Very random post ahead since I’ve had pictures on my camera for a while.
I wanted a nice picture of Dolly and she was laying nicely on the deck stairs so I figured that was a good setting. I got this really nice picture of her:
As is typical when photographing pets, I had to take several shots before I got this one. This was one of the others, and I thought it was funny:
Wow. That’s a really long tongue!
We were at Mom and Dad’s last weekend to celebrate their 50th anniversary. I made the cake and it came out pretty well. I’ve lost my touch so there were some flaws, but nothing too horrible. Mom and Dad’s picture came out nicely too.
Today I did my first “transport” for a rescue dog. This 1 year old shepherd was at our local shelter. He had been adopted, but then was taken to the vet for his tests and shots and tested positive for heartworm disease and subsequently returned to the shelter. When I read this boy’s story, I knew he was doomed to be put down because it’s very expensive to treat heartworm disease and in our county, I just knew no one would be willing to pay to have it done. Honestly, I don’t know that I’d want to pay to have it done myself. So I turned to the folks on a german shepherd messgae board I belong to (because Sam is half shepherd) and found out that they already knew about him and were looking for help for him. They found someone who was willing to foster him, and a rescue organization willing to pay for his treatment, they just needed someone to bring him from here to Cleveland. Since I wanted to help him and the trip to Cleveland is very familiar to me, I instantly volunteered. We set it all up and I picked him up from the shelter this morning. He’s a big boy, and still a puppy and probably a stray so he needed some manners, but for the most part he was an angel. He hopped in my car and we came back to our house for a little exercise before getting on the road. I took him out with the golf cart and he ran along with me like a champ. I knew he’d been pent up for a while and thought he’d enjoy the run. After a few laps around the property, we hopped in the car and headed toward Cleveland. He was great in the car, better than Sam even. Got in the back seat, laid down and didn’t cause a fuss the whole way up. He took treats gently from my hand, gave me a few kisses on the way and was all around a great dog. Stinky, very stinky, but a great dog. I delivered him to his foster dad who will get him groomed and cleaned up, treated for the heartworm then hopefully placed in a good home.
I was glad to be a part of helping this boy and I’m grateful for all the people out there who do this all the time. Good luck Storm and Bob. I hope the next month is good for you. Sorry about the pictures, I didn’t think to take any when we were here at the house so I tried to shoot these while driving.
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