{"id":2256,"date":"2024-02-19T13:29:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T13:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakstne.com\/blog\/?p=2256"},"modified":"2024-02-19T13:29:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T13:29:54","slug":"bobby-humphreys-the-giant-who-rescued-30-chihuahuas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakstne.com\/blog\/bobby-humphreys-the-giant-who-rescued-30-chihuahuas\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Humphreys: The Giant Who Rescued 30 Chihuahuas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bobby Humphreys is a big guy doing big things in rescue \u2013 for little dogs!\u00a0The Big Guy Chihuahua Sanctuary\u00a0is Bobby\u2019s passion project.<\/p>\n

He cares for and rehomes tiny Chihuahuas who have had rough beginnings or have special needs. So far, he\u2019s\u00a0rescued 30 Chihuahuas<\/a>\u00a0and continues to do so.<\/p>\n

But just a few years ago if you had told Bobby that he\u2019d be spending his days with a pack of teeny Chihuahuas, he might\u2019ve called you crazy.<\/p>\n

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The man who rescued 30 Chihuahuas and started Bobby Humphreys Chihuahua Sanctuary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For years Bobby\u2019s breed was Rottweilers. The beautiful, athletic dogs are more the type someone might guess a big, brawny guy like Bobby would love.<\/p>\n

He never gave any thought to\u00a0smaller breeds<\/a>, and in fact, would grieve other guys he saw with pocket-sized pups!<\/p>\n

I actually would poke fun at any of my guy friends to happened to date someone who owned a small dog. I had truly just never had given one a chance.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Bobby, on how he felt about Chihuahuas<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bobby Humphreys: The Heartbroken Giant<\/h2>\n

Things changed slowly. It started when, after 17 years, his marriage came to an abrupt end. Bobby hadn\u2019t seen it coming, and the suddenness with which it occurred made the pain worse.<\/p>\n

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The heartbreak was too much to bear, and Bobby considered ending his own life. But thanks to a friend who refused to let him go down that path, he made it through.<\/p>\n

\u201cI lost faith in humanity, got weak and I wanted to end it. One person above all, Connie, kept me on this planet. A true friend that was always there.<\/p>\n

In fact, she wouldn\u2019t leave me alone long enough to do what I wanted to do. She literally just wouldn\u2019t go away no matter how much I told her to. She had lost friends to that before and wasn\u2019t going to lose me.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy friend, Connie, had shown me what friendship really meant. No matter what I needed, she was there for me. Needless to say, I feel I owe to her quite a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bobby Humphrey with one of his rescued Chihuahua \u2013 Zeke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Falling in Love with Chihuahuas<\/h2>\n

One day Connie asked Bobby for a favor. She was moving and would not be able to take her dog: a Chihuahua named Lady who was known to be unfriendly. Bobby had already met Lady and was not a fan.<\/p>\n

Seeing Lady at friends\u2019 cookouts and listening to stories from Connie and numerous others, Lady was not exactly somebody I wanted to be near. Connie admitted that she was very protective of both her and her son, and that she didn\u2019t really like people. Especially men. So, honestly, I just steered clear of her until this point.<\/p>\n

Now, to make matters worse, Lady, is what she would say, a little off. Lady apparently decided one day to eat [Connie\u2019s son\u2019s] chemotherapy medicine \u2026 Somehow, amazingly, Lady survived. However, she wasn\u2019t quite right after that\u2026 She\u2019s a little lumpy, a little off, just not quite right.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Bobby, on his friends\u2019 Chihuahua<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Because Connie had been such a good friend, Bobby agreed to take Lady in. He figured he and his new roommate would do their best to steer clear of each other to make their new arrangement work.<\/p>\n

Connie dropped Lady off while Bobby was at work, and when he got home she was sat in her kennel quietly under the TV.<\/p>\n

Bobby decided to risk getting bitten by letting Lady out, and when Connie got there later to see how they were getting along, Lady was in Bobby\u2019s lap, watching TV like they were old friends!<\/p>\n

[Connie] swore she\u2019s never seen anything like this,\u00a0this dog hates everybod<\/a>y. Lady and I have been literally inseparable ever since.<\/p>\n

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Bobby was still wrestling with the pain of his sudden separation, but Lady helped put together the pieces of his broken heart.<\/p>\n

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Bobby Humphreys in the The Big Guy Chihuahua Sanctuary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Root of Big Guy Chihuahua Sanctuary<\/h2>\n

I was still struggling to come to grips with everything. There were many days I could not even get up and go to work. Weeks turned into months and the only thing that made me happy was spending time with Lady. I cannot believe how this little 7 pound beautiful baby stole my heart.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Bobby, on how Lady the Chi helped with his heartbreak<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But one day he remembered that Lady wasn\u2019t actually his dog and would go back to living with Connie and her son when the time came.<\/p>\n

So I set out to find myself my own Lady. I have some childhood memories of my grandfather\u2019s Minpin named Lucy that I also was very partial to. I either wanted to find somebody that looked like Lady or find somebody that looks like Lucy.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Bobby, on what he first aimed for when starting the sanctuary<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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One of Bobby Humphreys Chihuahua Sanctuary rescues<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bobby\u2019s first find was a brown and tan dog named Kira. His first tiny pup. She was living in less-than-perfect conditions, in a home where the floor was caked in mud due to the poor construction, and she was\u00a0aggressive<\/a>, untrained and undisciplined.<\/p>\n

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