Although Winston is everything I ever wanted in a dog and then some, he has been placed into another home tonight. The woman just lost her Aussie of 14 years to cancer and was looking for another pardner to run with. She runs 15 miles every day. He would love that! Her land is completely fenced (ours is not and he has been on the road already). She also recently lost her husband and needs Winston to deal with the loss. It was a no-brainer. she is why Winston has come through my hands.
Winston’s energy is over-the-top. At another time in my life, he would be no problem to deal with- long walks, runs, hikes biking. But my world has changed drastically in the last seven years and I am pretty much a homebody now. It is not fair to Winston to ask him to just sit around the house most of the day and go for an hour walk and be happy. We bonded and I love him, but I love him enough to understand he was not meant to be here. He was just meant to visit for a week. He is in the home he needs to be in now. I hope he won’t miss me as much as I will miss him and transfers all that furry love over to his new momma soon.
If she takes Winston on a fifteen mile run every day, she should have him in running trim in no time.
Gotta give a {{hug}} to Mary Anne, as well, for taking the time to get Winston ready for a life outside of a car and a crazy person.
I must have missed something — I thought he could barely walk… No matter, although I would have loved him dearly I’m in no shape to run 15 miles a day! I’m doing good to walk 15 minutes a day on the treadmill… lol
When I first took him out of the car she left him in. He couldn’t walk. We had to half carry him to my car. I was afraid (as were the police) that someone had hurt him or he’d been hit by a car. He laid on our floor and ate a bowl of food and drank 2 bowls of water. If we called him over to us, he would crawl. It was quite sad. But at the vet’s in the morning, they took full series of films and did tests and nothing showed up. That is when they determined she must have kept him cruely confined and he had lost muscle tone. They gave me Rimadyl to give him, but it only took two doses before he rebounded. Then you couldn’t keep him down. He could run like the wind and our property isn’t completely fenced so it wasn’t safe for him to just be let out to run without a leash.
I understand now. Thanks for taking the time to explain — I must have totally missed that post. I’m glad to hear how well he’s doing, especially that he can “run like the wind.” And I’m glad to hear he has a great new home. Although the photos all seem to show him in sleep, I understand he might be “tuckered out” after running 15 miles a day!
People ask how I can give up my fosters. I tell them sometimes we are just the door to their future….