Meet The Critters...

Vienna

That face.  I love that face so much.  It melts my heart.

Vienna was the first foster-then-adopt dog I ever took into my home...almost 14 years ago.

I need to start by saying that Vienna's story has a very difficult beginning.  I don't want to make anyone too sad but the reality is that bad things happen to good doggies.  That's why animal advocacy is such an important thing.  So, if you only want the happy stuff then I suggest you skip the following paragraph and move on to the other sections. 

Vienna's tale begins with her tied up in one bag and her newborn puppies tied up in another, and all were thrown from a moving car (containing super evil people) into the marshes of Glynn County, GA.  A kind person saw the incident happen, stopped to see what was going on, and when they heard Vienna barking they immediately risked their own life to try to save the doggies from the dark water. Vienna was rescued.  Her puppies were not rescued in time.  If anyone tells you that dogs are stupid animals and have no feelings, well, then that person is an idiot.  Vienna mourned her puppies for weeks and even took to carrying around a small stuffed doggy that she 'cleaned' regularly.  My heart still aches for her loss after all these years...

Completing heartworm treatments that seemed to last forever, Vienna was given a clean bill of health and had a pep in her step that hadn't been there before.  She became more active and started playing with my then boyfriend's dogs.  She became even feistier and ate jellyfish whenever we walked to the beach.  My Mother took an extra special shine to Vienna and would sneak into my house while I was at work and take her home with her.  Vienna was right by my side when I moved to Valdosta but she missed my ex's dogs.  A new influx of foster dog companions brought her happiness but nothing compared to how her life changed when Brady entered the picture.  She is obsessed with Brady and he loves her to bits.  Just look at this...

Yep.  She's Brady's girl.

Vienna smiles.  Her ears always stick up when she sleeps.  She has the gnarliest nails of any dog in the world because her quick is so long that we can't cut them short.  Tick-tick-tick on the floor let's you know where she's going...which is usually to the cat food bowl.  Sneaky girl!  She has a heart condition that is being controlled with medication and weight loss.  So, we are always tussling with her desire for extra, and very unneeded, food.  She sounds like a 100 pound dog when she barks but acts like a puppy when it comes to car rides.  Her snoring is so loud that I've actually been unable to sleep...pillow over my head and everything.  She's always the first to welcome you to the house.  Kitties are her friends...sometimes.

This dog is a pretty amazing creature and I'm lucky to have fostered/adopted her.  I highly suggest that you consider adoption or fostering instead of buying a pet from a puppy mill or pet store.  And, like Bob Barker always said, help control the pet population...spay and/or neuter your pet today!