Adopted a dog today

I wrote this all on Sunday. I forgot to post about it, so please just back date.


I truly think this little dog was meant to be mine. Short story...

Friday at work, one of my favorite customers came in, her and I got to chatting about good coffee houses and she was telling me of one she loves in Vegas and out of no where I blurted out "I'll be in Vegas on Sunday, maybe I'll check it out". I paused, looked at her in shock and said "I have no idea where that came from, I have no reason to be in Vegas on Sunday... but maybe I'll now make a day trip of it???" We both just laughed it off.

So yesterday a friend of mine whom I ride with, Debi, had posted on facebook going on and on about a little pit bull she had just adopted from a shelter out in Vegas. I had commented on the picture of the dog that she adopted. A few minutes later she sends me a PM saying how she saw a young lemon and white basset hound there, and he seemed like a real sweetie. At first I was like "yeah, whatever, just another dog in a shelter..." till she sent me his adoption page then my heart broke as I couldn't understand why someone would surrender a 6 month old basset hound pup and to a high rate kill shelter. I looked at his intake day and then yesterdays date and just prayed that he'd still be there come morning. It was to late to make the 60mile drive Vegas since the shelter would be closed by the time I got there. So I got up early this morning and made the drive. The workers were pretty shocked that I knew his info off the top of my head and that I wasn't interested in looking at any other dogs but only him. Got to his kennel and I was welcomed with lots of tail whacks and licks. I took him out for a bit in to one of the "play areas" and he was just so happy to be out, to stretch his little legs, play, cuddle, and oh and get many belly rubs. A few others commented how cute he was. I went on to tell them that I had a 1 year old basset at home and just love the breed.

So after spending an hour with him, I filled out adoption papers on him and will be picking him up tomorrow evening after he gets fixed.

I sadly didn't get any photos of him there as I was nothing but smiles and giggling at his silly antics.

Here is his shelter photo for now. I'll take some of him tomorrow for sure.


And the point of the story is... I guess I some how "knew" that I was going to be in Vegas today on Friday.

OH and he will need a name!

 

I'll post an update tomorrow.