Happy stories

Well, the last post to this blog was about 2 rescues that at the time I thought had failed. Happily, everything turned around after I wrote that entry and now both dogs will be saved.

Cocoa's owner stopped in the Pet Market today while I was working and let me know that she wanted to hold onto Cocoa until the last possible moment so she would bring her in to the store with her vet records and papers on Monday. I snapped a few pictures to send to prospective adopters and breathed a sigh of relief.

But my happiest story is about Abby, the rat terrier in Eastern Washington who with a flip of a coin in a shelter ended up in a hell that we didn't think she'd escape. Well, arrangements were made and the owners surrendered her to a good Samaritan in Pasco, WA who then drove her to Zillah to be handed off to a New Rattitude foster parent. The good Samaritan was told what a horrid dog she was and that they (the loser owners) had been beating her for 3 days when she was bad and she still didn't learn. Abby snoozed in the rescuers lap the entire drive to Zillah and perked up when she reached her temporary foster home in Yakima. She followed the humans around trying to get attention and it is reported that she is a spirited, typical rattie and doesn't seem to be sick at all. Tomorrow she and another rescue foster, Reese, will hitch a ride with friends from Yakima to the Seattle area and should be at the pet store with me by noon, safe and sound. Reese will then head up to a foster home in Seattle where he can go on a home visit to a potential adopters house and Abby will settle in with us for some TLC and training.

Although the sad stories happen way to often in the rescue world, I'm happy to say that often there are happy endings to be reported. Stay tuned for more info about Cocoa and Abby's adventures.