Sparky
Finally, after several unsuccessful adoption efforts, Spark’s Story:
The weekend of June 27, 1998, before the WURL
days, I commandeered a neighbor and drove from Columbia, Md. to Long
Island to get Sparky. Marcie Granick had kindly picked him up from
his owners and held him for me while I made the trip up. Sparky was
so sad. He sat in the back seat and looked out the window the whole
trip back. You could see him getting tired and starting to nod off,
but he would pull himself up and look out the window again. I think
he knew his life was changing forever.
Like so many of these babies, Sparky’s owners just
didn’t have time for him. He had been well cared for and is a very
sweet boy, but his previous owners labeled him "high maintenance"
and he just didn’t fit into their lifestyle. For my part, I fell in
love at first sight, and now, almost a year later, I think he has
learned to love me back.
 It
is hard to equate that sad little boy with the mischief-maker I now
live with! He is so full of life and play. He also looks like a
Wheaten now…not the cocker spaniel ears, no-fall, guy I brought into
my life last year. We have a wonderful time on our walks and he has
made many friends in my neighborhood. We are taking obedience
classes and waiting to get into agility class. He is very smart and
willing to work. Sparky is now 4 ½ years old and I hope we have
many, many years together as I can’t imagine life without him.
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