This is Zappa. He is the newest addition to our family. We adopted him on Valentines Day, so I guess you could call him my present. Isn't that the cutest face ever?Ever since we adopted Lily, I noticed that she was obsessed with Dan. she would follow him everywhere, and only listen to him. I told Dan that I wanted a dog for me, that I really want a dog that will love me like Lily loves him. He said that I already had a dog and that she loves me just fine, but she never ever payed me the attention that she gave to Dan. I looked on Petfinders.com to find myself a small lap dog that I could carry around with me and he/she would be mine. Petfinders was too hard. I contacted about 5 people and they all said the same thing...... Home visit. We didn't have much luck with that last time, so I knew my only option was Last Chance, where we adopted Lily.
We went to Petsmart every weekend to look for a dog for me. I always found one I liked but Dan had a problem with each one. Valentines Day, after church we made a stop at Petsmart. They had tons of small dogs there, which is awesome because all they ever had was big dogs. There were 4 different types of Pomeranian's, and a couple of Yorkshires. I wanted a yorkie so bad, but again Dan had a problem with a dog that small, he thought he would step on it, or sit on it. We saw Zappa and went to pet him. He was very friendly and the foster mom pulled him out of the cage and we fell in love. We took him home that day.
Problem was, he had heartworms. Thoes are little worms that get into a dogs bloodstream and travel to the heart and weaken the dog. It is very hard on the dog and the operation for it is very expensive. (thats why the previous owner had to give him up) We had no idea how well he was going to recover, and my mom was pissed that we would get a dog that had a huge problem. But Zappa is great. We took him to the vet and was as healthy as a horse.
Zappa is very outgoing, and active. He tends to pee all over the house and bark at the slightest noises, but we are working on that. Him and Lily get along pretty well. They are learning to sit next to each other and they even play tug-of-war with each other. Lily is very jealous of Zappa. She now comes to me and will try and climb all over me if I am playing with Zappa.
I love him and I am so glad he came into my life. He is my little lap dog and I cannot wait to show him off to people.
here is a video of Lily and Zappa playing tug-of-war!
