Originally Posted by KimInMD  True Story
I was helping out at an adoption event at PetSmart, and told the director of our local rescue group I fostered for, that I would take home a little male Yorkie they just got in from a PA. puppy mill. Awhile later, a lady came to the event looking for a companion dog. Sadly, she had lost both parents and her husband within 3 weeks of each other. Her only son lived out of state, and she was alone. She chose my Yorkie pup. She snuggled him and cried. He licked her chin. I wasn't sure who needed who more. I knew in my heart she would check out fine and that they were a match. The director said she was sorry. I told her if she ever saw a little female at a mill or a shelter, to pull her for me. She promised she would. That was at 6pm on March 26th, 2011. I went home, showered, and took the family to dinner at the local pizza joint. It was bitter cold that night, and it began to snow. At 10pm, we were headed home, when out of the corner of my eye, I saw a little Yorkie running down the 4 lane road we were on. I hollered "stop the car", jumped out, stopped traffic, and went running down the middle of the road in the snow. It took some help, and when I finally scooped her up, a dry crust of bread fell out of her mouth. I took home this matted, flea infested, stinky little dog, and cleaned her up. Her toenails were so long they were embedded into her footpads. Both ears were full of infection. Her rotten teeth were impacted into her sinus cavities, she was full of cancerous tumors, she had kidney disease, dementia, and she was deaf. Of course, no one claimed her. I came here to Yorkie Talk for the first time, asking what I should do. That day, I got the best advice I've ever been given in my life. I adopted Lucy, patched her up, and she became the love of my life. My husband, who was always indifferent to dogs, fell head over heels in love with her too. We were the most blessed couple in the world for God to have loaned us that beautiful little girl for 22 wonderful months. Sadly, we lost our sweet Lucy on Jan. 9th of this year. We miss her more each and every day, but our home and our hearts will never be without a Yorkie again. Now Mia and Allie have stolen our hearts, and every day is a new and wonderful adventure. When people ask where we got our Yorkies from, I always tell them "God sent us our Yorkies". To me, it's so much more than a coincidence. That's my story, I firmly believe it, and I'm sticking to it! |