Our rebel puppy

Bella went in for surgery about two weeks ago. She had to get spayed. Bella was a lot more calm about the process than I was. Shawn and I drove her back to the shelter that we got her from early in the morning on Wednesday. We were able to pick her up that afternoon, but I was still incredibly worried about leaving her there.

The surgery supposedly went by without a hitch, but the shelter did make me a bit upset.

They tattooed Bella.

No, you did not read that wrong. They put a tattoo on my puppy--without asking our permission or even notifying us until after it had been done. The tattoo is of a small smiley face, so it isn't even something great.

I was furious. I waited until the next day and called them to ask what this was about and if it was a joke. The girl who took my call did laugh, but only because she found it entertaining I think. She said it was a common practice here to tattoo the puppies so that if, "heaven forbid," they end up back at the shelter, they know they have been spayed and don't cut them open unnecessarily. This is a valid goal. However, Bella has a microchip. I would assume they could somehow put that on there, and I asked about it. They agreed that they could, but said that "not all shelters check for chips."

Overall,  I am not very happy. However, in the past two weeks I have moved on and am pretty much over it.  Because she has a tattoo, I guess I can say my puppy is a rebel.