Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    From $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Seven Times the Love
    Seven Times the Love
    Seven Times the Love
    Ebook75 pages1 hour

    Seven Times the Love

    By Linda Caselnova

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    This is a true story about the trials and tribulations of owning seven dogs at the same time. The laughter and love they bring and also the heartaches.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateSep 23, 2014
    ISBN9781483539928
    Seven Times the Love

    Related to Seven Times the Love

    Related ebooks

    Dogs For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related categories

    Reviews for Seven Times the Love

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Seven Times the Love - Linda Caselnova

      ISBN: 9781483539928

      I would like to dedicate this book to: Jazz, Jaxon, Lu-Lu, Gigi, Brown Betty, Blaze and Angel.

      Special thanks to the San Antonio Animal Hospital in San Antonio, Florida for all of the kindness and excellent care they always give to me and my pets. They go above and beyond the call of duty.

      My undying gratitude to Animal Alternatives in Tampa, Florida: they gave me hope, when I had none.

      Someone once told me that dog was God spelled backwards. I never realized the significance of that statement until I had the good fortune of having seven dogs in my life at the same time. As I sit and reflect back on the last sixteen years of my life, I can see how much each and every one has inspired me and changed my whole way of thinking and living. I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason and that all of my dogs were sent to me to teach me specific lessons about life and love. I still have a lot to learn, but I’m sure I’ll get there with the help of my furry teachers.

      City Girl, With a Country Heart

      Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve always loved animals. People say that I’m a sucker for a furry face or that I never met a fuzzy face that I didn’t fall in love with. If that’s the worst thing they can say about me, then I guess I’m doing pretty darned good! I was constantly bringing home strays, much to my mom’s dismay: everything from fallen baby birds to kittens with gangrene. If I found it along my path and it looked lost or injured, it was coming home with me. As fast as I’d bring them into the house, my mother would find them another home. We were only allowed to have one dog and one cat. I never got to keep any of my finds, even after nursing some of them back to health. So, my mission in life was to have as many pets as I wanted or acquired. Growing up in the city, I always dreamed of living on a farm. Today, I am as close to living my dream as possible. I live on five acres with my menagerie of animals – oh, and one husband! It’s a lot of work, but so worth it. I wouldn’t trade it for anything. I refer to my homestead as My little corner of the universe. Life is good!

      Jazz

      A diamond in the rough

      My story begins in November of ’98. On a quiet afternoon I received a call from one of my friends, asking me if I knew of anyone that wanted a cocker spaniel puppy. I casually asked Wayne (my future husband) if he could think of somebody. Much to my surprise, he responded with, I guess we could go and take a look at it. This was definitely the wrong answer, because we are both animal lovers. We met my friend at the cocker spaniel lady’s house. There were two puppies, a buff colored female and a black male. She explained that she had answered an ad for free cocker puppies and, upon her arrival, she noticed the little male who happened to be the runt. She thought he looked really frail so she took him in addition to the female (the pick of the litter). Her husband would only allow her to keep one since they were moving, hence the rush to find him a good home. As expected, when we laid eyes on the little guy it was love at first sight. Who could resist such a beautiful little creature? Staring back at us was a tiny ball of black fur with big brown eyes. He was so little that he could fit in the palm of your hand. Besides, he was born the day after my fortieth birthday, another sign that it was meant to be. After all of about two seconds, it was decided that we needed him.

      Since we were going to be gone most of the next day, my friend volunteered to pick him up and bring him to our house. I couldn’t concentrate on looking at new cars that day, so we hurried home. I was really excited to be getting a new baby. And what a baby he was: he cried all night long. I actually wondered if I had made a mistake. That thought quickly vanished as the days passed by. He got the name Jazz because he proved to be such a jazzy kind of guy. He was very laid back and calm, in spite of the fact that he was not in the best of health and had really bad diarrhea. The poor thing would wake up in the middle of the night covered in poo. I’d take him to the bathroom and wash him in the sink. For a while, it seemed like everything he ate came out just as fast as it went in. On one trip to the vet’s office, she asked how old he was and when we told her, she couldn’t believe it. She replied, He’s small, I mean ‘scary’ small. It turned out that he had a bacterial infection in his intestines. Once we treated that and got rid of the fleas, he thrived. It did not take long for him to catch up in the growth department.

      Jazz was such a chow hound that he would bend over his bowl trying to get every last drop and his hind legs would lift off of the ground. That boy loved his food! He was my idea of the perfect dog. He did everything right. We had him housebroken in no time and once he got out of the puppy stage he never chewed up stuff again. That’s not to say that he didn’t mess up a few things along the way—like the leg on the china cabinet, the corner of the Total gym, a couple of throw pillows, etc. He was just so darned cute that it was hard to get mad

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1