Once we brought him home, he seemed to know it was his home too...although he had a worried little look on his face for the first month. His brow would wrinkle like he was seriously thinking and evaluating things. Eventually, it left. I guess he decided there was nothing to worry about, or he grew into his face. Who knows...but it disappeared.
 I thought our cat Bean would be a problem, but she seemed to kinda like him too. Eventually she started grooming him, like he was her kitten.

Her standards of cleanliness are obviously higher than his, so he gets a good grooming every day, and  he tolerates it very well.

These two pictures, are actually good ones of him. He isn't fond of the camera. Whenever I get one out, he turns his head and refuses to look at it like its gonna steal his soul.

I got a response a week later! My husband was totally shocked. To tell you the truth, I couldn't believe it either. I told him, it was meant to be. This is the one the Lord picked out for us. She said she would meet us the in a couple of days, which happened to be Black Friday, after Thanksgiving, at 7pm in a Petfood parking lot. Clandestine meeting... I was hoping it wasn't an omen. In the meantime she had mentioned she had a female rat terrier, but I had already fallen in love with the cute little brown nosed Chi. Clearly he was the looker out of the bunch.
The pick up day/night came with much anticipation. We got there first, and it was dark and cold that night. We waited and then she pulled up and got out with my soon to be, little Chachi. I melted...I told my husband, he was the cutest dog I had ever seen in my entire life...and he was.  He was trying to climb up on the Chihuahua ladys head when she was carrying him. He was cold! The Chihuahua lady told me they were having a sale on little dog sweaters, to go in Target next door and get him one. We made the switch in the parking lot, with him trying to climb on my head and both parties were happy, happy, happy. I went in Target to get him his sweater, while the hubster babysat. Luckily I had brought a fleece blanket to wrap him in. When I got back in the car, I noticed there was an older couple next to our car that were really smiling and just looking over at us. The man motioned for me to roll down the window, which I did. He asked me where I had gotten that Chihuahua. He and the older lady both gushed over him, and then told me they had just lost one they had had for years. They gave us their blessings and told us they thought we would be good parents for him, and went on their way.

This is Chach the first night we brought him home. After we got home and inspected him, we realized he had two little light colored wings on his shoulder blades. Further proof he was a gift from God...an angel pup.

I  quickly realized I needed to change strategies. My newest was to show him every cute dog on Petfinder and Craigslist that I could find. I would spend hours on there and fell in love with every dog I saw. I soon found out this strategy seems to have had more effect on me, than him.... Nada. I just started praying, "Lord change his mind".
In the mean time I had started going through our local want ads and found an adorable pup on there. It had the cutest little brown nose, and the sweetest little face... but it was a Chihuahua. I was NEVER a fan. They were mean...plus my brother had a chihuahua, which was horrid...sorry Chris. Will add she was cute...but, don't let that innocent face suck you in... It was like she was hatched straight from the pits of hell. She was about as friendly as a rattlesnake. I renamed her "El Diablo". If you are rusty on your spanish, that means the devil... which fit her perfectly.

Back to the classified ad. This is what I saw.  I kinda fell in love. He WAS a Chihuahua, but dang it....he was irresistible.  He was $250. That would be a problem. Hubby had already stated he didn't want to spend money on a dog. So I quickly stated scheming again. And....I got it. You see, I had a stroke of luck back in the fall and had won an entire Wii gaming system, game and fitness board. It retailed for....you guessed it, $250 dollars. I didn't use it. It was close to Christmas. I thought hmmmm....maybe the seller would consider a barter? I fired out an email....no response. In the meantime I had told the hubster about it. He said, "Jules, thats dumb, no one is gonna do that". Then, he throws me a bone, and tells me, he had prayed about it. He asked the Lord to send me a dog if it was meant to be.

In the beginning...
I think it all started with empty nest syndrome. My two oldest decided it was time for them to venture out of the nest...which left me with one. Soon after that I started getting the doggie bug, I guess, as a way to fill the nest back up...who knows. Anyhoo, I started looking on Petfinder, Craigslist and the want ads every night, like some obsessive, crazed, maniac woman. I knew my husband was NOT on board for this, so I was sneaking when I was looking for pups. He eventually noticed and said there was NO WAY we were bringing a dog in the house, that we already had a cat. Eventually, I got in touch with my inner rebel and brought one home anyway, after a weekend visit to +Petsmart, without him. He was MAD! Luckily for me, I guess... there was something wrong with the dog and I had to take it back. I sulked for awhile, and tried to put it behind me. But, eventually my OCD'ness took over and once again, I was perusing the internet, like a maniac. The whole time, he was trying to sway me with logic, "Jules, you know we really don't need the added expense of a dog. He will need, food, shots, flea prevention, neuter, blah, blah, blah." All I knew was I wanted a dog. He said, we werent spending money on one. And that was that.

Hi, My name is Jules and this is my pup Chach. Welcome to my page! I wanted to write about and share my journey with my pup, Chachi Magoozle, in hopes that you might like to join us. Basically what I would like to bring to this page are stories and pictures. This is my first venture into the blogging world so I hope you will treat us with patience while we get this thing figured out.