Daisy’s life transformed the day she was discovered cowering, starved and injured. The animal shelter checked and she was not microchipped.
Realizing what an amazing dog she was, they invested in her rehabilitation. Once recuperated her photo went on their website. Weeks later, once again luck was on her side. She is now living ‘the good life’ in the country with her new daddy, Fred.
"After my purr-evious dog died, I couldn't imagine ever healing from the pain of loss,” said Fred. “After months of grieving, I felt a deep longing for a dog’s companionship. I wanted a rescue dog and was not paw-ticular to an age or breed. I felt we both needed rescuing.
I spent hours searching Internet pet rescue sights. It looked into the eyes of hundreds of furry faces, looking up from the screen. They were all pleading for homes. It was overwhelming and depressing. These innocent, healthy, loving animals were in ‘lock up’ for no reason other than a human had let them down or died. You know that ‘hungry look’ like ‘I haven’t eaten in a week’ that a pet gives you while you are eating? Well, the shelter pets had that look,
because they were hungry for a home.
I knew that the perfect dog was ‘out there’, but finding him/her was not in my hands. I also thought, ‘What if the purr-fect dog is looking for me?’ This sounds like a ‘God-job!’. So, I prayed, ‘Please send me the dog of my dreams; one who needs me, is fun, intelligent, and makes me laugh'."
Once saying his prayer, Fred relaxed knowing that their mutual search to connect was active in the universe.
"Then I noticed little daisies all over my meadow," said Fred, “I laughed visualizing a dog named Daisy with flowers in her hair.”
Not long after, Fred was poking around in Petfinder.com when he saw an adorable, shaggy dog. He knew he had found his dog. He began reading her history and then saw her name .... drum roll ....“Daisy”.
"I looked at her eyes, and knew she was the one for me," said Fred. “I drove over to her shelter. For your readers who understand that our dogs pick us, they will understand what happened next. I watched the dogs playing and Daisy walked over to me as if I was the answer to her prayer and she had been waiting for me. She enthusiastically licked my face sealing the shelter’s fastest adoption in their history.
They kept asking me, ‘Are you sure you want this dog? Want to see others?’ and I said, ‘I am as sure Daisy is mine, as she is sure I am hers.’
Prayer is powerful. On my search for a new furry-family member, I learned that there are many-many homeless purebreds, all breeds, as well as lovable mix-breeds at shelters. Also, that no micro chip meant these animals would not be reunited with their ‘parents’.
Daisy is everything I prayed for: fun, intelligent, and her playful nature makes me laugh every day.' I learned from her that dogs teach more love and loyalty than any human I have met. I hope I am all she prayed for.”
