A lot of you know that about 3 weeks ago we found a dog in the middle of the road on the way home from a baseball game. I have tried all the ways I could think of to find her owners. Have put up plenty of posters, had several ads in the papers, called all the shelters and lots of vets in the area. I know that if the owner wanted to get her back, they would have found her. there is no way if they were looking they could have missed all the ads and soforth.
So after 2 and a half weeks I put an ad in to see if I could find her a home. We had I am sure 35-40 calls, but man....... so many people were total nuts. Some were looking for a yard dog, and I told them that "puppydoggy" (we called her that) was an escape artist, she has dug under the fence, jumped over a dog pen I have inside my fenced in back yard, climbed over. So she would not make a good yard dog, and she was very very comfy inside and a happy dog, when with a family and got to go out for walks and out in the yard playing under supervision. I had one guy who said. "Ohhhhh he.. I will take that out of her in no time" and he didnt sound nice let me tell you, do I need to tell you that she was not going with him hehe. I had people who asked if she would be very very big and if it possibly were pit in her. When I said she was the sweetest thing ever they lost interest real fast. I had people who came to look at her, and stood 10 feet away from her and never petted her, never even touched her and then said that yes they would like to bring her home. noooooo i dont think so.
Anyway after a lot of strange people, we had a family here yesterday. They were here for a couple of hours, the dad is a teacher and the mom is some kind of manager for a home for mentally challanged people, they have a 10 year old daughter. The girl and puppydoggy sat and snuggled the whole time they were here.They seemed very very eager to learn as much as possible about what they should do and expect now when they brought her home, had a long talk to the daughter about the commitment a dog is and how important it is to always put the dogs needs first. They decided to bring her home, and was all excited about going to petsmart on the way home to buy her all the things she needed. They live not too far away from me, and said they will call every week to let us know how she is (that may not happen, but at least they know I will call hehe) They will also bring her to me, when they need a babysitter when they go out of town.
It is sad and I will miss her, even though we didnt have her here for long. Both Malin and Jennifer cried when she left, but with all the animals we have, I am sure she will get more attention there and she has her very own little girl to love and who will love all over her.
So a happy ending for puppydoggy
Marit
