Angel

We adopted an angel on 27 Dec....

yes her name is Angel!!!

So we lost Jake that you can see under "My Animals"

that is pictured to the right in May of 2017.

He was 14 and had heart failure.  He

was a great dog that came from the Humane Society.

I hoped for a big dog.  Great Dane, Bull Mastiff  or St Bernard.

We were trying to go through rescues that had dogs that would

 fit in our household with our critters but the rescues we encountered

were not friendly or helpful.  So on Dec 27th I told my

 husband lets just go to all the shelters and see

what we see.  So we went to several.

Didn't see any big dogs. Then we pulled up to the

Oakland ASPCA  I noticed the clock read 11:11. 

I should mention that over the past years I notice

repeating numbers throughout my day. Like 1111 or 2222.

I have read that it can indicate that you are

on the right path you should be on.  So coincidence maybe....

but I choose to believe we were

meant to find her and for her to

find us. When we walked in

the first dog I came to was Angel. 

She looks pretty sad.

She obviously was neglected

She was 96 lbs. when she

was dropped off at the shelter.

Her papers said they

couldn't care for her.

My husband and I went to lunch

to think about it.  It brought me

to tears thinking of her there.

I told him I want to get her and

so back we went and my husband

got her for me.  We took her

back out of the kennel and this is

a pic of her at the pet room

while we filled out all the

info for her.

from the shelter to home...

She got a nice Serta foam bed.  I tried

it out and you can't feel any hard

floor underneath.

The shelter vet prescribed medicated

baths 2x per week.

Currently we are keeping

Taz and the bunnies

separated from her while

she gets settled in.

 

She does fine with Murphy

and listens well when I tell

her to "leave it" meaning not

to sniff Murphy.

Such a wonderful surprise to have her.

I can remember when I was in 1st or 2nd grade

and we lived in Fort Bragg NC and this person

on our street had a St. Bernard.  I would go

down there every week and knock on their

door and ask if I could pet their dog. 

Now 43 yrs. later, I  have my own St. Bernard!

She goes on walks everyday

as long as it's not raining

or too bitter cold with her

lack of fur.

Yesterday she went to the vet.

The vet thinks her thyroid might

be a problem so we did a test for that a

and are waiting on the results.

She weighed in at 105!

I think she is adjusting to

her first week with us

fantastically!  I will keep you

posted of her progress!