How our journey began....
One particularly melancholy day in 2001, I was having such a hard time dealing with the loss of my Dad. I was particularly close to him and he was such a sweet Dad that I was almost inconsolable. That night, I had this remakably vivid dream. In my dream I was sitting on a chair, sobbing....and my Dad appeared with this small white dog. He gently placed the dog in my arms, kissed my forehead, and left. I looked at the dog my Dad gave me and it looked back at me with this pair of loving eyes....a look that gave me an immense sense of comfort. I woke up crying and I could not go back to sleep anymore. I just stayed in bed, staring out the window, watching the sun starting to peek, announcing the beginning of daybreak......heralding the start of a new day.
That same day, I told myself I am going to adopt a dog. I did not want to buy one. I wanted to adopt one who needed me as much as I needed him. I had to find this dog with those loving eyes.....and so I dragged Conrad to almost all of the SPCA offices throughout the Greater Vancouver area searching for the dog my Dad gave me in my dreams. After going to 5 different SPCA locations I was starting to feel that it was going to be a futile search. I was seeing dogs in all shapes and forms = German Shepherds, Poodles, Shih-Tzus, Labradors, etc..I was not really looking for a "white dog" as what was in my dream. I was searching for THE dog....the dog who would look at me in the eyes and speak wordlessly to me. We also went around to pet shops and looked, but I still could not find "my dog"...At the 6th SPCA location we went to, right after we went in....I SAW HIM! He just arrived at that SPCA location the same time I came in!! I looked at him and he looked at me with the same pair of eyes I saw in my dream!! Even without asking, I knew this Bichon-Frise was a he...and I knew in my heart that this little white dog was for me!! I asked the SPCA staff if he was ready to be adopted and was informed that we can do the paperwork but he cannot be picked-up until the next day. I completed all the required documentation and went home with a happy heart.
It was indeed the start of a new day.....
That same day, I told myself I am going to adopt a dog. I did not want to buy one. I wanted to adopt one who needed me as much as I needed him. I had to find this dog with those loving eyes.....and so I dragged Conrad to almost all of the SPCA offices throughout the Greater Vancouver area searching for the dog my Dad gave me in my dreams. After going to 5 different SPCA locations I was starting to feel that it was going to be a futile search. I was seeing dogs in all shapes and forms = German Shepherds, Poodles, Shih-Tzus, Labradors, etc..I was not really looking for a "white dog" as what was in my dream. I was searching for THE dog....the dog who would look at me in the eyes and speak wordlessly to me. We also went around to pet shops and looked, but I still could not find "my dog"...At the 6th SPCA location we went to, right after we went in....I SAW HIM! He just arrived at that SPCA location the same time I came in!! I looked at him and he looked at me with the same pair of eyes I saw in my dream!! Even without asking, I knew this Bichon-Frise was a he...and I knew in my heart that this little white dog was for me!! I asked the SPCA staff if he was ready to be adopted and was informed that we can do the paperwork but he cannot be picked-up until the next day. I completed all the required documentation and went home with a happy heart.
It was indeed the start of a new day.....
