After losing my beloved Coton de Tulear in January 2014, I was looking online for a facility in the area where I might be able to volunteer for awhile when I saw Nella's photo and video. I went to meet her on January 29 and then again on January 31. I had put in an application for adoption after our first meeting and was in love after our second meeting.
At the second meeting she waltzed onto my lap and we hung out on the floor in the lobby for an hour and a half (with Nella napping for most of it). Deanna, the gal who was assisting me, asked Nella if she had made her choice at which time Nella looked at her, licked my hand, and went back to sleep. However, the board decided to place her with another family - one who had a yard, a doggy friend and someone who was home most of the day. I was sad but understood.
Then the next week was crazy busy at work and resulted in a ton of OT for me; the following week (February 11-12, 2014) I was traveling for said work. Thursday morning, back in the office, I received an email from Cagefree K-9 Camp & Rescue asking if I was still interested in adopting her. Turned out Nella isn't good with cats and the family who adopted her had a cat so they returned her to Cagefree on Friday (Valentine's Day). Well, duh, of course I still wanted her. I picked her up Sunday, February 16 after church. When they brought her down to me, I held her up and said, "I thought I'd never see you again. What do you say we go home?" Her response was to snuggle close and attach herself to my heart-strings. She is still my little love-bug and I am forever thankful to her for rescuing me.
LAKE FOREST, CA
