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After loosing Trina 14, last February and Molly 12, of brain cancer this past December, I thought I would be dog-less to see what freedoms it might afford us. We have had three English Pointers over a 30 year span and have never been without a dog. It was awful! I didn't feel like getting up to take my walk... because no one was waiting for me.... the dynamics of our family had totally changed! Loosing children to school and homes of their own is different... they always come back. I had no one who was dependent on me (Who was depending on whom?) or to share my mornings with, or waiting to greet me at the door as I walked in from work. Four weeks passed and I was on the net looking up rescue dogs.... maybe I could just foster? Paul, my husband works at home and admitted he really missed having Molly at home...he wanted company. After talking to Beth, we were interested in both a younger pup, Arnold, and a mature dog, Connor. Funny thing, they were both pointers who had made their way to the Dal Rescue... thank goodness! I had just come home from being out of town for a week and we got a call from Beth saying that the foster home for Connor and fallen through and would we be interested in fostering him. We said yes. Connor had been fostered by several people for 8 months and originally had been given up. He is a big boy... about 65 lbs. and solid muscle. Jamie, his foster mom before us, was a runner and took him out daily, he was very fit! I am a walker and my husband is a bird hunter, thus, we thought this would be a good combination for Connor. A month has passed and we have fallen in love with Connor! When we got a call that someone wanted to come by and see Connor, my husband paused, and asked me. I said, why don't you make a list of things that you don't like about Connor... He said, "I can't, there is nothing I don't like!" He sits, stays, fetches, rolls over, not a barker, crate, house, leash, and car trained. We have a few things to work on, but not as many things as we did with our other dogs. He is truly a sweet boy, mammas boy, but has quickly gained a love for going out in the field to hunt with Paul... sometimes he is not so sure what he is hunting, but he has a blast running and pointing with the other dogs! Thank you for all your hard work Dal Rescue, and for helping us find Connor! Paul and Edie Barton |
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