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Cairn Terrier Club of Northern California


Tails Of Success #2

Tail 2 -  “Chewy” or Chewbacca

Chewy

The call came from a harried mother to Frank,  she was in a trailer park and their young dog was simply too much to deal with, "Could someone come and get him?".  Since he was on our side of the bay, Sue and I went up to Concord.  It was a nice trailer park but the problem was obvious as we went inside.  A mother, going through a divorce, with one toddler, two young children, (under 10 years old), and a teen aged boy from  the soon to be ex-husband's previous marriage, was at home with the three younger children and the Cairn was on a leash at her side.  It was obvious that she was vainly trying to work on housebreaking the dog but that the kids were more than enough for her to deal with.  She was extremely grateful that we picked the guy up.

Got him home and sorted him out. He was young and largely untrained but a very quick introduction to our rules and he said, "OK, I can do that." The name was not one I wanted to tell new adopters since it implied that he might have a problem.  Still it fit.  Chewy was an easy dog, a little large but he was in good shape and responded well to commands.  Just looking for a good buddy.

The request from him was from a man out in the valley.  I had him come over and visit.  While he professed that he wanted a dog for his 10 year old son, it was apparent that Chewy would be his day time companion.  He was on the road making calls out in the country and Chewy was the kind of dog that wanted to always be with someone.

A subsequent call from the new owner confirmed my suspicions.  Chewy is an "on The Road" dog and loving every minute of it.

>Chewy is very typical of the dog that comes into Rescue because he was not in a home that understood, was able to care for, or prepared for a Cairn Terrier.  The best part is that they realized it and made the call to Rescue.

Part 2
Chewy's new owner so loved his new best friend that he thought his dad should have one.  When Rescue got a call for a pickup of a dog but Rescue had no room for the new Rescue, Chewy's owner was called.  He was glad to facilitate an owner-to-owner transfer*, so he picked up this new dog.  The plan was to turn it over to his dad, but fate had different ideas.  Let's just leave it with the message on our phone machine, "Chewy has a new sister."

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