We had adopted her at the age of 7 from a wonderful shelter in Maine. I
looked on all the local shelter sites for four months including CVHS,
MSPCA in Boston and others. Last week I decided to look on PetFinder.com
where there are approximately 150,000 dogs and cats looking for homes.
After searching for hours one dog caught my eye and that of my husband
who has been mourning the loss of our last dog.
"Sammie" is her
name and she lives with a wonderful owner in St. Louis, Missouri. Her
owner, Mark, has to give Sammie up because he is a Marine and being
deployed for two years. He could not find a family member to take her
for that timeframe so after much anguish he decided to contact the
shelter where he adopted "Sammie" from two years ago and ask their help
in finding her a loving home. Stray Rescue of St. Louis put her adorable
picture on PetFinder.com. We applied for her and the owner picked us as
positive adopters after refusing about 30 other applications. He liked
that I was home with my dogs, had two other rescue dogs, and that I had
lots of room to run with them here in Vermont.
I spoke with the
owner on the phone and we had a wonderful conversation, though he is
filled with heartache having to give up his dog. I assured him my family
would do him proud as owners and keep him up to date on "Sammie." The
owner is so grateful we are adopting her that he is driving from his
home in St. Louis, 1,500 miles, to bring her here on April 2. He has
never been to the East Coast and will stay with us for a night before he
heads back to his home to deploy on April 15. It will be a very lonely
trip home for him.
In any event, I think this story may be of
interest in the fact that our men and women in the military sacrifice a
lot for our country. In this case, the love of his beloved pet.
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