Being
an animal lover, I go out of my way to make things better for those animals I
can. A number of years back, I was
approached by a woman friend of mine to help extricate an animal in need from a
portion of her property where illegals had taken up residency and were abusing
a poor puppy. Plans were made, and the
day to remove the puppy finally came.
My
oldest daughter and I went in to get the pup.
All went well enough. When we got
it home, we gave it a bath due to the filthy conditions it had been subjected
to. By the time we were done fluffing
the puppy with towels, both my daughter and I were a mess. Our eyes were watering and swollen, we were
coughing and our noses had gotten all stuffed up. Realizing we were allergic to the dog, our
hopes of being able to keep him became a thing of the past.
The
next day, I was inspired to take the puppy to my kids’ elementary school and
introduce him to the staff members. One
of them, a past teacher of my daughters, fell in love with and adopted him.
A
short time later, it was discovered that the dog had severe epileptic seizures
due to the amount of times it had been kicked in the head by its abusers. But the teacher and his wife, already in love
with the dog, did everything they could to give the guy a good life.
Over
the years, I’ve kept up with them to learn the progress of the puppy, and have
always been pleased to hear how well he’s doing. Today, walking into one of our local
Starbucks, I happened upon the now grown puppy, the teacher and his wife. I was thrilled to see how much the puppy had
thrived under the love and attention of his new home. How being given the proper care and
medication needed, he’s been able to live a relatively normal life. Though he’ll always bear the scars of his
past abuse in the form of seizures, the dog now has a fulfilling life where
he’s surrounded by those who would do anything to ensure his quality of life.
I love happy endings. And when I’ve had a hand in helping to bring
those about…all the better!
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