 Sandy's Story
At 10:30am on December 28, Gwen called me to ask if I would do an
emergency rescue for her. Sandy, a 9 month old female Wheaten was
being kept in a garage, was not reliably housebroken, was not spayed
and her owner was about to turn her over to a shelter. Her reason
was she did not have enough time to spend with a puppy. We sprung
into action and she was at my house at little after 1pm that same
day.
Right away we knew why they called her Sandy. She looked like the
stray dog from the movie Annie - very dirty with a whole lot more
hair. I wasn't even sure at that time if she was indeed a Wheaten. I
spend Saturday afternoon cutting golfball size mats out of her coat,
bathing her and cleaning her up as best I could. What shone through
that mess of dirt and fur was a wonderful, sweet, patient, slightly
overweight, but definitely Wheaten, puppy.
 As soon as she was done with her bath, she was eager to have some
play time with my boys, who couldn't wait to play with her. They
romped around for a while and eventually all settled down for the
afternoon. Each day after that was pretty much scheduled the same
way. Sandy loved toys, loved to come over and give little kisses,
loved having any attention at all.
We knew she needed a family who could spend a great deal of time
training and bonding with her right away and started on the search.
We had a great application from a family in PA who had experience
working with shelter puppies and after one phone call on December
30, I knew we had a family for our girl. We spoke in great length
about the housebreaking issues and the patience and love Sandy would
need. They couldn't wait to meet her and take her home!
 We quickly sprung into action. Holly Craig came over that night
and gave Sandy a much needed grooming. We had her spayed on January
2, and then on January 5 we set off for PA to meet Sandy's new
family. It was apparent right away that Sandy was going to have a
great new life. Her new name is Maddee and she is bonding with her
new Mom, Dad and human brother, Noah. She is also enjoying frequent
romps with the Golden Retriever next door.
Congratulations to Maddee and her family - we know that are going
to be very happy together!
Kelly Sinnott
Jersey City, NJ
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