Bailey Comes Home

After Caleb was born I suppose that I simply felt overwhelmed and made a very, poor decision. I decided to give away my chocolate lab that was my baby before I had babies. She is sweet as can be, but also very destructive. She chews up anything left outdoors including anything shipped here or left here by other people. The last straw was when she chewed up someone else’s brand new digital camera. I was out there filling in holes, picking up trash all over the yard, and throwing away plants that she had killed and basically I decided that I had had enough. Needless to say, I still grieved the loss of her being with me on my walks, but I thought she could have a good home with another family. Boy, was I wrong.

My mom sent me the local humane society’s website b/c she thought that I might like to find a dog there for the boys that was smaller and easier. I had been doing much praying about finding a dog for our family to love and enjoy. Just like my pastor’s been preaching—God did intervene—just not in thee way that I thought he would.

I got on the humane society's website and saw my OWN DOG! After many calls and many more tears...She is home, and is glad to be here. I saw her picture on there and my heart literally BROKE. The prisoners (who work there) and the workers at the humane society were calling her Sandy, and they could not put her to sleep since they had become so attached to her.

She still does all her tricks and is hyper as ever...I don't know why I did what I did. I THOUGHT she was going to a nice family with 2 boys and one on the way BUT as it turns out she was meant to live here with us. I hope God will forgive me--she already has. The people that I gave her to did not keep her but a few weeks at best, and then LIED (said she was a stray and that she bit their son which is a TOTAL LIE--she was also burned so I guess they were too embarrassed to call me or something???) and returned her to the pound --NOT ME--even though I begged them to if it did not work out to call me. Such a travesty...I feel terribly guilty and am so sad about the situation

On a funny note:
She has now cost us close to 1k. 200 to get her, 75 to re-adopt her, 2 sets of work gloves, 2 pairs of boots, 2 Little people Nativity scenes that my sister just kept re-shipping (bless her heart),2 sets of New Balance shoes, jumper cables, a 400 digital camera, and numerous toys/plants/bowls that she has destroyed...but the love a dog is surely PRICELESS. I learned a very tough lesson about humankind today.

I hate myself for ever letting her go. It is so nice to have her greeting us once again at the top of the driveway each time we pull in! She still remembered where all her cow bones were hidden. Then next morning after she returned there was one in the middle of the yard (VERY NASTY AND STINKY) but I just smiled knowing that that will always be just part of our normal décor here. For better or for worse—we are together….

Come see us soon and plan to get dirty and slobbered on like always--