Happy Endings
Dawby (previously
Bobby) After Bobby's first adoption failed, the volunteers for EGRR decided
that Bobby needed a job to do so they contacted a trainer at the Prison
Pet Partnership Program in Purdy, WA. In this program, inmates at the women's
prison train dogs to be service dogs. Bobby, renamed Dawby, did well with
his training and graduated in April, 2006. He now helps his new Mom with
mobility, retrieving objects and opening doors.
After 26 years and four Golden Retrievers,
we survived two years without one. We
discovered EGRR and voila, along came Sadie. At the end of her first day with us, it seemed like she'd always been here.
Sadie is eight years old and a comfort junkie. We wonder what her days
were like before. She is now in a place with lots of comfort, lots of walks
and lots of love.
Molly came
to us early this summer. We already had three dogs. The EGRR representative
didn't even bat an eye, of course I was speaking to them on the phone,
they seemed
to understand that sometimes it take 4 dogs to make a home. And that is what
we have now, a home. Molly is a 10 year old plays all of the time with Oscar.
She lies on the floor and he crawls all over her, wrestling and chewing on each
other. She gets along with Maggie and Emmy and our cat, Bobby. Every morning
around 7 she woofs. This is her question if it is okay for her to get on the
bed. She is so big that we can't sleep well but we get to cuddle and it is a
great way to wake up. Molly is a typical Golden, she gets along with everyone
and follows us wherever I go.
Jerry "Guardian
of the Sofa" was placed by EGRR several years ago to be trained to work in law enforcement.
After outliving his usefulness as a Narcotics De tection Dog, he was
returned to EGRR in early 2006. Believing the bond of adoption, especially
with
a working dog, should be for a lifetime, a sheriff's deputy, who had
the previous year adopted an EGRR dog and trained him in narcotics detection,
and his wife welcomed Jerry into their family. They both understood Jerry's
toy drive and need for human bonding and Jerry's new Mom gave him purpose
with a new job. He does agility every week and has even won qualifying
ribbons in several agility trials. Jerry did have to re-learn some behaviors
however, the first time he went in a tunnel, he would not come out because
he was looking for drugs!
This
is Maverick, our first foster dog...he was 6 years old
when we fostered him last July. He was given up by his owners of 6 years.
The last year they had him he was left outside 24/7 & pretty much
forgotten (neglected). We did not plan on adopting him, but his sweet
disposition was too much for us to resist. He became ours on Aug 1st.
We adopted Jake in March 2006, when he was 11 months old, and despite the information about issues he had in the past, such as chewing and being destructive, we have had an amazingly easy time training him. He goes swimming, backpacking, and sledding with us, and is just an all around amazing dog. (And it turns out he's also extremely photogenic!)
