This
is the story of my cousin Riley who moved away. Riley has blogged now
and then, when his sister Bailey went to the Bridge, when Neely joined
the Brigade, when his sister/Mom Maddie hurt her leg and was sad that
she couldn’t dance. Now Riley has moved on to a new forever home.
There
were some problems with Riley. She was a mismatched dog in the wrong
house. Riley is a boxer who needs lots of exercise not to be crazy
house dog. But with two working parents and two young humans in the
house Riley didn’t get that exercise time and she became crazy house
dog.
Then
there is our eight year old granddaughter Meghan, who does not like to
be called Mini Mae (which her soccer coach calls her), or Meggie Mayhem
because she causes so much mayhem (we stole this from Cocoa’s Mom) or
Fred, which Daddy calls her because she doesn’t like being called Fred
and he’s the kind of Papa who likes to make his little granddaughters
mad and then wonder why he has teeth marks on his arm, she has allergies
that are caused by pet dander. While Neely is hypoallergenic, as well
as being freaking hyper, he does not cause Meghan to sneeze or make her
eyes water,or to bloat up like the Stay Puff Marshmallow man, it was
determined that Riley did, through no fault of her own, those thing to
happen.
There
also were problems between Riley and Neely. Riley is a big dog, a
Boxer, and Neely is a small dog, a Shih Tzu, and, as is so often the
case, the little dog was scaring the living Vick out of the big dog.
Since Neely arrived in the home in April he has been cited several
times by Judge Grey Hound for dog on dog crime including humping Riley
while she was lying in the sun and often mistaking Riley’s leg for his
chew toy, which the big girl took in good humor, but she started to lose
fur around her ankles.
Finally
at the end of last week, given the problems with Meghan’s health, and
Riley not being able to reach his full dog potential with his current
family, Riley’s parents began to look for a new home for her. Much like
with Molly Mae she found a home with two boys who would like nothing
more to play with her, another big dog in the house, and parents with
time to give them long walks.
We
didn’t spend a lot of time with Riley. I think we spent one night.
She didn’t bother us much. She drove Mommy a little crazy. Whenever
my parents were at their house for supper Riley would go under the
table, find Mommy, bury her face in her crotch and let loose a week full
of slobber. Mommy would stand up with a dripping crotch and everyone
would say “Oh Mommy!” and she would say that Riley had slobbered all
over her but on one believed that. I think she did it to Daddy too but
he enjoyed it.
So
now Neely is an only dog and Riley is on to her new life. I know it
was the right decision for everyone involved (even though Pocket is more
paranoid about Neely than ever, thinking if he can get rid of a big dog
he liked what could he do with a little dog like Pocket?)
But don’t forget your little Yorkie cousins Riley. You will always be in our heart.
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Great news about Riley. We understand it must have been a hard decision but probably the right one. We wish hi well in his new forever home. Have a wonderful Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes Molly
It's always hard to re-home, but sometimes it's the best decision for everyone!
ReplyDeleteI hope Riley's new home works out well.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes to Riley in his new start.
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