AS FATE WOULD HAVE
IT...SADIE IS SAFESadie is a three year
old sheltie-corgi mix who landed in our rescue program by fate. On a
long transport to pick up Ismir, two of
our volunteers passed a small high kill shelter and decided to stop.
When they walked into the building they found out there were no boxers
in the shelter, but pressed against the front of a wire kennel was a sad
little dog named Sadie.
Sadie did not bark or whine; she just looked
up at them with the most incredible expressive eyes they had ever seen.
When they knelt to talk to her, she moved but she did not stand…they
were concerned at first that something might be wrong with her hind
end. When they walked a few steps away from her she whimpered to get
their attention and they knew they could not leave her there.
We learned that Sadie was surrendered to the
shelter by a woman who only had her for two weeks after getting her from
a friend. She dropped off Sadie along with Sadie’s eight month old
daughter. The puppy was quickly adopted, however, they left Sadie
behind.
When our volunteers inquired about Sadie, the
shelter staff was elated that our rescue was interested. They said to go
ahead and take her because they kill dogs every day, and Sadie had
already been there for over a week.
As soon as they left the shelter, they took
Sadie for a much needed 'spa' treatment. Although it was late in the
day, and there were no available appointments, the groomers at
Petco decided they
would fit her in when they saw her. Poor Sadie was very worried at
first when she was handed over to them. She was most likely afraid that
she was being discarded once again.
While Sadie was being groomed, NBR made
purchases to replace her worn dirty collar with a cute harness and
matching leash. After an hour and a half, the groomer came out with
Sadie all nice and clean holding her like a
newborn baby.
Sadie looked so content and ever so pretty. Our volunteers happily
carried her out the door to take Sadie to her next new adventure.
Sadie rode great in the car, chose to curl up
on our volunteer’s lap, and quickly fell asleep. She was a joy to have
in the car, and was a wonderful trip companion. They proceeded on their
journey to pick up Ismir and, after a long
trip, Sadie was taken to meet her new foster mom and dad.
This is the fist report from Sadie’s foster
mom:
“Well, we have been home now for a little over
four hours with Sadie. The first hour was a slow process. Sadie
finally went to the bathroom, ate a little supper and then a little more
as she discovered that she was very hungry!!!
I had to pick her up and stroke and cuddle
with her for a while as she was a little shy once in the house. Sadie
finally came around and actually started playing with her toy…we are
going to the pet store tomorrow and see what else we can find to play
with!!!!
She really likes to have her belly rubbed. I
took a couple of pictures of her in HER chair. For some reason, she
decided that she likes my husband’s chair and as fast as she is out of
it she jumps right back up and curls up for a snooze. She has taken a
few naps over the past few hours as she seems to be a little tired with
all that traveling.
Sadie looks at our cat BOO with longing in her
eyes as though she would dearly love to make friends with him. BOO is
tolerating her presence and does not seem to be threatened by her so
far....eventually they will both come to some kind of understanding.
My daughter also came by this evening and was
surprised (we didn't have time to tell her that we had picked up our
foster) and so thrilled to see another dog in the house. Sadie and
Shaina bonded instantly and my daughter laughed and said...."I think
that Sadie is going to be a little bit of a princess". Whatever she is
she is awfully cute and appears to be moving right into her foster home.
How fortunate for Sadie that you decided to
stop and check out that shelter on your way to rescue the other dog. ”
