New Beginning for our Fernie girl

Fern headed to her forever home in British Columbia this morning. We went to Mercer Island's Luther Burbank Small Dog Area early so she could run off some energy but apparently all small dogs go to brunch on Mother's day so it was just her and a geriatic Shih Tzu at the park. Fern attempted to wrestle with him but he only wanted to hump her so after awhile she gave up and chased the ball. She would have loved to hang with the big dogs over in that part of the dog park. They get access to the beach and then lots of dirt to make mud with but we didn't want to hand over a muddy dog for a 4 hour car ride.

After about 20 minutes of sprints in the park we walked back to the parking lot to meet up with her new family. Below you see her with her new mom, Natalie and then checking out her new car and the crate she'll be riding home in. We sniffled a bit on the way home because Fern is one of those dogs who you know is going to be a "heart dog". She connects to her humans in that very special way and is about the friendliest gal you'll ever meet - to dogs, kids, adults - pretty much everyone she meets. While we will miss her we're ecstatic she found such a great, loving home and know that she has a wonderful life ahead of her. A very happy ending for the skinny, coughing stray that New Rattitude's Lynn Bonham pulled from the Central California SPCA Animal Shelter.