a dog's tale

gibson has a home! 

it's a foster home, but at least it's a home.

 i had been all over the internet searching resuces and sending emails.  i was at the car wash the other day and there was a guy with his dog telling someone about how he had really spoiled the dog.  i asked him if he knew anyone who could take him.   my vet even told me i was going to have a hard time finding someone.  i was totally discouraged.

then friday i had a message from the original girl that said she couldn't stop thinking about gibson and wanted to take him for a day to see how it went with the other dog family members.  she was to call me sunday to make arrangements for monday.  i also had a email from a rescue called muttville in san francisco that said they could foster him.  their site looks good and the foster guys emailed me also. 

i don't know why, but the girl did not contact me sunday or monday, so i decided to take the foster guys up on their offer.  i called and spoke with rob and he told me they lost their old girl in november & were looking forward to taking in gibson.  they plan on walking him every night and taking him to the local off leash dog beaches when they can.  he will have a dog door to go in and out.  i feel good about it & am excited for gibson to have people that will take him on more walks then i managed to take him on.  he does love his walks.  i can't imagine what he will think of the beach.

unfortunately, the girl called today (tuesday) to say she wanted to take him this weekend.  i had to call her back and let her know that because she did not call, i assumed she was really not that interested and accepted another home.  she just left a message appologizing for the misunderstanding and that she know gibson will be loved in his new home.  she sounded sad, but i had no choice, if it was that important, she would have been in contact sooner.  she knows i'm running out of time.

anyway, it's with very mixed emotions that i write this.

i'm sooo relieved that i have a home for gibson, i wish it was a new home, but maybe rob & victor will grow to love him so much that they will keep him.  that's how it happened with me.  i resuced him with the best of intentions of finding him a home, i just did not think it was going to be my home.  

i am also very sad and discouraged and guilty that i'm even doing this.  i feel like i should have done something else or better to keep him with us.   i just can't imagine it being a good life for him to be closed up in a trailer all day without being able to get out to go to the bathroom.  he definitely can't be left outside alone as he would be a sitting lunch-a-bunch for some wild animal. 

i hope he knows how much he is loved here. 

i hope he knows how much he will be missed.

i have been telling him

i think he understands, he follows me around more than usual and always stands where he can touch me

i hope rob & victor love gibson and take good care of him and take him on lots of walks and feed him el pollo loco chicken and scratch his butt when he streches like he is bowing and keep him til they can find him a really really good new home

i hope gibson doesn't think he did something wrong to be taken to a new home

i hope gibson loves rob and victor and his new house and new yard and new dog door and new neighborhood and the dog beaches and new dog friends and new people friends

i hope gibson's tale is still a good one and that there are many more chapters and a very happy ending

i hope gibson's tail continues to wag happily in his new life as much as it did in his old