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Eli...
Lobo, who is now known as Eli, was
a fight from the beginning and well worth it. We received a call from a
volunteer at the San Gabriel shelter who wanted to save his life and see
him not be euthanized at the shelter. Now, we'd pulled many dogs from
this shelter before and it had always been a simple process. But not
apparently this time when all we wanted was a 6 year old Chow.
We eagerly agreed to take Lobo and
when we went to the shelter to bail him, suddenly because a teenage
volunteer had taken a liking to him, he wasn't available. Now, he'd been
at the shelter for 6 months. He wasn't going to be adopted by this
teenager and her family but they enjoyed seeing him and visiting with
him. This awesome dog had an opportunity to go live in someone's home,
sit on the couch, sleep in a comfy bed, until he found a permanent home.
Or he could stay at the shelter, where there wasn't any heat or air,
where he slept on the cold cement and where depending on capacity could
be euthanized at any time. For most volunteers, they would be jumping
for joy that a dog they liked suddenly had the opportunity to get out of
the shelter, let alone to go to a no-kill rescue who loves Chows and
places them appropriately. But not this teenage volunteer. And so the
battle began...
So, after some wrangling, after we
filled out forms, were questioned by numerous folks (all which is never
done to the public when adopting), turned down, came back, numerous
calls, after we paid an exorbitant amount just to bail him (more than
we'd ever paid at this shelter before to save a life), he was finally
ours. And well, after you read where he ended up, I'm sure you'll agree,
it was all worth it!
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"We are at our dog limit!" Famous last words from my husband, Mike, who
lives with two dogs (a Yorkie and a Border Collie/Shepherd mix), two cats,
one child, and a high maintenance wife. In my mind the Yorkie was too small
to count as a full dog and I would never admit that the Border Collie mix
was like having three dogs in one. I convinced my husband to allow me to
foster homeless dogs through Zara's List. This worked out fine. I got my
dog fix, my husband knew they were not staying and our daughter got exposed
to more lovable creatures. Our foster dogs came and went. All
transitioning from our home to their permanent family home. I felt good
about letting them go because the families approved by Zara's List were
carefully examined and coached in the art of K9 care.
26 Nov 2007
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