Here is the rest of the story I began the other day with the Prince of Privilege and his liberation from the sad situation he and his sisters were living in. He had lost his human to a horrific auto and truck accident and was living with his human’s mother who did want to provide a good safe home to him but she herself was in the middle of awful circumstances.
The day we met Frosty, Sabrina and Zoe was cold and damp…a Sunday…sometime in late October…maybe early November six years ago. At that time they had been living outside in all weather for about a year in 6x10 chain link fenced enclosures after having had an exquisitely pampered life indoors with their human.
Their small faces were unhappy and resigned. We packed them into the car and they smelled so badly that we called a groomer friend of ours who was closed for the day and asked if we could come use her facilities to clean these rescues up. This woman has a heart bigger than her 5’2” frame where dogs are concerned and she told us to come right over. Once there, she determined the only way to give the dogs relief was to give them each puppy cuts. The mats were pulling their skin and the twigs and filth were too deeply entwined in the fur. Brenda shaved them, I bathed them and Leslie kept them calm while drying them.
Now, we could see their faces clearly and clearly they were frightened of the new circumstances. Happily, not for long. It only took a couple of days with consistent good food, warm and dry bedding and playful interaction for their faces to relax and happiness to take over.
A few years later the lady who had been keeping them after her daughter died saw them while we were walking them down the road. Her husband who had been so ill had passed away and she was on her way to the cemetery to visit their graves. She stopped to see the dogs and was so happy to see how well cared for and well adjusted they were. She told us she was very happy with her decision to have us take them and she would be talking with her daughter to reassure her that her precious pets were in good hands. As far as Frosty, Sabrina and Zoe were concerned…they were glad to see the lady and went up to her wiggling and wagging but they knew their home was with us.
There’s nothing like a happy ending, is there?
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