Sunday, June 27, 2010

Bodie

Well, we are suckers and ended up at the Williamson County Animal Shelter and came home with a souvenir. Some friends had posted on their FaceBook statuses that the animal shelter had taken in 30 dogs in 48 hrs and were overstocked. They are a kill shelter and were hoping to get many of the dogs adopted out before they had to make tough decisions. We had talked about getting a lab over the years, but weren't currently in the market for one, but with what was about to happen we decided we could fit one more dog in our lives. Because he had been there for over a month he was only $25 instead of $75. Also because he's black they have a special fund where they'll reimburse you $75 toward a training class. I guess black dogs are hard to get adopted...who knew.

Bodie is lab mix, maybe with Border Collie because he has a white patch on his chest and some on his feet, but he has a lab head and tail and is as big as a horse! He was a stray and had been at the shelter for 10 weeks. We think maybe his number was coming up sooner than later. He was the only dog in the place not barking when all the others were having a fit....he quickly remedied this when we got home. He is around 1 yr old and 65 lbs and is very sweet and calm. Marley is completely oblivious to him, but Sophie is scared to death by him. She's been on her best behavior this wekend (or maybe it was the trip to the pound that showed her what life CAN be like). The boys like him but he's a little too rambunctious when he gets to playing so they keep their distance. He's got this massively deep, booming bark that will scare away anything that comes near him. He has a lot of potential and we can't wait to see how well he fits into our home.

So if you have a little space, please go check out your local shelter.

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