Pup Tales, Part 2: Dog Quijote

Before we had a chance to go to Sedona and get Jordan the chihuahua, another couple adopted him.

We were surprised and sad but felt it was important to keep looking and keep our hearts open.

With our Sedona day trip cancelled, we decided to spend Saturday seeing some dogs at a nearby shelter instead.

Then we found out that happened to be the day of the Empty the Shelters event, where adoption fees would be sponsored by Bissell. (Vacuums…pet hair…makes sense.)

It meant that, if we found a dog, we wouldn’t have to pay for the adoption or microchipping, which would help offset the ridiculous pet fee where we live.

And it was an incentive to actually go look and not put it off.

It would also mean the shelter would be a zoo that day. We braced ourselves for lines and crowds, packed some supplies for our potential dog and a water bottle for us and headed over.

By the time it was our turn, our options had been narrowed down a little but there were still several dogs we were interested in.

We decided the first dog we wanted meet was the one we’d nicknamed “The Fox,” a 2-year-old reddish-tan chihuahua mix with big, black-tipped ears.

A volunteer named Jenny brought him out to a yard area, and he came right up to Phillip and I for pets.

Besides the fox-like ears, he kind of looked like a tiny bandanna-wearing coyote standing there and watching everything outside the fence.

I don’t really know how to explain it, but, within about a minute, I was thinking “Okay. Done. Why wouldn’t we adopt this dog?!!”

So we did.

We named him Quijote after Don Quijote/Quixote, because he’s an adventurer and a dreamer (or at least a napper) and because it rhymes with coyote.

Our Quijote is basically 11 pounds of adorableness and cuddles.

Outside, he’s eager to check things out and loves to run fast. In the house, he’s really chill – until he suspects we’re getting ready to feed or walk him, at which point, he goes a little crazy. (We’re working on that.) (My YouTube history has been taken over by dog training videos.)