Meet the new family, Siewbak
30th November, Northampton, UK.
It's just one week (and a bit) before we leave for San Francisco and things are coming together now. For months we've been wondering about what to do with Siewbak, the chihuahua. Manda had not wanted him to just go to anyone, a complete stranger or to an old lady who might get too attached to hand him back after a year. The ideal solution would have been for him to go to Manda's mum (who owned him before Manda), but he couldn't because they now look after 2-year-old Chris who has an allergy to dog fur.
What to do with the little man?
With just two weeks left, I placed an advert at work on our intranet small ads system, not expecting anything to come of it, but we had an offer that sounded really promising. A family that already had three chihuahuas, all of them boys (important when you consider that he has sired at least three litters and all his bits are still working!) were happy to take him for the year.
Today we took Siewbak up to meet his new family - Rocky, Ozzie and Dukey - and they all seemed to get on. Well, apart from Dukey who opted to stay outside in the hallway instead of socialise (he is top dog in the house and obviously felt threatened by the appearance of this much bigger dog - not that Dukey has anything to worry about as Siewbak is not after his job!).
Siewbak (right) meets Ozzie. Inset: Dukey looking glum out in the hallway.
So, that's Siewbak homed. Scooby is off to Del's house on Thursday, and tomorrow I'm expecting people to come and take a look at my car, my temporary car (that's another story) and Manda's car also. Finally, it looks like we can tie up some of these loose ends in the last week.