Meet Chuck

About two weeks ago, for some inexplicable reason, I was browsing the pets section in my local classifieds. I came across an ad that said

"One year old Shitzu to good home"

Once I opened the ad it explained that the dog had been living on his own in the backyard after his family had to move. I was compelled to call and set up a time to see this guy. We set up a time for the next evening. I got a call early the next day asking if we could reschedule, well, that wasn't possible for us, so I asked if we could just go to the vacant house alone and see him. That was fine with his owner, so we went by that afternoon.

We got to the empty house and went to the side gate. The first thing we saw was empty yard, and then very slowly, from around the corner of the house toddler a small white rug.

This poor guy was matted with months of ungroomed fur. It took over 4 hours just to clip him down. He had sores from his dirty hair and couldn't see out of one eye because it was matted over. He had no food and a large bowl of dirty that was floating with dead bugs and the sides were green with what I can only describe as pond scum.

I knew that even if Chuck wasn't supposed to be with our family, he couldn't stay at this house anymore. Once I made sure he was friendly towards the kids, we loaded him up in the van and brought him home.



After a couple of hours of clipping and shaving, we finally had him hair free. We got I'm a little collar and leash, and he's having a great time hanging out with us. Him and Rooster are fast friends.

If anyone has a need for a super cute pup, let me know. But in the meantime, we don't mind letting him hang out. Who knows, he might just fit in here after all.