Association I Love My Island Dog, Saint-Martin

Schnapsy

This is the story of Schnapsy, a.k.a BANDIT

I was born in St. Martin, a wonderful island in the Caribbean where life is sweet. My mother is a real Jack Russel and my daddy? Who knows.... mammy lives her sweet caribbean life. My mother is a real Jack Russel and my daddy? Who knows.... mammy lives her sweet caribbean life and makes puppies now and then when she meets a nice looking island boy of her size and everybody enjoys it! Now, why I am telling you this story? Because lots of things can happen to a pup; specially once the owner of mammy gets tired of this puppy business. So we were so many that he brought two of us to a vet clinic so we could get adopted. There we sit! In a cage! My brother and I! We did not like it!! Many other pups were around us in separate cages and from time to time somebody walked inn to the adoption center and looked at us. Sometimes we heard something like“ I’ll take  this one“ and sometimes we understood that people were coming back later. And us???

Then one day, a lady came inn to the vet, apparently they had called her because we were tooo many and they were going to put some of us down. I don’t really understand what this means but i don’t really like the sound of it. My brother and I, we tried to look as friendly as we could, (we were only 5 weeks old) but it worked!! The lady opened the cage, took us out and the vet gave us a needle brrrr, they call it vaccination; then she put us in another cage!!! What’s that now? Will we put down? Doesn’t look so, because she talked very friendly to us and she left with us in a pick up. After a 20 min.travel we reached some funny place. She let us out of the cage and we were soooo afraid. There were big dogs, small dogs, goats; cats, geese, chicken, ducks and even giant turtles.... what a world! But it looked like we were very welcome and we were free again! The lady looks very nice and talks a lot to us; she calls ut Schnips and Schnapsy.

We had so many things to discover. Every day was a new wonderful day in this house and yard, so many things to play with! We had so much fun! But after a few days my brother started to look very sad and was not in the mood for food any more. The lady was very worried.  When she went to work she took him with her in the pick up. You know what? I never saw my brother come back.... Did he what they call „get adopted“, or what could it be? I missed him a little bit, but life goes on. I know one thing for sure, i definetely don’t want to get adopted. I like it here, i have so much fun! I have a lot of friends, I get good food and get cuddled from time to time, the sun is shining and when it gets too hot i go and take a bath in the duckbassin in the yard. When I come back in the house the lady is chasing me out : NO NO NO, OUT! Just for a little mud she makes such a big noise! Ok I’ll behave, i just wait till she is not home.

 So when she is working I have even more fun...... I AM CHASING HER CHICKEN!! When I was very little they rather scared me, but now that i start to get big and strong I run after them because the big doggies join me and have fun too. Every day i chase chicken, boy this is exciting!. My big friend, the dobermann, is my best friend and helps me a lot in my chase! But the lady is very mad with us when she finds feathers all over when she comes home from work. So she told me:“ It is time for you to get a home now Schnapsy“, BUT I DONT WANT TO LEAVE FROM HERE; THATS WHERE I WANT TO LIVE FOREVER. I’ll try to behave. But it is just stronger than me; as soon as i see chicken i have to run after them....In the meantime i killed a few of them and one day; with my buddies help; we killed the goose.....It was a big fight, but we won!  I was afraid this was going to be a big problem, because the lady loves her two geese......How will she react? When i heard her come home i hide myself.... but once it started to smell the nice food she cooks for us, i came and showed my face.......

She did not punish us at all, she looked at us very sadly and said: „Schnapsy, you are a bandit, a real Jack Russel! Hunting is in your blood and you’re teaching my dogs bad tricks!“ Then i saw her on the phone, busy with Internet and so on. Not really a good sign......

One day came a couple, they were from America and they said they want to adopt me. What? Where is that? Sounds like far away! I  am getting another vaccination, shampoo, a new collar and a new leash, there is this bag.....“.Schnapsy, ready for the trip?“ I hear....,“ Noooo!“. I am ready for no trip. But the lady put me in her car, told me „don’t worry sweethart“  and there we went. When we reached; we were in a hotel with the couple I met before... they want me? But I don’t want to leave!! They looked very nice and friendly and they were happy to see me again.  I hear „good bye Schnapsy; be a nice boy!“ Then she gave me  hugs and kisses and she left me alone with these people that I even don’t know!! That’s very bad! They tried to cuddle me, but I showed them that I don’t like it at all..... grrrrr, I am growling as much as I can to scare them and make them change their mind. And then they tried to put me in this bag!!! You imagine? Me in a bag ? I had so much freedom all the time; I go in no bag ! I panic, peed and  bite, I bite the lady in her arm so bad that i hear them say: “No,  this can’t work out, we will have to bring him back!!“ Hipp hurra that’s what i wanted! I WON! I WON! And they brought me back to all my friends! Sounds like a happy end, but the story is not over yet....

The lady of the house told me that I am a real bandit and as I am killing chicken I had to get a new home and that she would not change her mind. Autsch!. She put an ad with my beautiful picture in the newspaper :

VERY PRETTY YOUNG JACK RUSSEL MIX LOOKS FOR A LOVING HOME
(can’t live with chicken!)

Wow, maybe I went too far with my chicken killing but I was just playing, it was the big fellows who killed them !! But....she sounded really serious.

Then this young girl came. I hear her say, „Yes, we live here, I am training horses, don’t worry i am used to train pups too....“ they want to train me? Haha!!!

But I had no choice. I  left with this girl. She was very pretty, long curly auburn hair. Now I live with her. I love her and she takes very good care of me, she is becoming my best friend. I miss all my other buddies thow, but I am getting a big pup now, so that’s how life is. After a few days we went back to visit the lady who raised me, I was very happy to see her again, but my heart is with Charlotte now, my new owner! She brings me all around with her in her black jeep. Everybody tells us that we fit very well together!  I am very spoiled now; no other pups, just me! And I am still on my island in the sun where life is sweet!!! But I keep chicken in mind, if one day I cross one...........

 

PS: Bruce and Kim. I am so sorry for what happend. You came all the way down from Pennsylvania to pick me up! But I am afraid of travelling! And one thing you must know, I am an island boy, a real one. Please forgive me!  Your Schnapsy

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