HONEY 11/16/04
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Lab, Beagle Mix
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6 to 10
yr. old Female
Yellow Lab, Beagle Mix
Spayed and UTD
Being Fostered near Middletown, NY
Adoption Donation $100
11/28/04 - Honey has been adopted
11/16/04 - It was about 4:30 pm and
Mom was vacuuming the living room. She had just come to the area in front
of the door when something caught her attention. She looked up and there
were the sweetest brown eyes peering in at her through the screen door.
Behind the eyes, was a tail wagging steadily in a silent, hopeful
greeting......
We named this sweet older girl "Honey". It seemed fitting both because of
her light amber coloring and her docile, loving personality. Honey was
sporting a collar that day, but, unfortunately no tags. It was quite a
conundrum at first, because we had our dogs plus a foster for Rescue.
Having only one crate for the rescue foster, we had no choice but to give
Honey the run of our living room. We certainly couldn't leave her out
running around to possibly get hit by a car and one look at her muzzle
told us that to take her to a shelter would be a death sentence. The older
dogs are some of the first to be euthanized at a shelter because of their
low adoptability. Honey did wonderfully that evening and we awoke to find
her curled up on the dog bed next to the loveseat.
We placed an ad on the radio and one in the paper, walked her around our
neighborhood to see if anyone recognized her and made the local shelter
and ACO aware of her. Though we received a couple of calls, neither was
Honey's owner. :o(
Honey checked out healthy at our vet, negative for intestinal parasites,
Heart Worm and in general good health overall. The vet placed her age
somewhere between 6 and 10 and guesses her to be a mix of yellow lab and
possibly beagle. As you can see in the photos, Honey was obviously not
underweight and had been cared for by someone at sometime.
The fact that Honey stays close to us outside, and doesn't wander off kind
of shoots down the idea that she ran away. She has even been on trail
hikes with us and our other dogs, off leash, and not wandered. We can only
surmise that Honey has been abandoned, though we have yet to see any bad
habits...... She is housetrained, doesn't chew, garbage pick, counter
surf, or drink from the toilet. She rides wonderfully in the car, is very
mellow, loving and calm. She will emit a protective (rather deep,
surprisingly!) bark at the sound of a knock or the doorbell. She is docile
around other dogs and does not want any trouble with anyone---canine or
human. She LOVES attention and will cuddle right on your lap if you're
inclined to let her. She's tolerant of ear cleaning, tooth brushing, coat
brushing, foot wiping, nail clipping and bathing.
Some of her favorite things are nature walks, rolling in the grass, a good
ear rub and cuddling by the fire.......oh, and any type of human food that
she can get for a treat! LOL
Honey has been with us for a couple of months, now, as we had every
intention of keeping her. However, we are a raucous, bouncing, household
of 3 Boxers and, quite honestly, Honey is literally knocked down and
bowled over on a daily basis. She doesn't play "Boxer" and really is the
worse for wear at the end of any play sessions.
We can see Honey thriving in a different household, with or without fellow
canine housemates. She gets along with every dog she's ever met with us
(quite a few!) and doesn't even hold grudges against our romping bunch. I
have never before met such a docile dog. She's wonderful with visitors to
the house, meeting strangers at Petsmart and our local barn and extremely
tolerant with children.
Honey would make a wonderful companion animal for someone that is lonely,
or a pet that has recently lost it's housemate. Once you meet Honey, you
can't help but fall in love with her.
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