I had been looking at corgis or corgi mixes to adopt since Shawn and I both love that breed and it was actually one of the first things we bonded over. But Shawn was allergic to most breeds of dogs, so I started looking at hypoallergenic breeds. He grew up with lhasa apos, so I looked for those and shih tzus.
My mom found him on petfinder a week or so before. He was actually listed as a female dog named Greta, but they later put they had the wrong information and he was a boy named Grizzly. I put in an application before we even met him. The rescue that had him brings their dogs to Petsmart on Sundays, so on July 3rd 2011 we went and met him. We told them we wanted him and they came that day to do a home visit and he was officially ours.
Shawn came up with the name Odin for him. I liked it. I thought it was a funny name for a little dog.
If were up to Shawn we never would have gotten him though. He knew I wanted a dog, but he wasn't as into it as I was and didn't want the responsibility. He quickly fell in love with him though. He was a good doggy dad.
But now Odin lives in a single parent household because his dad left us. I think all of this would have been way harder without him. He is basically a constant source of happiness for me. I don't know how dogs minds work, so I don't know if he knows Shawn isn't around anymore. He's probably forgotten about him...which is fitting since Shawn has forgotten about him as well.
I had a good life for a while there, with my boyfriend and our dog. I miss it. I wonder if Shawn ever misses it too.
July 3rd, no check from his mom. Not surprising since I don't think any of her checks have come in time for when the rent is actually due. We'll give it a couple more days.
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