Happy Adoption Update "ISABELLE" aka "NELLY"
adopted 2007- 2008 Multnomah County Animal Services
"
Just
under 12 years ago, I walked in there with my dad and sister (I was
16), to find a new dog. I had just let my favorite dog go to the rainbow
bridge shortly before that.
I
did not think I would find one that was meant to be. I almost walked
out because I didn’t feel anything for any of them. Then my sister said
“Hey look at this one! She’s the only quiet one here, all huddled in the
corner of her kennel! It looks like she sat in white paint!” (She had
white fur on her butt at that point).
We
took her out in the play yard to see how she was. She opened the bucket
full of all the hair balls and started eating them🤦🏼♀️ I knew in
that moment that I loved her. Something about her. Her name was Nelly
with you guys. She had been there 11 days. You guys told me that if she
didn’t go home soon, she could be euthanized. (volunteer note: that would be much less likely to happen today)
That dog had me hooked.
We
chose her. And no adjustment period was ever needed. She ran to the car
on her leash, and picked a bed in the house that was hers when we got
home.
Fast
forward to now. She’s 14, her name is Isabelle. She is the happiest
dog. Has a great life still. Has been loved dearly and taken on many
adventures. I know she won’t be with me much longer. And I cherish every
day that I get with her. Through the farts and burps of hers. Through
the sick and healthy. She is my best friend in this whole world.
I
just felt like you guys deserved an update. To know that she has never
spent a day wondering if she was loved. She has done her full duty to
keep her family safe, even though she’s a terrible guard dog because
there isn’t a mean bone in her body.
Isabelle D. is living her best life. And will continue to do so til the end of her time here with me.
I
can’t thank you guys enough for holding onto her just long enough for
me to find her. I don’t know what I would have done without her all
these years.
"
- Brittany D.
