This is the newest member of
our family. His name is
Ripley and we adopted him
from the shelter. Our
animal shelter brings their
animal
to our mall to see if
they can get people to adopt
their animals
that
have been brought in. I have
gone to these many a time
and never adopted any.
For some reason this time
was different.
I saw Ripley and thought he
looked like a good dog, but
wasn't
sure that I wanted to
adopt a dog.
We have a cat
and a ferret and a hamster
at home and wasn't sure that
they would like for us to
bring a dog home.
Ripley is about eight years
old and seemed to be a
good boy but still wasn't
sure that I wanted to adopt
him.
We talked to the
lady that brought these
animals in
and she said that the older
animals don't seem to
get adopted as people want
puppies.
We told her our
concerns about our other
animals at home and she
said
that they would be there
until 4:00 PM. So we
left and
I started to cry,
something was telling me
that we had to go back
and get him and take him
home.
We went back and told
the lady that we would adopt
Ripley to put an hold
on him
as we wanted to go to K-Mart
and get what we need
to
bring him home.
He is a lab-beagle mix.
A bigger dog than what I
wanted, but just look at
that face of his and you
have to fall in love
with him...........I sure
did.
I am amazed at
how well he has adjusted to
his new home. He don't like
our cat or ferret. Gizmo our
ferret love to jump around
Ripley and he don't
like it. What Ripley will do
is get up and move.
It is so funny to watch the
two of them.
Bailey our cat stay in the
basement. She doesn't like
being up here because of
Ripley, but is starting to
come up more and more. We
have had Ripley for a week
now and he is still doing
good. One thing that I have
notice is that when we have
company he will got to the
bathroom in the house and
not ask to go out. I don't
know why he does that.
This is Ripley and our
grandson Ashton. I was
worried that they wouldn't
get along, but they get
along just fine. I
wasn't worried about Ashton
as much as I was Ripley.
Being an older dog coming
into a new home I didn't
know if he would like kids.
As Ashton is 6 years old. My
grandson and his mom live
here so you now have a house
full. Ripley, Ashton and I
go out in the morning to get
Ashton on the bus.
Ripley love to see Ashton
off. Then when it's time for
Ashton to come home I take
Ripley out with me and we
wait for Ashton to come
home, and when Ripley seen
the bus he knows that Ashton
will be getting off and boy
does his tail start wagging.
He is so happy to see him.
As each day goes by it seems
that Bailey spends more time
upstairs with us. She
still hisses, but it is
getting better. Ripley
will not come in the
house if Bailey is at the
door when we come in.
And Ripley is getting along
better with Gizmo.
Gizmo has no fear of
anything no matter how he is
treated.................lol
I think that we need to
think about adopting more of
the older animals.
As they need just as much
love as a puppy.
Please
keep this in mind when you
plan on adopting a pet.
