To know something, like you know your name or who your parents are, is such a wonderful gift. We often have these flashes of knowing; sometimes we ignore it and sometimes we can’t even if we tried.
I recently had a moment of knowing. I fought it, but thank goodness it won. I started following a page on Facebook for the Laurens County Animal Shelter in Dublin, Georgia a couple months ago. Their story was heartbreaking, over 200 animals in the shelter and if they hadn’t adopted them all out by late March the building would be shut down and the animals euthanized.
Now I follow many rescues and shelters, I can usually just exclaim over how cute they are, share the photo and move on. I donate when I can and I’ve fostered several dogs over the past few years. There was a dog posted though that I immediately shared and said, “Hubby! We need to go get this dog!”
I emailed the shelter for information on him; he came in as a stray and would need to be on stray hold for a few days. Just in case his owner came to claim him. I asked them to keep me posted. About a week later he was posted again, this time for ready for adoption. I emailed them and asked about heartworm testing and if they had transport available. They eventually got back to me, he was heartworm negative and transport may be available.
I told myself, I won’t go to great lengths, I’ll just keep trying slowly and if someone else adopts him before me then that’s OK. I have two dogs at home, I don’t need a third!
I messaged them, called them and messaged them all day before I finally got in touch with a wonderful and very helpful woman who was able to guide me through the “process” that this very neglected county shelter had. It took all weekend to get all my questions answered, but I finally paid his adoption fee on Sunday.
Turned out a friend was going through Georgia on their way back from a mini vacation so they offered to drive the hour and a half out of their way to pick him up. That saved me over 16 hours of driving! He would have to wait an extra week to get to me, but that would put his arrival past the end of my busy season at work, so I’d have more time to spend with him right away.
What does this reaffirm to me? When things are supposed to happen, they are easy and everything just seems to fall into place.
Murphy finally arrived at his forever home on Sunday and immediately was a hit! He’s very submissive, so my older dogs don’t feel threatened by him at all. They all have been playing together, which is something that the older dogs can be funny about. He’s 98% house trained and EXTREMELY smart, as all terriers are. Pretty much the perfect addition to our home, adopted sight unseen and untested with my babies.
When you know, trust it. The universe will take care of you, if you allow it.
I recently had a moment of knowing. I fought it, but thank goodness it won. I started following a page on Facebook for the Laurens County Animal Shelter in Dublin, Georgia a couple months ago. Their story was heartbreaking, over 200 animals in the shelter and if they hadn’t adopted them all out by late March the building would be shut down and the animals euthanized.
Now I follow many rescues and shelters, I can usually just exclaim over how cute they are, share the photo and move on. I donate when I can and I’ve fostered several dogs over the past few years. There was a dog posted though that I immediately shared and said, “Hubby! We need to go get this dog!”
I emailed the shelter for information on him; he came in as a stray and would need to be on stray hold for a few days. Just in case his owner came to claim him. I asked them to keep me posted. About a week later he was posted again, this time for ready for adoption. I emailed them and asked about heartworm testing and if they had transport available. They eventually got back to me, he was heartworm negative and transport may be available.
I told myself, I won’t go to great lengths, I’ll just keep trying slowly and if someone else adopts him before me then that’s OK. I have two dogs at home, I don’t need a third!
I messaged them, called them and messaged them all day before I finally got in touch with a wonderful and very helpful woman who was able to guide me through the “process” that this very neglected county shelter had. It took all weekend to get all my questions answered, but I finally paid his adoption fee on Sunday.
Turned out a friend was going through Georgia on their way back from a mini vacation so they offered to drive the hour and a half out of their way to pick him up. That saved me over 16 hours of driving! He would have to wait an extra week to get to me, but that would put his arrival past the end of my busy season at work, so I’d have more time to spend with him right away.
What does this reaffirm to me? When things are supposed to happen, they are easy and everything just seems to fall into place.
Murphy finally arrived at his forever home on Sunday and immediately was a hit! He’s very submissive, so my older dogs don’t feel threatened by him at all. They all have been playing together, which is something that the older dogs can be funny about. He’s 98% house trained and EXTREMELY smart, as all terriers are. Pretty much the perfect addition to our home, adopted sight unseen and untested with my babies.
When you know, trust it. The universe will take care of you, if you allow it.