So instead of being out having a hell of a time in celebration of the last birthday of my thirties, I am home with an f'ing cold - which I picked up by entering an airplane twice in the last two weekends.
While even I am tempted to feel sorry for myself, I ask only that you focus your sympathies on Fritz, the lonely chihuahua
Me and my chi hang out at lots of dog parks, meeting fine canines from all over Alameda County.
Recently, I met an awesome chi named Fritz (top left.) Fritz visits Alameda small dog park with his foster mom, and I have had occasion to hang with him several times. He is looking for a home, and if I wasn't already over-run by adopted strays of one species or another. NOT taking Fritz home is the toughest call I have had to make as a pet lover since he is the most awesome chihuahua I have met that I don't already own.
Fritz loves dogs, but more importantly, Fritz loves people! This is not true of all chihuahuas...
My chi loves me - at least I think he does - but he has his limits.
For example, he hates being dressed up like a busy bee. I am pretty sure Fritz would be cool with it.
I have traveled many dog parks, near and far.
I have seen much of what others do for and with their dogs.
I think I know what makes the canines happy, even the tough-to-please breeds (like Chihuahuas.)
No matter where we have gone or done or seen, I don't think I have seen a more awesome opportunity for canine-related pleasure than I saw when I met Fritz.
If there is any way you would consider taking on a dog who really is quite awesome, I will hook you up with Fritz' foster mom. I am very tempted to find a way to take him myself because he and Boom Boom actually play nicely and I know Boomie might benefit from a friend in the house, but I promised myself I won't add any pets until one of my current brood moves on (wanna cat?) Since I can't plan on that happening, I can't take Fritz, but I can vouch for what a pleasure he is. He has all the advantages of a small dog and seems to have few of the usual hangups. He really does love people and gets along with dogs, which makes him rare and worth the chance.
For now, me and my dog are hoping to get out on the road a little on Sunday. I can only do it if I get to feeling a little better. I have been sick as hell for a week, but I simply cannot miss work because it is too busy. That sad, I also once had pneumonia, and do not want it again. When I got it before it was in circumstances just like this in which a medium-size cold just dragged on and on because I got no rest and never gave my body a chance to fight it. Pneumonia sucks ass and I never want to go through that again, so if I have to scrap all the weekend plans, I will. It would be a bummer, but if doing it also helped you to realize how badly you need Fritz, then I will be the better for it, thereby making it the best birthday ever.
Posted by rudayday at June 20, 2009 03:31 PM