After what has been a very trying and emotional year personally for me, a week before Christmas I was finally ready to welcome a new special furry friend into my life. After meeting a few great dogs at some of the shelters, when I met this beautiful but skinny dog, with his sad hound eyes and grey whiskers on his face, I knew we both needed some love in our lives. Albie has been the best dog, easily trained, fattened up easily ;-), so happy to meet other dogs, and so patient and kind. The first time he perked up and wagged his tail at me when I came home I thought my heart had melted... Yet he had a hacking cough that wouldn't go away... He went through over a month of vet visits, antibiotics, tests and X-rays, still with no definitive diagnoses or tangible improvement. Our vet suggested seeing a specialist at BluePearl and my hope was waning. I knew I was already nearly exhausting my finances and there was talk of tests beyond my fiscal reach. I can't tell you what a helpless and heartbreaking feeling it was, to believe that you could give this special dog a better life, then not have the means to give him what he needs. When I met with the doctors at Blue Pearl, who were beyond any expectation I could have had for caring and proficient treatment, and they told me about the Eddie Croman fund and Frankie's Friends, I could feel a little bud of hope starting to bloom for Albie and me...
I cannot express enough gratitude for this first real chance for Albie and I and our life together, a hopefully healthy as well as happy one for a long time!
Much love and many wet hound kisses ;-)