Woke up at 1pm because I stayed up all night. Though I know that bichons are "not in season," according to one breeder, I decided to check the San Diego Union Tribune anyway. To my surprise, there were two listings for bichon. Sprite called the first one and reached a lady. The lady asked him a few questions and seemed to be really concerned about finding a good home for her puppies. We decided right away to check them out.
When we reached the lady's house, we were greeted by the two parents. They barked at us, but stopped after the owner came out and greeted us. The vietnamese lady asked if we lived in a house or apt, we told her apt, and she seemed unhappy about that. She showed us the boy, who was born first. He was an active little guy, standing on his hind legs repeatedly to play with us. The girls were much calmer, even a bit timid. We were there for about two hours, discussing the dogs, the puppies, and our lives. We found out that she got the parents in 2003. She wanted to have puppies so that she will have a next generation when the parents got old. However, right now, she has three adults and three puppies, and can't possibly keep all of them. Hence, she's selling the older two.
During the middle of the visit, two old ladies who also owned bichons came over. The old ladies really liked how we interacted with the puppy as well as our puppy raising philosophy. I think they really helped change the lady's mind about our desirability as new parents. After they left, we talked a bit more and decided to go ahead and get the puppy from her. The fact that the lady is so reluctant to let go of her puppies showed that she really cared about her dogs. In addition, the puppies and parents were in great shape and well behaved.
She kissed the puppy all the way out the door with him in my arms.
After a visit to Petsmart, we drove home and put the boy in a crate to sleep. He was tuckered out. Upon waking up, we fed him and played with him and placed him in the crate to sleep with my fingers through the door.
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