Beagle Mafia

A new beginning and a fresh start. The holiday chaos is over. We have traveled 1,000 miles and back. We had loads of family time and now back to the grind.

We shut down the rescue world for about 3 weeks and will resume on Monday. Already have a full waiting list of beagle intakes to weed through. I made a decision that we would not be adopting beagles as "gifts". That usually ends in a for sure phone call to take the dog back, the gift didnt go over well. Soo we all had a nice break from rescue world. We have one particular beagle who has 19 applications on her. We have been delayed on adopting her. Her poor foster parents have to weed through all these applications and decide who the right fit will be. It always a blessing to have people fighting over a beagle, I guess.

One of our return beagles finally found her forever home last week. I made it VERY clear to her new adopters that this would have to be her final destination and before we were called to take her back, I expected trainers and the whole bit to be involved first. The family was head over heels for her and agreed to whatever needed to be done so they could have her. Needless to say, its been about a week and she is doing just fine. They love her to the moon and back. I was assured, we would NOT be getting her back again. I can not tell how much of a relief that is. Its not so much taking her back but about her well being. She is beagle basset mix and she gets herself attached very quickly and I did not want to see her bounced back again. So we celebrate. Mrs L, I can say with certainty has found her forever home.

To every up in the rescue world, there is always a down. I also received a call about 2 days before I was going out of town that Mr P(who happens to be Capo's favorite rescue) is also coming back. Apparently one of their children has a severe case of ADHD and therapists are coming into the home weekly. Mr P is acting out and the family doesnt have the time to focus on him anymore. So per usual when people want to get rid of anything extra on their plate, the dog is the first to go. Makes me sick really. Luckily for Mr P, he always has a home here and I know without a doubt it wont be long before he finds his real forever home.

We rang in the New Year at church. Pastors preached an unbelievable message, I almost felt like this message was totally directed at me. I have been holding on to some grudges and my resolution this year is to break that. I dont have room in my life to deal with ugliness that some people bring out in me. While I have no plans to make amends or deal with these people, I can forgive and move on. This year its all about progress.

When I think about this past year in review, it kind of resembled a heart rate monitor. Many up and downs and at many times, I thought I may need some CPR. But, I made it this far and I have no doubts anymore about certain areas of my life. This year I will continue to climb my mountains and will not think about going back down. Up is the only direction.

I leave you with an adorable picture of Mr ATB. I turned around to fold this basket of blankets and found this: Who needs a dog bed, pffftttttt