Posted on 01/12/2018 10:44:39 PM PST by nickcarraway
Eventually the humane society matched the dog with a family in Winnsboro, Texas
A Great Pyrenees mix named Cathleen has a new home in Texas after she made two 20-mile trips back to the family that surrendered her.
Cathleen's original owners, living in Seminole, Oklahoma, were forced to surrender the 6-year-old dog due to health issues and a landlord that didn't allow pets. They gave her to a family in Prague, Oklahoma.
During the first four months with her new family, Cathleen escaped, twice, to make the 20-mile journey back to Seminole to see her previous owners.
That's when Seminole Humane Society stepped in.
"Her heart wants to be with them, but they cannot keep her," the humane society posted on Facebook.
The post was widely shared and people all over the country submitted adoption applications.
But eventually the humane society found a perfect match with a family in Winnsboro, Texas.
The humane society said they'll continue to post updates as Cathleen settles in with her new family.
All the scientists in the world can’t explain how dogs and cats travel great distances to go home. Without GPS.
You move.
I’m sure the landlord made the “no pet” policy clear when they moved in. Most apartment rentals have policies that say no more than 35 lbs, 15 lbs, whatever. Sad all the way around.
My cats do that too.
All the animals should be respected for being one of God’s greatest gifts.
When I lived on an acreage, we had a German Shepherd. I would play that exact game with her. I would go outside and hide somewhere in the yard, where there was no way she could know.
But she found me every time and quite easily.
So true. I have been fostering Labradors since 2010. I caught word of an elderly lab at my local shelter. He was blind and deaf and could barely walk because of crippling arthritis. When I went to see him, I told the girl at the shelter, “I cannot take this dog.... and that’s why I have to. Nobody else is going to take him.”
I gave him 9 good months on my farm. He could not see or hear me, but he could smell me.
Came home from work one day, and he was stone cold on his blanket. He went peacefully.
Rescuing that dog was probably the best thing that I ever did.
I have done this with my dogs. Just called it hide and seek. Make them sit and a guest, child or who ever hides in the house with a treat. The dogs never lose!
You’re an angel.
These digs are sheep dogs, herd dogs. If you sell the flock of sheep the dog has to go with the sheep. If the dog was a household pet you have to keep it.
So cute,my daughter’s family just got an irish setter.The kids just love him.He is now 5 months old.Good luck with your puppy.
When I moved 500 miles away but went back to visit, my dog would get all hyped about 2 miles from my mothers’ place. Little rat dog.
Someone poisoned my two Labrador Retrievers last week. One died and the other is only now starting to recover. They were well trained and we live in a very good neighborhood. We do have a newer guy next door who could give Rand Paul’s neighbor a run for his money, and we suspect he is the culprit. He intentionally killed some of our plantings, so why not our dogs?
I’m sorry to hear this, JubJub....just awful
Cute! One of the best relationships ever: young’uns & puppies
FYI
12 weeks of age is the ideal time to release pups to their new homes.
That extra 4 weeks of socializing with the litter mates is important.
Good luck with your new pup.
There is nothing worse than a livestock guardian dog the loses their owner to death. They are at a complete loss. Guardians (Pyrs Anatolians etc) will give up their lives to protect those they love. But they are huge and heart problems, the frailty that comes with age, can be too much to handle.
The best thing the owner could have done was find a good home months before they needed to give her up, take her there to visit every day and start leaving her for a period. In this case, Illness may have come on too fast.
May God remember this generous gift of yours. Thank you
Years ago, when my husband and I were first married, after spending the night at my parent’s home, my husband let the dog out but could not find him when it was time to leave for work. Knowing he would show up soon, we told my parents to keep him and we would come back for him that afternoon. When my husband got off from work, he went to our home first. Without getting out of the truck, he stopped at the mail box and went to the barn to feed the calves. He sat in the truck to look through the mail and saw movement out the corner of his eye. There was our dog jumping up and down to get his attention. We called my parents to tell them he was home. Mom could not believe he had traveled over 10 miles, but he had.
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