Details of Dalmatians

So I haven't posted much here since Keisha died. It was very difficult to think about and even more difficult to deal with. Theresa and I have been talking about Keisha and how much we miss her and what we should do--do we get a new dog right away? Do we give it a year? We want to get a new companion but we also want to be sure that we give ourselves enough time to grieve for Keisha. We started talking about this a couple of weeks ago because we wanted to make sure we did the right thing for us. We talked about getting a new companion sometime in March if everything works out--we were not going to rush it but we thought that if we found a new companion dog that we liked we would move forward.

I started calling the breeders to find out what our options were for adopting a new companion. Knowing that females come into season this time of the year I thought it would be good to start looking for a breeder who might have a litter whelped now so the pups would be available in March or April. At first it was very difficult. No one from the Twin Cities Dalmatian Club would return my email and there were no phone numbers listed on the website. So I contacted a couple of the breeders from their site and also did not get a call back. I then contacted the Dalmatian club of America and got the name of a couple in Stillwater who were very helpful. Since then it has been a whirlwind of activity. One of the calls I made was to a breeder in Detroit who has a 9 month old black/white male named Indiana. This pup was placed with the breeders daughter and suffice it to say that the breeder wanted to find the dog a new home. I asked her to send me pictures and tell me about the dog. What she told me about the dog and what I heard from other breeders about her and her pedigree's reputation sort of sealed the deal for me. Once Theresa and I saw pictures we immediately fell in love with him. He is a handsome feller with great bloodlines. The breeder is going to be in Chicago at the end of February and she said we could pick him up from her at that time. So we are going to pick him up at the end of February! We are so excited to have a new addition to the family!

Living without Keisha has been harder than I could imagine but knowing she isn't in pain and that she had a great life really helped us move on. We have Keisha's ashes at the house and plan to spread her ashes on Theresa's parents property in the spring. Keisha loved it out there. I hope the Indy loves it there too. Keisha will always be with us in spirit and will remain in our hearts always.

-Paul