Rescue dogs have stories. Rescue dog people have
stories, some worse than others.
A phone call early am, the voice
on the other end in a panic, asked if I would take this wonderful dog.
I am slow to wake up, while trying to figure out the game players.
Who? The voice, from Citrus Animal Services, the dog, the owner. What
and where? The lobby of animal services, owner crying, not wanting to
surrender her dog. This is where I come in. . Heart broken, all of us, the
owner, dog and myself, now in my kitchen, two hours later. This was one
of those small miracles that happen as a whisper.
I never answer the phone that early, I am not the one listed as
a contact for Lab Rescue, and that day I didn't have a car. For some
reason, I was contacted. For some reason, I picked up the phone.
Perhaps it was good that I didn't have a car that day. Welcome, Milk
Dud and owner. She will be living, in someone's home, my home.
I am glad that I was there for all of us. I could have said no. A bittersweet story.
Another black dog. She is sweet. Not stressed anymore. Affectionate. Has manners.
She's 9, and divine.
Here they are, my dogs and my new foster dog, Milk Dud. Milk Dud is the first stressed dog you
see in the video. Along the fence, Jet, Milk Dud,
and Annabelle growling up the rear.
Milk Dud's video and profile is on Petfinder through Labrador Retriever Rescue of Florida
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyUskXLbZl4
Thank you to Pat Bayers, with Lab Rescue. The calmest, common sense thinker in the middle of the group, that always says "yes".