Hi, I’m Lolly. At least that is what my new family is calling me. They are bringing me home today! I’m so excited to go live with them that they can call me whatever they want!
I’m pretty excited because it’s been a crazy few months for me. I had another human dad for a really, really long time. How long? Well, guess how old I am? Go ahead, guess! I don’t look a day over 6, do I? And lemme tell ya – I don’t act like it either. But I’m 12. (That’s right – old enough to know better, but young enough to do it anyway! Ha!)
Anyway, one day my human dad wasn’t feeling so well. Some neighbors took me in for a while while my dad went to some place called a hospital. Then one day my neighbor friends got a phone call that made them seem very sad. They were saying my human dad’s name and other words I didn’t understand like “died” and “passed away.”
Then the neighbors brought me to a cool place called a shelter, where there were lots of other dogs to play with, and people who would come visit us. My new friends told me it was a place where dogs go to find new human parents to take them home! The people who worked there were really, really nice.
This is what I looked like when my neighbor friends brought me in. They didn’t know how to brush me, so I was a little matted and itchy:
Then the nice shelter people gave me a haircut to make me look cuter. Aren’t I photogenic?
But I was still pretty itchy, so they shaved me so I could get all the mats off. I felt much, much better:
I was at the shelter for a long time, though. It wasn’t too bad – the people who worked there saw how nice I was, so they would take me to schools and I would help teach kids about pets and adoption. The kids would always pet me and play with me. I LOVED that.
But I would see lots of my doggie friends finding new human families and going home with them. It made me sad to see them go, and I wished I could have a new family too.
I don’t know why it took so long for me. Lots of the humans who came in said they were looking for puppies or young dogs. But just because I’m 12 doesn’t mean I wouldn’t love them!
Then one day a nice man and lady came in to see me. I liked them a LOT! Especially the lady. She gives really, really good belly rubs, so I kept going back to her for more.
They came back again the next day, and guess what? They brought their dog Boogie! I LOVED him! I kept trying to play with him, but he kept running away. I wasn’t offended. I know he’ll love me when he gets to know me.
The nice people at the shelter told me that the nice humans and Boogie are going to be my new family! Yay! They are coming to get me today. I’m so excited! I get parents AND a brother! I’ll miss all my doggie friends, but I’m sure they will get forever homes soon too.
I’m a total sap for this. I almost cried. Yay Lolly!