Life with Miss Molly

When Popster & I decided we would begin the search for another dog about the only we were in agreement with that we would not try to replace Liza. I had been doing a lot of research on-line & had found a couple of possibilities but never anything local.......or even in New York State for that matter!! I had even suggested driving about 300 miles (one way) to look at one dog I found. We finally decided to look at some shelters & rescue groups locally & decided if either one of us said no to a dog we would walk away no questions asked. Sunday morning I got up & started my usual search of the shelters & the one up the street which happens to be the first one on the list......starts with an A! They usually only had a couple of dogs mostly pitbull mix! I couldn't believe it when I saw a labradoodle as we had been checking out standard poodle or poodle mix dogs.

Needless to say we were "camped out" the the parking lot at 11:45 AM - they opened at noon. I went right in & found her & sent Popster back to the desk where he had to fill out an application & be interviewed before we could even take her out to the exercise area to check out. Meanwhile I have fallen totally in love with this scuffy looking dog & we were "bonding". When the girl finally came to take her out of her cage we got a good look at her extremely bad behavior - jumping & biting without stop. We also found she had been brought there because her owners couldn't control her behavior & she wasn't housebroken! After watching her for a few minutes I asked if I could take her. She did the same thing to me but after I told her no in a firm voice she calmed down & did okay. I walked back to the shelter staff & Popster & told her to sit & she sat at my feet. They said they had never seen her do that before. After falling love with her now I'm wondering if I'm crazy so I look at Popster figuring he is going to say no. Guess what he says - "It's up to you"!!!!!!!! At that point there was no looking back!

We have seen some amazing changes in a very short time which I figured could happen. She is already walking great on a leash, sits & is learning to come when called plus we are enrolled in an obedience class starting Saturday.

Last night when I got home from work she came running to meet me & "smooched" & then sat at my feet leaning into my legs the way Liza used to do..........I am beginning to think she has Liza's soul.