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One day, just as we had been counseled would happen a surprising event unfolded. Someone in our neighborhood had an out of town family member that needed their Giant to be rescued. These local folks could no longer foster her and they had seen our friends sign with a Giant on it and so they came to her to see if she could help. Our new friend Pat Malan accessed the dog and found that she was just right for us and gave us a call. We were very excited to see her and arrived at her home within just a couple of minutes. We soon learned that the people that had taken in this family members dog as a foster lived only minutes from us and we knew one another's family through the children's school- all of which is rather unlikely in our large Washington DC suburb. It's a story full of irony and the fact that Abbey is a perfect fit for our family is the icing on the cake. She was six years old when we got her, had a terrific temperament and fit right into our home from the first day we got her. We are a house full of softies so the rescue of an older dog served us well as the nature of the dog is easily determined. We are not the right kind of family for a tougher dispositioned dog which is common with the giants. It was also very nice to have a dog that didn't need lots of nurturing attention as a pup would since we are a family that is always on the go. And here too, Abbey fit in great. She was always ready to tag along, and we took her nearly everywhere. We love the Giant Schnauzers and hope to not be without one for many years to come. For those who are planning on getting a giant, our one bit of council would be, "don't be impatient, and wait for the right dog." I have known many giants since my acquaintance with Pat and not all giants are created equal. That doesn't make them all bad, it just means they can be extreme in temperament and unless you are patient, you may not get the right dog for you and your family. We are very glad we waited! Rob |
Abbey, the Giant Schnauzer came to us as a result of our meeting a woman
walking her very beautiful Giant Schnauzer in our neighborhood. We had a mini and a standard
schnauzer but all of our family was intrigued by the big beautiful Giant
Schnauzers. Our new friend learned this
and said that "at the right time the perfect dog would surely find us." We
already had two dogs and our three boys, so we were in no hurry to add another dog
to our already relatively full lives. Time
passed with little thought of this.