Hi! My name is Maggie. I am an 8 yr old Bichon
Frise. My mother, Kay and my daddy, Tom
adopted me when I was 7 from a very special
group called Tidewater Bichon Frise Rescue
http://www.virginiabichonrescue.org who
took care of me when my former owners
decided they did not want me anymore.
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Here I am in my
pink chair |
At my old house I used to be confined to a
crate all day long with two raggedy
threadbare toys. I don't want to say how
they treated me, but I can tell you I wound
up very scared of humans and the rescue
people had a heck of a time getting me to
trust enough to come out of my crate.
Even though there were many other dogs at
Rescue, Robin and Jack Gray of White Dog
Cottage gave me lots of nurturing and
attention. Through their endless patience
and unconditional love finally the day came
when I was ready to join a family of my very
own.
Love at First Sight
The moment Mother and Daddy walked through
the door of White Dog Cottage I just knew I
wanted to be with them. They had come to
adopt another dog, but I could tell my Daddy
was a real softie and a clown just like me
and I could see Mommy had a real big
heart and would fall crazy in love with me
and spoil me rotten.
I needed to do something quick to get their
attention, so as soon as Daddy sat down to
chat with the Grays I scooted up into his
lap and snuggled myself into a fluffy little
ball...I must say I did look pretty cute. I
knew Robin would make a comment about my
behavior because I was known for not
liking men and this sudden act of
friendliness would be recognized as quite
out of character for me.
Later after quietly slipping past the other
dogs and sleeping contentedly in Mommy's
lap -Mommy said she was in love with me and
told the Grays she thought I was choosing
her and Daddy. The rest, as they say, is
history.
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Mommy and I taking
a nap |
Living the Good Life
It's only been a year, but I think I've
adjusted pretty well...I get home cooked
meals every day specially made for me with
Bison meat and lots of veggies and
wheatgrass...the food is so delicious that I
start licking my lips while Mommy
is preparing it. When I see her spoon
it into my bowl on the counter I jump up
really high to make sure she knows I am VERY
excited!
I have so many toys now I can't even count
them and it seems like I get new ones every
time someone goes to the pet store. I have
beautiful leashes and collars with gold tags
on them and a really cool pink tent with a
big cuddly pink leopard fur blanket that
says "Princess" on it. I don't want to brag,
but boy do I have a lot of neat stuff.
My Buddies Need Help Too
It feels really good to have a forever home with
parents who love me so much, but I often wonder
what would have happened to me if the rescue
people hadn't been able to take "just one more
dog".
You know it costs quite a bit to take care
of us when we come into rescue since many of us
have been neglected for years or simply dumped
when we become ill and need medical treatment.
That's why Mommy and Daddy
will be donating a portion of the profits from
this website to Tidewater Bichon Frise Rescue.
Click
here to see how we're doing.
Check out me and my doting daddy in the photo
below.
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My daddy, (Tom Antion)
taking me out for a stroll. Want a stroller
like this for your baby?
Click here |
Here's a note from Daddy
I
especially love my baby girl Maggie who was the amateur
model for the photo on the home page of this site.
Although she was somewhat of a reluctant model at first,
she got much more enthusiastic when she found out that
treats were involved for being good.
Kay and I got the idea for this site when friends, family and
strangers on the street continually said, "What a cute
POODLE you have!" Well, although Maggie loves other
little dogs, she is quite clear about the fact that she
is a "Bichon" and NOT a Poodle.
We have People T-Shirts,
exclusive hand made pendants
and other accessories I know you'll love. We also
have a
gallery so you can put a picture of your baby
wearing an "I Am NOT a Poodle" T-shirt on the web for
the world to see.
Here's a word from Mommy
Hi! We are deeply committed as
our long range ultimate goal to helping all
unwanted, neglected and abused animals in
need that we possibly can. As with any cause
it's important to choose that which is
closest to your heart, start with a goal
that is manageable and build from there.
As we expand our product line and increase
our sales we hope to be able to help other
Bichon Frise Rescue groups across the
country as well as all-breed animals
shelters, beginning with those that are the
most underfunded.
In closing I'd like to share with
you something that struck me as one of the
most profoundly perceptive observations I
have come across regarding our precious
friends in the animal kingdom. This quote
is from the book "The Outermost House"
by writer and naturalist Henry Beston -it
really resonated in my heart and soul - hope
you enjoy it too.
We need another and a wiser and
perhaps a more mystical concept
of animals. Remote from
universal nature, and living by
complicated artifice, man in
civilization surveys the
creature through the glass of
his knowledge and sees thereby a
feather magnified and the whole
image in distortion.
We patronize them
for their incompleteness, for
their tragic fate of having
taken form so far below
ourselves. And therein we err,
and greatly err. For the animal
shall not be measured by man. In
a world older and more complete
than ours they move finished and
complete, gifted with extensions
of the senses we have lost or
never attained, living by voices
we shall never hear.
They are not
brethren, they are not
underlings; they are other
nations, caught with ourselves
in the net of life and time,
fellow prisoners of the
splendour and travail of the
earth.
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