I have had Baron on PetFinders now for over a week. The hits and interest in this dog are heavy. Because he is such a handsome German Shepherd dog, many people are wanting to adopt him. I met a woman yesterday, she drove all the way down from Salem to meet Baron. Chris is older and I liked her immediately. She is very personable, warm and attentive to Baron. Chris has another female that she also rescued. Her male, she lost recently to nasal cancer and both her and her female are mourning the loss. She wants another male and she liked the look of Baron and was impressed with his traits.

I am so sad to give up this beautiful boy. But, I know that when MIke comes home so much will change and Baron still needs such individual attention to help him overcome his past abuse issues. He and I have bonded and Chris recognized this and commented on it. But it isn’t fair of me to expect Baron to just patrol our property and be content to do so. He needs so much that his last owner was unwilling or unable to give him.

A few hours after Chris left and my friend Fran had phoned her references and given me her input about the home for Baron, I made up my mind. I called Chris and told her Baron was hers anytime she wanted to come and get him. In normal circumstances, I would take him to her home where he would meet all existing dogs and I would see where he will be living, but these are not normal times for me. When I told her she could adopt him, she cried and I knew I had made the right choice- no matter how wrong I feel about losing this boy.

When I got home Sunday night it was well past midnight and my answering machine was blinking crazily. The nursing home had called telling me Mike was threatening to check out AMA (against medicial advice) He was having what one nurse termed “nursing home tantrums” In the morning after a fairly good night’s sleep- I called and spoke to Mike and had some stern words for him. I understand he is going stir-crazy- but I don’t want him home until he is well. He protested that the nurses were lying (doubtful they would ALL lie about this) and said he would stay. What happens now is Thursday I will pick him up take him to the doctor’s and depending on what the doctor says will either bring him home or take him back to the facility.

Today is going to be interesting. We start to build the wheelchair ramp onto the house. A group of church members will be donating the labor as a “community service project.” They believe it will only take them 24 hours to complete it. So it is now 5:00 a.m. and the cats woke me an hour ago. Time to start my day- no matter how much I just want to crawl back into bed and sleep for a month or two.