If you are familiar with the early days of Baby and the Chi's, then you've heard plenty about Venus! Jer and I bought Venus from a breeder we found on Craigslist. We had been together for almost a year, were living together, and I was in the semi with him all the time. We had wanted to start a family, but I was so discouraged about not getting pregnant, we decided we would have fur-children instead. It didn't take us long to decide that a chihuahua would be a good fit into our family. On October 10, 2008 we made the drive to pick her up. We obviously didn't do enough research at the time, because the signs of her breeder being a "backyard breeder" were evident, but we fell in love with this little girl anyway. She was just 6 weeks old, born on August 25th, when she came home with us and took a hold of a piece of each of our hearts. She grew up in the semi truck with us, which was incredible, but it also took a toll on the socializing we should have done. Venus is a blessing in our lives, but she cannot handle strangers. As she grew, we realized more and more that she wasn't a purebred chihuahua as we were told, but actually was mixed with a terrier. What we were told would be an 8 pound dog at her heaviest, is now (aside from being overweight as well...) a whopping 18 pounds!!! Yikes...
But alas, she is our baby. Even though we now have a real baby in our lives, Gabriel, who is now 2 years old, Venus will always be "baby girl."
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