"You are such a Joy!". That's what this new lady keeps saying to me. So now she just says "Joy" and I
know she is talking to me. I wasn't always like this. My doggie memory recalls long ago when I was young. A nice lady
owned me and took care of me. She was my love, someone to follow around the house and we kept each other company. Then
one day she went away and I was taken to a terrible place. No more warm bed, no more clean food or water, only lots and
lots of other dogs, all miserable and crying for food. Worst of all, no nice lady or any person to love and talk softly
to me. This new place is called a puppy mill. The bright spot of my long days there was having puppies. Lots of puppies.
I tried to take care of them as best I could, but I was so hungry, cold, and weak myself that I gave them everything I could.
Then, with each litter, my precious babies were taken out of my small cage, never for me to see them again. I hoped that
they went to nice homes like the one I once had. All hope of seeing my loving owner faded over the many seasons I was at
the puppy mill.
Then, at Christmas, something amazing happened. Animal control came in trucks and vans and loaded up me
and many of the other sad dogs who were at the puppy mill. They took us to a clean place where we were bathed and looked
at. It was wonderful to be clean again! Some people came and looked at me, shook their head and said, "no, she has a tumor,
and is older than the others". I tried to look my best, gently put my feet up on the bars to smile at them and show them
I knew how to love a human, that I was only about 5 people years old, but they walked past. Then, one lady from SBRET paused
at my door. "Look at her personality! This one deserves a chance". And she gently took me in her arms and carried me out
to a car. The next stop was to a vet that was kind and gentle. They understood how to love and care for a little 6 pound
Chihuahua like me, so they spayed me, and took the big bump off of my side. Now I am feeling like a puppy again. So here
I am, at a nice foster lady's home eating clean food and sleeping in a warm bed. Gratitude is something that dogs like me
understand. I am determined, with all of my heart, to show this new human that I can be a wonderful companion. And the
nice lady says I am brilliant because I already know about polite house manners. I can walk on a leash, already go potty
outside, wait quietly in a crate if she has to go somewhere, and best of all, even though this is only a temporary home, I
have a human who I can follow around and lie by her side. Humans are the best!
SBRET says it's a good thing to share the Joy, so maybe you could find a place in your heart for a sweet girl like me to
bring a little Joy into your life? My adoption fee is $175.
