May 2, 2008
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I have been feeling guilty about Boomer and Cali being penned up so much lately. If I let them out of the cage together, they go traipsing all over creation. Sometimes they don’t come home til the next day. We let them out about six weeks ago and they were gone for the night. That hadn’t happened in a long time. And when they left, Boomer had on his old leather collar which was really stinky and kinda slimy as it was snowy and wet. The next day, I went out and called for him and he came running around the corner of the house with a new red collar on. Cali was with him but she didn’t have any jewelry.
We have kept them penned a lot recently. Today I went out to take pics for the challenge and I let Boomer out and put Cali on the tie out cable. That way, Boomer will hang around because Cali is his partner in crime. I went out of the house to run into town this afternoon and heard a voice saying, “Come on, Max! Follow me home. Come on!”
There was a car just beyond our pine tree at the edge of the yard and the driver was calling Boomer.
I called for Boomer and he came running and sat on my feet. The car started backing up. I was curious.
It was a neighbor from a farm next to my in-laws’.
“How long have you had that dog?” she says.
“Since he was a pup,” I answered.
“Well, we thought he was our dog that disappeared about five months ago. We bought him that collar. “
“Ah! That solves that mystery. This is my dog. I have pictures to prove it. My son kept him after he broke up with an ex-girlfriend. He’s been here since. He runs around with the white dog there.”
“Yes, she was with him. I have pictures of him, too. My kids were so happy. We thought Max had come home after being gone for months. I was sure he’d been killed on the road. Then that dog showed up and he looked just like Max. They were so happy.”
“Well, I’m sorry. He’s my dog.”
With that she drove away and I walked in the house. I told my husband about our mistaken neighbor and then it came to me!
I got in my car and drove to the neighbors’ farm. She was telling her husband she had found the collar.
I asked them if they would consider taking both Boomer and Cali. They looked at each other and the wife blurted, “Yes!!”
They have two children, a boy and a girl. There are three other children at the farm most of the time. My dogs love kids. I have no kids at home. They have a farm with a lake. My dogs are labs. They love water.
They live less than a mile from me. I will be able to visit whenever I want. I love my dogs and because I do, I gave them to a new family.
The little girl, whom I just met today, gave me the biggest hug ever.
I will post pics of them with their new family in a few weeks, when they have become accustomed to their new family.
Comments (7)
Wow that was a very kind hearted and loving thing for you to have done
You should know what you did is very rare indeed and the world needs more people as compassionate and giving as you. Bless you 
xoxo Tynee
What a wonderful thing you did!
I’m very impressed. You had to have brought them so much happiness!
That had to have been hard, but I understand perfectly why you did it. Your generous heart is a rare gift.
@mommo5 - It was hard. And since they’re just half a mile away and are free to roam, I thought (kinda hoped) they’d be back to at least look for food. …but, no. They evidently are very happy with their new home. I don’t regret what I did. My son is a little upset with me. But he can’t have pets where he lives and I don’t think that option is in his near future. He can go visit them and play with them.
What a wonderful and hard thing you did for your dogs. They’ll be super happy with all that land and water. (My dog is half lab and she loves the water!) RYC-isn’t it amazing what people will do to get off work? The truth is always so much better…
What a wonderful thing you did for that family and for your pups too..