We were living in Florida at the time, about eight years ago now, and knew we wanted a Yellow Lab. My husband would visit the animal shelter routinely in Orlando, about 20 miles from our house. We like to donate money or food as often as we can. This is a habit we continue to keep despite harder economic times in our household.
My husband spotted a 12 week old Yellow Lab at the shelter. He called me to tell me I needed to go over there and look at the dog also. When I arrived and asked to see the dog, they led me to the cutest puppy I'd ever seen! I knew right away I wanted to own him and take care of him.
Unfortunately, he was already spoken for. We were both very upset and sad. I happened to meet the adoptive parent on my way out of the shelter. I told her if it didn't work out with the puppy, please give me a call because we really wanted him.
What do you know! A few days later the phone rang and it was her, asking me if we still wanted the puppy. I said "Yes!". She explained that she had adopted it for her son who lived in an apartment and it wasn't going to work out.
Once in our car, he was so calm, almost shy and subdued.
Long story short for now - but more later - we began to acquaint him with ourselves and our house and two cats....the rest is happy history!
If you enjoy my blog and would like to contribute to our pets and the pets we try to help at the local animal shelter humane society, please go to
and click the Send Money tab. Then type in my email address, brbwhite@msn.comChoose the amount of money you wish to send, and that's it! Please know how much I appreciate your help. The animals cannot ask for help themselves, and we do everything we can to ensure they are pampered and know they are loved.
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