Hello! My name is Kelsey. If you'd like to know about how I got these three dogs and a little bit about our lives together, continue reading.
When I was 23 years old I was working as a groomer and fell in love with bully breeds. I had a yorkie at the time and just the difference in grooming needs had me loving the bull breeds haha! What really sold me was their personalities and temperaments though. So silly but so loving at the same time.
When my best friend Manya had posted that she was picking up a little female puppy from a local shelter to foster, I was totally in love just from seeing her photo. I knew my mom would never let me adopt her as she was afraid of large sized dogs, let alone a bull breed. We also had Simon, my yorkie who was blind and wasn't fond of other dogs.
Manya happened to stop by one night with Beebs asleep in her arms. Simon didn't flip out and instead, laid down next to her when Manya put Beebs on the floor. She was just so calm that I think he felt comfortable with her. It was then that my mom made me the deal that if I got my license, I could adopt Beebs. I have anxiety issues so I've always been afraid of driving. With Beebs in the passenger seat, I was able to practice enough to get my license (still hate it but that’s besides the point haha!). Simon absolutely loved having a sister, he slept with her on her first night home. Sadly a week later, Simon passed from a kidney stone. He was just too old and weak to survive the surgery. Since he was my first dog, his death was really hard on me. Thankfully I had Beebs though. She quickly became my best friend.
A few months later my Dad decided he wanted a male of his own. He sent me the petfinder link to little baby Stache at a shelter in Ohio. We applied, got approved, and made the trip to get him the next day. When Beebs and Stache first met it was the cutest greeting I had ever seen. Stache was wiggling and flopping all over the place and Beebs was hopping all around him. The car ride home was nothing but barking and pawing until Stache decided to take a p**p in the backseat. We knew then he'd be our little s**t.
Beebs and Stache got along perfectly. Beebs took on the mama dog role with him. Stache was the happy go lucky little puppy who loved to play fight constantly. I'm sure he drove Beebs crazy a few times but she was so good with him.
Stache ended up being a ladies man and became attached to my Mom. Since Dad got Stache for himself, he wanted to get another dog. This time he wanted a Dogo Argentino. We looked at shelters/rescues for months with no luck at finding one who was dog friendly and could be adopted out of state. We finally got lucky and found 5 month old Jax being rehomed from a family in Illinois. Dad and I made the trip to pick him up a few days later.
Jax was super nervous when first meeting Beebs and Stache. Once they all got to run outside together, he loosened up and did great. If you can’t tell, I had like no knowledge on how to introduce dogs and would of done it totally different if it was now, but I got so lucky thankfully! Stache was so happy to have another boy around to rough house with, and Beebs was happy to have someone else for Stache to bug haha!
I'm honestly so lucky to have these three dogs in my life. They are the reason I picked up a camera and fell in love with photography. If it wasn't for them, I would of never met half of the friends I have now. Because of the dogs, I laugh every single day...even when it's a bad day. They are my best friends and I can never thank them enough for putting up with me!
