It all began with a picture my friend Toni showed me of her new black and white
shihtsu and I was hooked…  I not only wanted one, I had to have one…  So I
called the breeder my friend Toni got her shihtsu from and was put on a
waiting list.  I waited and kept calling Ann (the breeder) for one year and a
half.  I wanted a female, black and white.  And then… In May of 2004 after one
of my phone calls to check up on any new litters I found out she had two
litters.  And the best thing was that there was a black and white female.  I
begged and pleaded, to please let me have her, but of course she had to call
other people who were also on a waiting list.

Finally after many questions, Ann agreed I could have her, the black and white
one.   I agreed I would send a deposit of half the payment.  But shortly after
that phone call I had a horrible accident which landed me in the hospital for 8
days.  During my stay at the hospital, all I could think of was that I would
lose this beautiful shihtsu puppy to someone else because I had not sent the deposit.

I was discharged from the hospital on a friday afternoon, and saturday morning I
made my way to Western Union still sore from my hospital stay…  She was
finally mine, I was told.  I told Ann, please start calling her Sassy so she
knows her name by the time I get her…  I could not wait until July 6th when I
had to pick her up…

I still had to find someone to make the long 3 hour drive to pick her up…  My
cousin went with me on a tuesday 7/6/04.  I waited in the waiting area and Ann
bought her out looking like a powder puff.  We bonded instantly…  And when I
put her down she knew she was mine…  She kept following me around and kissing
me.  I sat with her on my lap all the way home.  She kept looking at me for the
entire ride.  I was in love.

We were in love. That night she slept on a blanket on the floor, in my
boyfriend's house at the time and never cried once, and when I would check up on
her she would look at me with the most loving eyes.

It's been 7 months since I've had her, and I can't tell you how she's changed my
life.  When I'm down and out she comforts me, when I'm happy she smiles and
plays with me, and when I just need someone she lays with me…  She is the best
thing that has happened in my life…  and my life would not be complete without
her.

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