Scruffy The Legend

If you are like me, you know the only thing more beautiful than a Keeshond is a group of Keeshonden.

My friend Yoshimi and her Keeshonds, Leo and Jade attended a Keeshond get- together in Japan.

If you go to her blog, you can see all the beuatiful pictures:  http://keeleojay.blog64.fc2.com/

2009, 2009 February Japan, Keeshond

Charlie and Nikki riding home

Our friend Margaret’s Keeshond KeeKee passed away the other month. She was determined to rescue another Keeshond and searched the web for a dog needing a home. She found an ad for 2 Keeshonden looking for a new home. She had room in home for one Keeshond, not two. She called my wife, Karen, to see if we would like to adopt the other dog.

Karen and Margaret, along with Margaret’s husband Dave, drove to the Bronx to meet the dogs, Nikki and Charlie. Margaret called the owners to let them know they were on their way. She told Margaret they would go pick the dogs up from their parents’ house, where they had been living because their new baby was allergic to the dogs. They sat waiting in Dave’s van in front of the house. Every time a car drove up, Margaret excitedly looked to see if there were Keeshonden heads poking up from the back seat.

While waiting, the girls pooled the money the owners had requested for the dogs. The owners had purchased the dogs from a breeder and asked for a small amount of money for the dogs. My wife, being a bit of a scatter-brain, thought she had placed the money in her wallet. Looking in her wallet, Karen found only $40, not the $100 she was expecting to find. Between Margaret and Dave, they dug up the additional $60 needed for Charlie. Between the 3 of them, they had exactly $100.

The dogs were beautiful and obviously well cared for. The girls put the dogs into the van. The dogs thoroughly explored the back of the van, smelling Stu and Tyler, who had ridden in the van only the day before.

Dave drove back to New Jersey, crossing the G.W. Bridge and headed on to the Turnpike. As they took the ticket for the toll from the machine, Karen asked if anyone had the money to pay the toll for Exit 14. Their wasn’t a dollar bill among the 3 of them. Margaret and Karen searched on the floor and in the ashtrays of the van for coins. They found $1.35, just enough to cover the toll for the first exit, which they promptly took. Fortunately, they found themselves on Route 3 and they located a cash machine just a short drive down the road.

When they got to Karen’s house, they took Charlie and Nikki out of the van. Margaret and Dave each took a Keeshond and walked down the street with them. Karen went into the house to get Ruby. The idea being, Ruby would think it was a chance meeting of dogs and it would give her the opportunity to meet Charlie on neutral territory. As the dogs approached each other on the side walk, there was only curiosity. Karen took Charlie’s leash from Dave and walked both dogs together to the backyard. She released them in the enclosed part of the yard. They sniffed each other, but for the most part, just ignored each other. It looked like Charlie would be a very smooth addition to the family.

2009 January Charlie, Keeshond