This is the greatest day!
This morning I woke up to the sound of the door opening. I sighed and looked up. It was a little over a week ago when I was out wandering the countryside and I walked into the yard that had a dog in it. I assumed the the dog would be friendly, but before I knew it, I was turning to run and I got bit on the behind! Ouch! Not only that, but the owner caught me and brought me to Edgar County Animal Control. Let me tell you, it makes me sad. No humans to play with, no sunshine, no playing with other dogs… just a little cell. I must admit this morning was different, though. Here comes one of those nice ladies. She stops at my cell starts talking to me. She promises me a couch and a bed, a 10 year kid to play with, and a forever home. I not really sure what she is talking about, but it is obvious I am leaving this place! For the first time in over a week, I wag my tale. Gosh is that lady nice. She helps me in a van FILLED with dog crates and lots of barking dogs. I get into my crate and wonder what this is all about.
Two hours later the van comes to a stop. I can hear people talking and dogs are starting to unload. Eventually, another nice lady comes and opens my crate and puts a leash on me. She hands the leash to another lady, and they talk for a couple of minutes. The driver of the van I came in tells her that the warden said I was one of the nicest dogs he has seen at that place. I sniff around and just enjoy the beautiful sunshine. I breathe in the smells. I’m liking this. My tail starts to wag again. I notice I am being led away by three people: Kelly, Sara, and Rebecca. They brought me cheese; therefore, I like them right away. They talk real nicely to me and pet me. I like that, too. The tail wags more. They help me up into Kelly’s car. I stick my head out the back window and smile. I am not sure where I am going now, but I hope there is more cheese.
20 minutes later we are at Rebecca’s house. I have a crate, a blanket, a squeaky sunshine toy, and a Kong. I am not sure what to do with the Kong. I lick a little of the food out of it, but quite honestly, I’d rather have some petting and more of that nice talking. I really like when people talk to me in that nice voice. My tail wags as I follow them around the side of the house, then… the water turns on. Feeling slightly betrayed, they give me a bath. I am not going to lie and say I enjoyed it, and personally I thought I smelled fine, but Sara fed me this AMAZING food called McDonald’s Cheeseburger. For that, I was willing to have Kelly and Rebecca bathe me.
While taking a quick snooze, I got another visitor named Amy. She gave me some treats for sitting and she walked around with me. Her car door was open, so started to climb in because I figured that is what we have been doing today. “Not this time,” she laughs. “You are staying here for awhile.”
After taking a really long nap, I wake up to find Rebecca coming home from work. I am not sure where the Narnia place is, but Rebecca smells like liver, so I definitely want to go there one of these days. She talks nicely to me while she puts together an even bigger crate. She then grabs the leash and off we go on a walk. I loved this. My happy tail was it full wag. Every once in awhile, I would just stop and sniff. It is great to be me right now. Here is the other really cool thing. If I walk next to her and give her my happy face, she gives me treats. I like this “going for a walk” thing. We come back home, and she fills a food bowl with kibble. She then asks me to sit and feeds me a small handful of food. It is kind of fun. She asks me to “sit, down, and stand” which I had learned while we were out walking. Now I get handfuls of my dinner by doing these things. Pretty cool, hu? After we are done, she talks to me some more, and then tells me she is going to take care of her other dogs. She says good night and leaves. Once she is gone, I climb onto my blanket. Wow, this has been the greatest day. I am going to sleep. My tail is tired.