| 10 years ago we started off
our new marriage with 2 bouncy Dalmatians. After about 6 or 7 years the
dogs had become an old married couple just like us – nothing was very
exciting around our house anymore. After seeing a "spot" on
channel 7 news about how the 101 Dalmatians movie would
negatively affect Dalmatian Rescue, we decided that we had plenty of
room for an orphaned Dalmatian and it might even spice up our household.
We called the Dalmatian Rescue hot line and Beth called us back the next
day. She directed us to several dogs in foster homes and we spent the
week going from home to home to check out the dogs. They were all very
sweet but my husband Zack (who was a little bit worried) said "I’ll
know the right dog when I get "that feeling" – I can’t
explain it but I’ll know it when I feel it". I thought, "Ok,
this will take forever", but we kept looking. |
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| Late one Sunday we stopped to see
"Joe Friday" – later to be named "Abraham" – and
we BOTH immediately got "that feeling" – worse than being
struck by lightening … it’s when your heart suddenly doubles in size
and becomes covered with little black spots!! We adopted him on
January 31, 1997 – truly the happiest day of my life! Abraham fit
right in, he is a clown and a show off and a snuggly mommy’s boy! He
got our other 2 dogs to start playing chase, wrestling, and tug-of- war
again. I snapped out of the mild depression that had been hanging over
me for a few years and Zack took up jogging again with his new energetic
running partner Abraham! We call Abraham our family Prozac! He has added
SO much joy, love and fun to our home, we can’t imagine how blah life
would be without him. |
Abraham
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| With 3 Dalmatians we
officially became Dalmatian freaks with spotted clothes, spotted purses,
spotted comforters etc. Like Jaz’s family we also removed all
carpeting from our house, installed another dog door and wear mainly
gray colored clothes in an attempt to hide the excess fur.
Last Fall we started fostering dogs for
Dalmatian Rescue and have enjoyed it very much. It has been very
rewarding and we even found a wonderful home for our first foster dog,
Morgan, in just 2 days. Morgan spends her vacations here and comes over
for birthday parties so we get to see her often. |
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