And then there was Tom

A few months ago Sean said he wanted to get a dog. It's funny, because I've always wanted a dog, always. But everyone of my friends that have said something about getting a dog i have something to say about why they shouldn't. and those words sound an awful lot like the words my Mom always said to me when i got the "I want a puppy" bug. All sorts of silly things about responsibility and the like. So that's what i told Sean when he was wanting a dog! So silly!

Well, a few weeks ago, i was thinking about it and i was like "maybe getting a dog wouldn't be so bad after all!" and i brought it up with Sean and of course he got all frustrated because i was being a girl! a confusing, frustrating girl! so another week or so goes by and Sean says he wants to check out the shelters to look for a dog. But that was at 7 at night and all the shelters were closed so we went home and My Mother of ALL people picked out a website for us to check out before going to the shelters, and it was for the Humane Society. We looked through 10 pages worth of listings before my eyes picked out the cutest face in the world! I was such a girl and was like "oh Sean look at that face!!!" and it was only 3 months old and the info was only posted 2 hours before hand! so i wrote down the ID number and kennel number and said to Sean that we shouldn't get to excited for the one particular dog because who knows if he'd still be there in the morning!

The rest of the evening i was so excited to get up early and look for a puppy (hopefully that puppy).

When we woke up and got ready i went to my room to pull a Card of the Day from my Tarot cards as per usual, this time keeping in mind the dog and what to expect from the day ahead. And Literally (not figuratively) a card flipped out of the deck while i was shuffling. It was the Knight Of Wands. The Court Cards (or Personality cards) usually refer to the personality of an individual of the personality of the day and events. And the Knight of Wands would be a personality that would "Jump" out of a deck. So i definitely was excited when i got that card for a day of "Puppy Shopping".

So we go to the shelter that the website listed on the page and there was nothing there. The lady said they didn't have any puppies and that there was only a few dogs there. So she gave us a flyer for other shelters (grumpily) and didn't even help us figure out which shelter to check out next! So we just picked one hoping it was the one with the Puppy we saw on the internet. 

When we get to that shelter it was still closed! Blah! so we decide to kill some time at the Petsmart to look around and keep up are enthusiasm for a dog. We go back at 11:30am and they still hadn't quite opened their doors yet and there was a line of people waiting to get in! and i was getting really upset because i am definitely not a patient person! We go in and the lady points out the door with the dogs and there were soooo many Pit Bulls it was sad! But not one sign of the puppy we were looking for again! so we ask that lady about the puppy and i show her the ID number i had written down and she recognizes the number and gives us another flyer! but she at least was helpful and told us which one it was and how to get there!

On with the Adventure! Blah!

We get lost trying to find the shelter! i was like! of course! but finally we found the road and found the shelter! 

We go inside that shelter and the lady shows us where the smaller dogs are and i walk as if guided right to that Face! There was the puppy we saw on the internet! and when we took him out of his kennel he Leaped right into my arms! (rather like the Knight of Wands lept from the deck). We took him outside and he was so Cute! The shelter had his name listed as Tank. And we saw why! he kept plowing into everything! as we sat on the lawn and played with him for that half hour i kept thinking about how similar in personality traits Tank was to the Knight of Wands. He was full of energy and so interested in anything that moved and couldn't stay concentrated on one thing! and even the process in finding him was an adventure worthy of a Knight.

The shelter wanted to make sure that the new puppy would get along with any other animals that will live where he will be living. So we went and got Izzy (Sean's sister Emily's dog) and took her to meet the puppy. On the way there we were thinking of names for the puppy and Sean said "How about Tom, like Tom DeLonge from Blink 182? He's lanky and goofy like he is" and i totally could see the resemblance! So we decided on Tom!

Izzy HATED that shelter! She wouldn't even pay any attention to Tom because she was so freaked out about being there! So that part was kind of a waste of time because we couldn't tell how they would get along, but Izzy is a small dog that couldn't bully Tom too much so they decided that we would be perfect parents! So we adopted him!

He is still very much that Knight of Wands to me. Tom is sooo smart and incredibly sweet and cuddly! Even my Mom loves him! MY Mom! He's basically house trained already, almost. He knows how to sit and stay fairly well and he's learning how to Shake! Just from watching the other dogs in Sean's family!

He came down with Kennel Cough though a few days after bringing him home and we took him to the Vet who didn't seem worried so that made me feel better. He sounded like a duck when he would cough! it was the saddest, cutest thing ever! Is that horrible to say?

So that's the story about our puppy Tom so far. How crazy full of uncanny circumstances! It's like God heard us talking about our perfect Dog, made us wait for awhile while he made him and then sent us the signs to find him!

Cutest Dog Ever!