Posted on 03/03/2010 11:38:32 AM PST by JoeProBono
Heres an ending almost too happy to be believed.
Three years ago, a Washington man surrendered his family dog, a five-year-old shepherd mix named Haley, to the Humane Society for Tacoma and Pierce County.
An unspecified family crisis forced the family to give up the dog, the humane society said.
Though gone, she was not forgotten. The father still kept photos of the dog on his iphone, and his daughter, now 12, was, still missing and talking about the dog they had said goodbye to years earlier.
This week, with their crisis averted and the family having decided to get another dog, the father dropped by the Tacoma Humane Society to look at potential adoptees. Though its not uncommon for shelter dogs to start jumping and yapping when people come by, one dog went particularly crazy when the father approached, staff members say.
Taking a closer look, the father was shocked to see that the dog making all the noise was you guessed it Haley!
As it turns out, Haley, after being surrendered by the family, was adopted in 2007, but the family that adopted her the second time had so much trouble with her continually running away theyd returned her, just a few days ago.
ROTFL!
It does look like St. Francis!
Aww ... you’d almost think this was a minor miracle!
Yes, it is. Good ole St. Francis..patron of all creatures great and small.
The Lord works in strange and mysterious ways. Welcome back home Haley.
Good doggie ping.
Dogs do bond with their people. That’s one reason why I hate to see them dumped, they grieve. Hope these folks have stabilized enough not to do it again.
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Yep, the patron saint of animals, which is why he was my favorite saint when I was a child.
Hope these folks have stabilized enough not to do it again.
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That’s what I am thinking. Poor dog. What could she have been feeling when they dumped her?
Completely lost. I took in a Walker Hound that had been dumped nearly a year ago, she was running up to every passing car with her tail wagging, thinking it was whoever had put her out, and then slinking away dejected when the car didn't stop. I watched this for several minutes, and decided to stop and get her, she would have been dead before long, run over, if I hadn't.
She's a sweet girl, and loves me very much. She does try to get out of the yard though, and has several times. I do wonder about that. But, anyone who would dump a dog anywhere near a busy road doesn't deserve to have one. I put up posters in the vicinity, checked the ads online and in the paper for several weeks, nobody was looking for her. She was dumped. The jerk(s). We're happy with one another, so it turned out as well as it could have.
I got my latest dog that way. He’s an adorable Tshih-Tsu (sp?)and as loving a dog as you can get. We tried to find the owners by putting in ads and putting up posters, but to no avail. We even checked him with the vet to see if he had a chip imbedded in him. I can’t imagine anyone dumping this precious little dog, but their loss is our gain.
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I try to just be happy that somebody’s thoughtlessness in their lives led to joy in mine, there’s no understanding the intentional cruelty behind it, though. It still gets to me every time I see a dog by a highway that looks lost or scared. I try to help when I’m able, but that’s not often enough. I’ve gotten my neighbors’ dogs back from being lost so many times they’ve taken to calling me the dog whisperer, lol. All it takes is a box of treats and listening for the uproar of other dogs in the distance. Nothing special.
We found our dog, who we guess to be a shepherd/husky mix, as a stray in a local forest. She was hot, tired, underweight, and had holes in her paw pads. There were people in the park that day, but no one bothered. I’ve never seen a stray animal I don’t try to help. so I pulled the car over and opened the door. She climbed right in. We checked with the local SPCA, but no one was looking for a dog matching her description. We debated keeping her because she doesn’t get along with our other dogs and cats, but we simply keep her separated. She’s a sweetheart, and I’m glad we found her.
Amen.
Thanks for the ping. Good story.
God bless you. She’s a lucky dog.
As for the running away, have you trained her to come every time you call by giving her treats?
May the dumper rot in hell.
Probably unaware that she was being dumped. That's why she kept running away. All she knows is Dad gave her to some people and they took her to the back just like at the vets and then she couldn't find him anymore. That's why she kept running away, after all she just HAD to find him.
What I’m saying is the poor dog was probably beside herself with fear and worry.
We have a wonderful dog that we got from the Humane Society just a year ago last month. When we first met him he had been dropped off just the night before and was being kept in isolation because he was just so darned scared. I had never seen a dog shaking so much in my life.
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