I will close the night with this adoption because it's pretty fabulous. ![]()
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This adoption story is a little long, so hang in there with me.![]()
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Gargon and Nellie came to us from a terrible situation a few months ago. Their owner was in prison, and his mom was feeding them. The mom reached out to animal control to see if they could help locate homes for them. They loved these dogs, but knew they needed help to give them a better quality of life than living outside on a chain in the very cold and hot weather in Oklahoma. We were happy to take both of these sweet Bordeaux’s into our rescue.![]()
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Flash forward to a few days before Christmas and Laura (I’m writing this) got a text from a previous adopter who was on a big family cruise. This adopter is a pretty special family to our rescue as they have adopted from us multiple times and have supported our rescue in so many ways. It was pretty exciting to get a message from Melissa and Greg Swindle from Arlington, TX. Our relationship with this wonderful family dates back to 2018 when they adopted a Frenchie from us that we called Glory – her name now is Maci Mae, and she is 12 years old now. Then they adopted a Bordeaux from us named Mummy – named Maggie Lou, but she passed this past September. They also adopted Scout and English Mastiff female from us, and she is now 9 years old.![]()
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The whole family including their daughter Maddi and her husband were discussing Gargon on the cruise and decided to reach out about him. When I spoke to Melissa, I let her know that if they might consider adopting Nellie as well that we would be thrilled because these two dogs are bonded in a very healthy way and just love each other. Melissa told me that right now they just didn’t feel like they could take on two mastiffs at one time and I completely understood that. It’s a lot to ask in taking on two giant breed dogs.![]()
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While they waited from December 22nd until January 20th for Gargon to be ready for adoption they continued to watch the page and follow the progress of Nellie and Gargon and they saw that there was still no family for Nellie. Cue the HUGE TEARS now…… On January 20th I again got a special text from Melissa letting me know that their adult daughter and husband who live just down the road from Melissa and Greg wanted to adopt Nellie! I think you could hear the loud cheers from all of us into outer space. A few days ago, the family drove out to the Sanctuary to bring both dogs home and now they will always be together. Gargon is now named Farley and Nellie will always be Nellie. There’s just nothing like a happy ending is there?![]()
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Goodnight everyone