Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Tonight's video was posted to YouTube in 2009. This is another one I recently founded and decided to post it on the blog. This was classic Mattie. He decided to sit by the piano and just play. He was making up the music, out of his head. Keep in mind that I had to carry Mattie to the piano bench, as he could no longer walk, nor lift his arms over his head. Which was a result of limb salvaging surgery. What is a hoot about this video is that while Mattie was playing, the phone rang. Watch his response to this!!!
Quote of the day: I am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular. But I would like to think that at a crucial moment, I was an effective voice of the voiceless, an effective hope of the hopeless. ~ Whitney Young
Look who is DOG of the WEEK at Dogtopia!!!! The Dogtopia team emailed me today and said, "Sunny is Dog of the Week according to the boards! We all know he's Dog of the year though!"
You can see the actual posting in two places....on their website (https://www.dogtopia.com/alexandria/) and on their electronic board located in the waiting area of Dogtopia of Alexandria.
Sunny has only stayed at Dogtopia two times so far, but I can see he has worked his charms on a few of the caregivers already. It was so lovely to receive this email today. I feel quite certain that Sunny was a therapy dog of some sort before coming to us. Why? Not only because of his calm and gentle demeanor, but because he really sticks close to one person and follows them around. He watches my every move, if I go upstairs so does he. He comes with
me practically everywhere. He responses to hugs, pets, and affection. As he can give it, he also needs to receive it. He is a fascinating animal to be caring for.
This photo on the left was taken in June of 2016, when he was living in a shelter in South Carolina. This is the ONLY data I had on Sunny, when I selected him electronically from the rescue shelter. I knew he was five years old and a border collie mix. But I KNEW nothing about his personality, disposition, or behaviors. Yet when I saw this photo, I saw something in his eyes that caught my attention. To me, he looked smart and loving. I was RIGHT on both accounts! But it was risky to rescue a dog sight unseen. Fortunately the rescue shelter here in DC gives you a trial week to see if it is the right match for your family. As soon as Sunny saw me enter the room of his foster family's home last September, he walked right up to me and took to me immediately and then sat in Peter's lap. So I think he understood he had found his forever home.
You can see the actual posting in two places....on their website (https://www.dogtopia.com/alexandria/) and on their electronic board located in the waiting area of Dogtopia of Alexandria.
Sunny has only stayed at Dogtopia two times so far, but I can see he has worked his charms on a few of the caregivers already. It was so lovely to receive this email today. I feel quite certain that Sunny was a therapy dog of some sort before coming to us. Why? Not only because of his calm and gentle demeanor, but because he really sticks close to one person and follows them around. He watches my every move, if I go upstairs so does he. He comes with
This photo on the left was taken in June of 2016, when he was living in a shelter in South Carolina. This is the ONLY data I had on Sunny, when I selected him electronically from the rescue shelter. I knew he was five years old and a border collie mix. But I KNEW nothing about his personality, disposition, or behaviors. Yet when I saw this photo, I saw something in his eyes that caught my attention. To me, he looked smart and loving. I was RIGHT on both accounts! But it was risky to rescue a dog sight unseen. Fortunately the rescue shelter here in DC gives you a trial week to see if it is the right match for your family. As soon as Sunny saw me enter the room of his foster family's home last September, he walked right up to me and took to me immediately and then sat in Peter's lap. So I think he understood he had found his forever home.
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