The thing about dogs...

I have two dogs.  They are not the same two dogs I had 14 years ago.  One of those is dead, my sweet Boo boy, dearest animal ever.  Broke my heart.  Just went through the anniversary of the day I had to hold him as he breathed his last breath.  I cried, my friend who went with me cried, the vet cried.  The other dog, Beany, now lives with my ex.  He was mine to begin with, as in I bought him.  But he always belonged to the man, and when we split, he went home with him, not me.  So Boo and I settled into coupledom here in the little yellow house, till he got kind of poochy and droopy, so I got him a puppy.  I got all kinds of flack from folks around me.  Why didn't I adopt a shelter dog?  How could I order one online?  You're going to get a sick puppy, they told me.  Well, I knew what I wanted, and the odds of a shelter having that were slim to none, I am old and don't have that many years left so I deserve to have what I want, and I got Pickle online so I could have exactly what I wanted when I wanted her.  She is napping under the computer desk at the moment, sweet little Pekingese lady, all blond and glamorous.  She came from Missouri, and my friend who accompanied me on the Pickle pickup party will never forget the experience.  She came with papers, a vet certificate, and a bag of food.  Perfectly healthy pup.  And, when Boo died three years later, I waited seven months for the worst of the pain to subside, and did not order up another little black Pekingese, though that was tempting.  No, I got a black and white Shipoo, shihtzu poodle mix, Punkin, mostly known as the Punk.  He is smallish, like 10 lbs, fluffy like a shihtzu but with a little longer nose, adorable.  Also perfectly healthy pup.  And my friend, who got a puppy from a litter her dear friend whelped, is dealing with parvo.  Lord, I feel so grateful.  Professional breeders like the ones I dealt with know that they can get puppy shots from the local feed store and give them without benefit of a vet.  The only vaccination that requires a vet is rabies, and that is so the prevailing government can get you to license your pets.  So, puppyfind.com is a deal, really.  Even when your puppy comes from Missouri and has to change planes in Texas.