Sunday, May 23, 2010

Farewell, Poohbert!

Ah, the Poohbert. She's such a cutie.


Which is why we were a little mystified as to why nobody had called about adopting her in the two months we'd had her. We did have some friends who admired her, but no serious inquiries... until last weekend, when Barb, a woman from a rural town north of here, called to see if Poohbert girl was still looking for her forever home.

Barb was already partway down to our 'burb running errands when she called, and she decided to go ahead and come have a look in-person. It went well -- Poohbert reminded Barb of her dear departed dog, but not too much -- and so the pre-adoption process began: checking out the veterinary history of the potential adopter, testing Poohbert around cats since she might be living with a couple, etc.

Yesterday morning, we had Poohbert jump on in the car for a ride northward. An hour later, from a dead-end road off a dead-end road, we turned into a driveway of a house near the lake.

Poohbert met Daisy the dog, who lives next door. She met Bob, Barb's husband. She also met neighbor dogs Honey and Trapper, and Shadow the Cat. She ran a few good laps around the yard and figured out Daisy can run faster than she can. She sniffed all around the house and figured out where the cats like to curl up and sun themselves.

We walked her down to the lake, and she had her first experience with waves chasing her on the shore. She wasn't really sure what to think about that. She watched Daisy dog swim around, though.

She drank lots of water, and left an equal amount splattered on the floor all around the indoor dish, and all around the bowl on the porch, too, as we had warned she would. Barb didn't mind.


Poohbert's new name: Puddles.

It's appropriate.

This morning, Puddles woke up her new mom at 4 a.m. because she had to be a good dog and go for a trip outside. And then at 6 a.m., she just wanted to get up and check out the lake a little more.

She sure looks like she's home to me.

10 comments:

Kirsten said...

I'm so happy she has her forever home. On the flipside, I'm sad that Crystal is alone now.

DogBlogger said...

Crystal seems to be doing pretty well in Poohbert's absence... and the household is MUCH more calm! ;-)

RevAnne said...

Celebrating Poohbert's new home! And praying all the more for a new forever home for Crystal.

Mary Beth said...

Awwww...what a good story.

I still wish I could have Crystal live with me. I LOOOOOOOOOVE her. That one's got SOUL.

zorra said...

I'm smiling. Happily ever after...

DogBlogger said...

So, Zorra, where's the update on *your* foster dog saga? ;-)

Sue said...

Poohbert is such a sweetie. She will make a lovely part of a good home. I love that picture of her charging into the water!!

I'm with Mary Beth - I'm still praying very hard for Crystal. She *does* have soul. I am certain that she understood every word I said to her. When I told her that I hoped her forever family would find her too, her eyes just said, "Me too" as she tilted her head just a bit. And those eyes! So beautiful.

Michelle said...

Aw. I love that picture of her in the lake. Awesome.

DogBlogger said...

Michelle, her new mom tells me she loves water in any form. We had already seen her try to bite the water in her dish; now I'm told she jumped in the path of the garden hose so she could bite the water as it came out, and when the lake isn't choppy enough for her, she makes her own waves. Seems like a perfect match.

revkjarla said...

awww...love the pictures and the story. so great! Puddles. Hilarious. Now...on to Crystal. MB is right, she's got soul!