Did Hunny Send George To Us? Options

[lynette]

Last Friday afternoon, a male border collie showed up at my workplace. He was very friendly, just hanging around. I took him home, because I couldn't bear to leave such a beautiful dog here alone over the weekend. I had called the police and the local vet, neither was interested in helping me out. How could I leave him here alone? And I know you shouldn't pick up a dog and then take him home to your other pets without getting him checked over. But what was I to do, nobody else cared?

So, I took him home. We've been looking for his owners ever since. Not one person has phoned. How sad. So "George" is still at home with us. Now we're looking for a new home for him, but I think my husband wants to keep him. We have three other dogs though (house dogs) and George will have to be an outside dog. That's the part I don't like, I think he will feel left out. But he's a really friendly dog and I think he's only about a year or so old. Needs some brushing though, but he looks to be in good health.

Anyway, my husband told me this morning that he thinks maybe Hunny is reincarnated in George, because of something he did yesterday. I don't like that idea, but I'm thinking maybe Hunny sent George to watch over the pups. I know she didn't want to leave because of them, so I wouldn't put it past her to do something like this. This brings tears to my eyes, because I miss her so much, but also because she's still looking out for Izzy, Barney and Casey. I mentioned to my husband and daughter last week that maybe the pups need a big dog to watch out for them, because the neighbours dogs had Izzy pinned to the ground a couple of times (she didn't get hurt). Maybe this is Hunny's way of letting us know that she is still watching over them.

Could it be that Hunny sent George? Is he meant to stay with us? I don't want to give him to a humane society. I know they do wonderful things, but he's just too nice to be left in such a place.

Is four dogs too much? I don't know what to do. I took down one of the posters today, and plan on taking down the others. I had planned to replace them with a looking for a good home one, but now......? I just don't know.

It is starting to look like someone dumped him. How can people be so damn cruel?!

[lynette]

Looks like we will be keeping George. My husband wants him, because he believes that Hunny sent him to us. I'm not sure about that. But then I'm still missing Hunny and Lily so much, that maybe I'm afraid to get attached to another one. Maybe now I will, now that we have stopped looking for his owners or a new owner. I can't believe that not one person phoned about him. Well, actually I can. But he is such a sweetie, how can he be unwanted? Some people are just so cruel.

I know I'll love him. But Hunny and Lily have taken a massive part of my heart with them to the Bridge. And it's only been four weeks since we had to let Hunny go.

I know we did the right thing by letting her go, but how do you explain it to people, to yourself? It's hard to say that we lost her or that she left, because technically she didn't leave, we SENT her away. I know it was the best thing to do, but it's still hard to deal with. Some times, my heart just aches for her.

And a friend of mine has just lost another dog. He was just a pup. Rat poison. This is the third one in a month. That's just so awful. She is just mad at the people they're renting from. They were supposed to have cleaned up this stuff.

It makes me so mad that some people just have no respect for animals.

So, I guess we'll be building a dog house for George now that we know he's staying.

Oh well, the more the merrier right? He'll be a good dog. My husband is going to start training him tonight.