I write two blogs, one on animals but this morning I felt this needed to be included in my regular one. Growing up in the military, I knew we had always taken our dogs, regardless of where we moved to and finding housing that would accept a dog. Living outside the military since I became an adult, this process seems to be foreign to a lot of people. It has caused great sadness in the plight of homeless animals.
About a year ago, I helped a friend find a dog for her family. This family had never had a dog before, only cats but the kids were clamoring and the decision was made.
We visited several shelters but the black lab mix we met at one of the shelters stole my friend's heart so she called her husband to bring the kids. The pretty dog seemed perfect and she loved the kids so she found a home. She had been transported from a shelter in Georgia, a dumped dog in a rural area that was heartworm positive with very little history.
She now lives with her two kids, her mom and dad, cats and has turned in to a part of the family. She had to have some training for the cats and to behave around other dogs on a walk, but she adores her family and is extremely smart. She figured it out. She had won the jackpot.
My friends are moving back to England next week. Rainbow and her kitty sibling are going with the family. She is not being returned because of the struggles to take animals to another country. She is not going to go back in to a rescue situation. She is being treated as part of a family. That is how you own a pet. That is what you do when you move. You take your family members with you. It should not even be up for discussion.
So from being dumped on a rural road in Georgia to becoming a world traveler, Rainbow is having the time of her life and she is very loved. My only wish is that all humans who adopt animals would treat their new family members the same.
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