jack died and just look at doggies, a little bit of dog therapy! We weren't planning on getting another dog....we just wanted to look and it actually felt nice seeing all those puppies and knowing we might be able to give one a home one day. Well......we stumbled across a bundle of cuteness and we couldn't control ourselves! We had to have her! She's was a four month old Cathoula Leopard Dog they named her Misty and she was in a kennel all by herself..We went into see her and fell in love.  She had two holds on her so we thought for sure we would never get her...but because she's a wild child both families dropped out of the hold and she was ours! We knew it was fate....who would pass up that adorable face?  So we adopted her and brought her home! She for sure has not taken the place of Jack...she's actually the complete opposite of Jack....She's feisty, does not like to cuddle and doesn't come when called..haha..but she's super cute and VERY smart. Oh and we names her Tonks after the witch in Harry Potter.

Hopefully things will work out with her. I'll keep an update on her progress as a growing puppy..she's already learned sit and shake! Well I think thats all I have to write! I think this is the longest post I've done...hopefully I'll do more!

I'll miss you Jack! You were a fabulous dog!!! You and Tonks would have had so much fun together...