Special G-Dog Day

Today is G-Dog’s 1st Adoption day!

One year ago today, P and I traveled up the NJ turnpike to the Woodrow Wilson Service Plaza to meet and bring home our sweetie.

Yes, she peed in the car on the way home but we were prepared with a tarp in the back of the car. Yes, she barely sat down the whole way home. Probably just really happy to be out of the traveling RV kennel. We were just so happy to be bringing her home after 2 months of waiting that we could barely contain ourselves.

It all started when P and I decided we were ready to take the big step to getting a dog. We knew we were going to adopt and I began searching Petfinder.com. A couple places faulted us for not having a fenced back yard and this made me sad. Were we unfit to be dog parents? After all, all the books said you shouldn’t leave your dog outside unattended anyway. We were planning on twice a day walks for an hour each. Being rejected was heartbreaking. Then we found Daisy through PAWS – New England. PAWS works with Tipton Treasures in Tennessee. They bring dogs out of the kill shelters, vet them and adopt them out to people from Tennesee all the way to New Hampshire! Daisy was a lock for us but there was a family that just got in before us so Daisy went to another good home. As soon as they found out Daisy had already been adopted, I got an email about G-dog. She was at a kill shelter in Tennessee and was surrendered with two other dogs. We could not resist her cute face and smile from the picture we were sent and there was NO way we were going to let her be in a kill shelter. It was just SO wrong!

So we immediately said, YES! Get her vetted! We want to bring her home!

She still needed her heartworm test and she still needed to be spayed so we waited for each of those hurdles until we had our pickup day scheduled.

On June 13th 2007 we brought our little G-dog home. She is our southen belle and we love her more than we ever thought we could.
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  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/14933103811088365332 Brian in Mpls

    What a cutie

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/18341753113164178323 Lula!

    Oh, she IS a southern belle. Totally.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/08466593271512886307 Black Hockey Jesus

    I’m more of a cat person. Kinda.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/16056327117924455147 Mama Dawg

    She’s beautiful.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/07562634403635180290 Shelby

    Ahh she looks like a doll! What a sweetheart. I’m jealous.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/17444789984737988038 Cherlyn

    Awww! I so miss having a dog.Re: your comment:I’ve cleaned out my friends list once or twice. Just going through and deleting people I don’t talk to. Mostly it’s people I never really did talk to. And that’s what I don’t get…he and I talked not too long ago. He’s not online that much.

  • http://claimid.com/asthmagirl asthmagirl

    I’m a sucker for a dog face. I think mine have my number!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/13772208953959596713 insane mama

    aahhh, So glad you rescued her. My next dog will be a rescue dog for sure, but right now I have four dogs, so that will have to wait.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/11421804696146084068 Carrie

    Oh, the cuddle picture is so awesome! Do you really wear make up to bed? I’ve seen that on television shows, but never knew anyone that did that. Alright, the dog is gorgeous! I love the alert and attentive photos where the ears perk up just a little bit. My very first dog was a yellow lab, too. Thanks for playing

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/11724526923343865256 EmBee

    Awwwww, she looks a lot like our ‘Anna’ a pound puppy dog herself. Her full name is ‘Anastasia’ because at the pound she looked just like a displaced princess.Love the pics and happy dog day!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/04512609340464356355 Jared.

    dogs are so much better than cats.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05000384127075772584 Lex the mom

    She is a beautiful girl, isn’t she! Gorgeous doggy! I keep seeing these wonderful pets & really yearn for a pooch of our own. :( (I keep looking them up on our local humane website & fall inlove over & over again)

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/06071934037534209757 Kandace

    AWWWWW! What a cutie!

  • http://prettypaperbook.com/blog christie

    So Cute! We rescued our dog Marley too…it always seems as if he really appreciates us. Do you feel like that with your girl?

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/16794387734217000502 Los

    What a cute puppy! If we ever get a dog, I’ll probably try to save one too – it would just make me feel better.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/03040475544263267089 Judy Haley

    what a sweet dog

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/06254892316444101203 Lindsay

    You did a good thing! I got my girls from a shelter, and it just broke my heart not to be able to take every one of them out with me.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/15792389491137279542 Muffy Willowbrook

    Thank you for rescuing a dog!!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/12726021829363492972 MissKris

    I care for my two little grandsons and we also have a Lhasa Apso named “Chloe”. Sometimes I think Chloe needs more love and affection and attention than the two boys together! But I can’t imagine life without her.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/16047430228350114744 Sue

    Congratulations, Grace! Sounds like a great fit!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/07635883243058872110 Mrs. R

    She is so gorgeous! Happy one year together! Here is to many, many more!PS Word Verfiication is getting nuts: sqaymmcd

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/00892293258799500751 Heather

    She looks like such a happy dog! Awww…Happy Adoption Day!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/00736680428036053669 BS5 Blogger

    Hi Scargosun, I love it when your posts throw in several US States – it is cool to see lists of places so far away but on the doorstep to you!Does G dog bark with an American accent, and is it a particular US State accent?I see your leader is over here in England at the mo’ and our Gov’t is kow-towing not really letting any sort of protest get anywhere near the man! Roll on the US election!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459128354316846076 Kristen Andrews

    Hi fellow SITS Sister! She is such a pretty girl! I am a sucker for all cute dogs! We rescued a greyhound!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/10023417839687501752 Snooty Primadona

    She is absolutely ADORABLE and has a look of great intelligence. What a profile! I think it was in the cards for you two to have her. All of our pets have always been rescued from one place or another, so I’m a big believer in that.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/14660401535856930165 KC

    Glad to hear there are others still willing to adopt animals out of shelters. We saved all our kitties from shelters too.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/17396011907508627172 Sydney

    AWWWW! We found our pooch through petfinder.com too! She’s my first baby, that’s for sure! Shadow… a lab hound mix. Your girl looks very sweet!