This morning, we left bright and early to take Baron to his new home. Ray, a retired corporate worker immediately took to Baron and I think Baron liked him too. It was hard to tell, because every time I tried to leave to give them some privacy, Baron went ballistic. We have really bonded, but I was the one who opened the cage of that horrible place he was in and took him home.

He doesn’t have a backyard, but he now lives right next to Waterford Park. Ray wants him for a companion and for protection, as Ray lives above his business in Portland.

It was so hard to leave Baron. I cried most of the way home. But it wouldn’t have mattered, Ray could have had 80 acres fenced and I would have felt the same sadness.

Ray has promised to stay in touch via emails and he will send photographs. We got a lot of hits of interest for Baron, but most of the people I talked to were just wanting him for cosmetic reasons- (guard dog) no talk of long walks, runs or anything that generated a companionship/relationship. Ray, however, got down on the ground immediately when he saw Baron and Baron gave him a full face washing.

Go in peace sweet boy- and have a good life. If only you hadn’t attacked the kittens and the cats- you could have had a good life here with us. But, we have to trust the dogs here, and every time we turned around, you proved we couldn’t trust you. I love you, and I will miss you. It is almost as if I just lost my Brandy all over again.