Last Wednesday, we were here at the house catching up on work from the bus company, and our doorbell rang. At the door was our next door neighbor and the neighbor a few doors down. They told us they were the neighborhood "Welcome Wagon". I think they were just being nosey in a real friendly way. We've had the place here in Florida for 2 years now. Louise is our next door neighbor and we had met her before. Polli is another story! Quite the spunky lady and would have no problem making a truck driver blush! About 90 pounds of spunk and attitude!
Anyway, along with Louise and Polli came Nyx - a 1 year old Silky Terrier. Polli asked if she could let her run around the house and we said of course. We love dogs. Well, while we were talking Nyx ( I know, strange name) ran around the house checking everything out. After a bit I couldn't help but get down on the floor and play with her. She was so fun. She might be small but didn't act it. She wrestled and played with me in between tearing around the house jumping from the couch to the love seat, behind the table and round and round.
We started to ask Polli more questions about Nyx and she told us most people think she is a Yorkie since Silky Terriers are not real common. That they have been breed for their personality first and looks second. They rarely bark and don't shed and even though they are small, they are not fragile. About 9 to 10 inches at the shoulder and top out at 10 to 12 pounds.
Then we asked about flying with her and she said she does it all the time. Has an airline approved carrier for her and she just goes to sleep during the flights. After our visit Polli and Louise left and it was only minutes before Polli and Nyx were back with her carrier to show us. The one she has looks sort of like a large purse (we will probably look for a more masculine looking one). She set it on the floor, opened the top and Nyx jumped in, turned around and laid down, with a look on her face like, "Where are we going?"
A little research on the net told us a lot more about the breed and then Brian did a breeder search on the AKC site. Silky Terriers are a bit rare and there were not a lot of breeders listed. But we found one in Kansas who had some puppies available. His name is Joe and he has been breeding Silky Terriers for over 20 years. He only breeds his females once and so has a litter only every few years. Moe was born, along with three sisters, on July 19th of this year.
Brian wrote to him and we got a very nice email back from him with these pictures attached. You know what they say about a pic being worth a thousand words.....
So again, Brian and I spent some time talking about this, getting more and more excited about having another dog and so we called Joe on Thursday. Brian had a nice conversation with him and got some details and then we said we would think about it and get back to him. Off to Denny's we go! Over eggs and a Philly steak we decided we would love to have Moe come and live with us. I talked to Joe twice today - he is quite the gabber - and we worked out the details and Moe will be leaving on a jet plane on Friday! We can't wait!
His mother's registered name is: Champion Tagalong Tessier In-House Design (Izzie for short). His father's registered name is: Grand Champion Anjo Blu's Go-Getter (GoGo for short). Moe's registered name is: Anjo Blu's Lucky Mojo and wait for it........ Moe for short! He is four months old and Joe and his family have been calling him Moe. We think it's cute and since everyone who knows me knows that making a decision can be a painful process for me, we are going to stick with Moe!
Also, anyone who knows us knows that we were absolutely crazy about Max. He will always have a special spot in our hearts but we think there will be room for Moe too.
As I have said before, we are really excited to get our hands on Moe. If you follow this blog I'm sure you will seeing a lot more of him!
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