Archive for March, 2010

My name is Titus

(26Mar10) Titus has found his new home in the country!

(10Mar10) My name is Titus and I’m a city dog who longs to live outside in the country.

I’m a large, goofy, playful 17-month old German Shepherd Cross with yellow eyes and lots of energy.  I love humans of every size and am very sociable with other dogs  and other animals.

I have had all my shots, am tattooed, neutered and healthy.  I am crate trained, walk really nicely on leash, sit and lie down on command and know that I must be calm before I get my dinner. I get car sick if I have to ride inside the car, but I am fine if I can ride in the back of a pickup in my crate.

The city life is just not for me. I’m a big guy that needs lots of room to roam.  I was born outside and I want to be outside most of the day where I can smell the fresh air and hopefully play with other dogs, go for very long walks or go running with my humans.

I like to bark when strangers appear, so I would be a very excellent guard dog.

If you think you can give me a nice, forever home in the country, or know a kind  human who might, I’d love to be your “free to good home” dog. Please call my current humans [Lyin & Richard at 250-294-6320] who live in a very tiny house in the city that just got much smaller because they now have a new baby and don’t have enough room or time to spend with me.

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(11th March 2010) Oliver has been found and returned home safely! Many thanks to all who helped in the search.

[Posted 07 March 2010]

Please call 250-812-4188 if you have found Oliver who was lost on March 7th.

He is a large, orange/white male Manx with a crooked tail and a white chin.

He wears a red collar with an orange gingham tag and he meows a lot.

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If you can provide a forever home for a neutered English Bulldog named Teddy and his Black Labrador friend named Roxie, please read on…and contact Melanie, if you are interested…

“I wanted to let you all know about two really special dogs that need a new home.  Teddy is a year and a half old English Bulldog and is neutered.  He lives with Roxie a three year old Black Labrador and both are looking for new homes. Please check out the write up and pictures for both of them at www.victoriabulldogwalks.weebly.com on the ADOPT US page.

Thanks for either considering adopting an amazing dog or for spreading the word about Teddy & Roxie’s search for a new home.” – Melanie

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The following story is a wonderful reminder to us all that there are many amongst us who remain anonymous while they go the extra mile to send love to their fellow humans. Thanks to Sandy for sharing with us this precious story of loving kindness and caring shared between strangers.

It is not known who replied, however, there is at least one extraordinarily beautiful soul working in the dead letter department of the US Postal Service.

“Our 14 year old dog, Abbey, died last month. The day after she died, my 4 year old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that I thought we could so she dictated these words:

Dear God,

Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is with you in heaven. I miss her very much. I am happy that you let me have her as my dog even though she got sick. I hope you will play with her. She likes to play with balls and to swim. I am sending a picture of her so when you see her You will know that she is my dog. I really miss her.

Love, Meredith

We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it. Then Meredith pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope because she said it would take lots of stamps to get the letter all the way to heaven. That afternoon she dropped it into the letter box at the post office. A few days later, she asked if God had gotten the letter yet. I told her that I thought He had.

Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on our front porch addressed, ‘To Meredith’ in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith opened it. Inside was a book by Mr. Rogers called, ‘When a Pet Dies..’ Taped to the inside front cover was the letter we had written to God in its opened envelope. On the opposite page was the picture of Abbey & Meredith and this note:

Dear Meredith,

Abbey arrived safely in heaven. Having the picture was a big help. I recognized Abbey right away.

Abbey isn’t sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays in your heart. Abbey loved being your dog. Since we don’t need our bodies in heaven, I don’t have any pockets to keep your picture in, so I am sending it back to you in this little book for you to keep and have something to remember Abbey by.

Thank you for the beautiful letter and thank your mother for helping you write it and sending it to me. What a wonderful mother you have. I picked her especially for you.

I send my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much.

By the way, I’m easy to find, I am wherever there is love.

Love, God”

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