AnimalSunday Photography "Adopting Senior Dogs" by Sunscape
This is a photo of my girl "Lady" whom I adopted at the age of 8 years old. She was skin and bones, full of matted hair and petrified of people when I saw her at the shelter. She apparently was used in a puppy mill and was chained outside her whole life.
I remember walking up to her cage and she was trembling in the corner, not sure of what I was going to do. I asked the attendent to bring her out into the greeting courtyard so I could visit with her. I went ahead of them and waited on a bench. When they brought her in and released her she stood about 8 or so feet from me just watching me. I knew that somehow she was going home with me so I spent an hour in that courtyard just sitting and talking to her.
When I got up to stretch my legs she backed up quickly, so I just walked slowly around the courtyard and to my amazement she followed me. She kept a good distance behind me, if I stopped she stopped. We did this for quite awhile until she felt comfortable with me. It did not take too long for her to get closer and closer to me.
I was getting tired and I knew she was too, so I sat down on the gravel with my back up against the wall and she slowly walked towards me and layed down 4 foot from me. I sat there speaking softly to her and telling her how beautiful she was until the attendant told me that they were getting ready to close. I looked at Lady and said, what do you think girl? She just looked at me as I gently approached her and looped the leash around her neck. With a little nudge she followed me right out the door into the reception room where we checked her out of the center.
Long story short, we enjoyed 3 years of pure happy, joyful times with our girl. She was such a delightful companion and loved every minute of her golden years with us being spoiled to the hilt. When she passed away a couple years ago, we knew that if we ever got another dog that we would find a senior to adopt like we did Lady, and let them live their lives out in a loving home. She brought us so much joy, how can you not but love them back.
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I'm having trouble seeing writing this reply, must be moisture in the air. Beautiful story with a happy ending... :-)
Oh you and me both, I get that way everytime I think of her. Thank you Mike.
Great post!
She’s a beautiful girl and deserved the beautiful life you provided her.
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Thank you JC she was the sweetest dog ever. I do miss her terribly from time to time.
What a wonderful dog smile at the end there. Touching story and nice to bring joy to a soul so tampered with.
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Thank you for enjoying my story about Lady, she was a very special girl that brought such joy to our hearts.
Such a sweet and touching story about how you first meet her
Thanks, Jay, it was a meeting that was meant to be as I had not been to a shelter in years and I still don't know why I went that day, well yes I do, inner promptings. :-) She was an outstanding dog.
Funny you should say that when we got our cat we had no plan to but we were drawn to go into a pet store, and she was so cute and the store looked so bad we had to take her out of there, first visit was to a vet and we expressed our concerns about the store, he must have done somehting as two days later it was shut down, she was in such a bad state but we got her healthy and she had a good life with us
That is so awesome of you Jay. I can imagine how you felt, as I would have had to do the same thing. I am happy she enjoyed a good life with you both.
Ohh she did it was her house that she let us share with her, its funny even now as I am sitting typing replies I remember how she would come in every evening and reach up and tap my arm to tell me i should be focusing on patting her
That's what it's all about, loving on one another. I have one right now at my side, while I lay in bed posting. They are so faithful
So true, We do not have any pets now, as we will move in about a year, but after we move we plan to get one or two :)
We still have 3 cats and one dog. My husband said to me two days ago, you know honey, when each one passes I was thinking of not replacing them. I am getting too old to care for all them. He is getting a bit tired in his later years.
Ohhh sweet, beautiful girl, exploited at a puppy mill, but rescued near the end of her days - 3 years of a loving home after 8 years at the mill. I love senior dogs!! More of them should be adopted; puppies are a challenge and take at least a year to grow out the chewing phase. The Old Ones rule!! Bless you for giving this gal a loving home.
Awe thank you Carol, we could not leave her there to be put down. She was a wreck and then some, but we saw beyond that and loved her more than we could ever have imagined. Seniors rule!