My favorite picture of Guido. :)
We are two people who absolutely adore our animals and feel they are more members of our family than just pets. We don't have human children so our furkids are very important to us. We've always had dogs (and one very persnickety cat!). In 2009, we decided to adopt another dog, a very sweet rescued chihuahua we named Bruno. We were only blessed to have Bruno for one year when he passed very suddenly, breaking our hearts. About two weeks later, in October 2010, we saw some adoptable dogs on the website of the same rescue (Hope Animal Rescues in Alton, IL) and we ended up bringing home a one year old dachsund-chihuahua mix named Guido.
It took some time for Guido to adjust to some things in his new home and to riding in cars. At first he would literally get down on the floor board and stay there. Eventually, he realized it was pretty cool to look out the window.
The day we brought Guido home.
He and the cat learned to get along in a very love hate relationship. This is still how they are - cuddling together at times and then chasing each other. We also had three other dogs at the time we brought Guido home: a yellow lab named Abbey, a chocolate lab named Sydney, and a teacup chihuahua named Pumkin. Guido didn't care that Abbey and Sydney were so much bigger than him; he thought he was in charge.
About a month after we got Guido, we had to make the very tough decision to put Abbey down. It was rough-she was the first dog we had gotten as a couple and it was hard to watch her struggling so much. Then in February of 2012, we lost Pumkin and the following November, Sydney. Now we have Guido and the cat, Noelle.
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