Today, life changed a little bit for us. This was not an expected change but it has definitely been worth it. When I told Gracie of the great new change in store for us, she couldn't wait. She unpatiently waited till Daddy drove into the driveway and then stood a the door waiting.
Last week, I told you all that we were adopting and we were so excited. We had known about our new dog for about two months before I told you all. We have carefully planned and could hardly wait. This was not something we were jumping into because I already had my hands full with two little ones so a puppy was out of the question. A full grown, well trained dog was just fine.
Then Saturday came and we got a call that put my stomach in turmoil. The dog would not be able to come into our home because there was no inexpensive way to get him from Texas. The carefully laid plans to get him here were now not possible and even with lots of hard work on my sister's part, there was no way to get the dog here. Sunday, the decision was made...we were not going to be adopting after all.
I began to do a quick search around here to see if by chance there were any dogs that needed a forever home. We found a few at our local Humane Society and had plans to visit there today. Again, our plans were shattered when some other things came up.
Today, while waiting for husband to come home, I just decided to look again at a local online "swapmeet" where people either sell or giveaway their items. In the free section, a Boxer/Black Lab had just been listed - not even 10 minutes before I looked. It also just happened that my husband was just 3 minutes away from the home that the dog was staying. The family was desperately looking to find a "forever home" for the dog that they had owned for three years. In just a couple days, they were going to take him to the pound because they just couldn't take him to the place where they were moving to.
His name is JD and he is now a part of our family. My husband brought him home so that we could do a "test run" for a few hours with our home, children, and entire family. It didn't take us long to determine that JD would be a perfect fit. Gracie loves her new friend.
JD is very sad and I would love some tips on how to help him. He is an incredibly well behaved dog and we couldn't be more thankful for the beautiful "new boy" in our family.
If you are great with dogs, I would love to hear your thoughts. He is very sad, has never had a consistent food diet, and is very thin even for a Boxer. What is the best way to get him accustomed to our home?
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