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..and it was more depressing than i expected it would be.

When we first arrived at carol’s house (she’s been doing lab rescue’s for 12 years) we saw another couple and their daughter in front of the house front gate waiting to see carol too.. They saw tela as we were walking up and started asking a bunch of questions about her. They were there to adopt a dog and they loved tela from the moment they saw she step out of my car.

Carol’s house is surrounded by land and the whole property fenced in by a chain link fence. After she let us all inside the fence, she set tela loose and she (tela) started looking really really scared as she sniffed the ground. I guess she could smell the other dogs but after 10 minutes she stopped tucking her tail between her legs. C showed us around the place and where her rescue dogs live. she had converted half her garage into “bedrooms” for the dogs with couches and fans.. there must have been 5 dogs in there and she said she had 7 of her own in her house. unreal. but apparently very good at cleaning or she hires someone cuz it supposedly doesn’t smell like dog in her house. the yard was really big and she has her own little pool/lake there that the dogs jump into if they want to.

the couple that was there kept asking about tela and the husband said “we might come back tomorrow night to take her home”. their daughter loved her too.. she looked like she was 10 or 12 years old. they already have 2 corgies and their faces lit up when i told them tela gets along with small dogs better than big dogs.

When it was time to leave, we stepped thru the fence door (chain link) and tela tried to come thru with us. that was so sad. I pet her and got a little choked up but carol said “if you get sad she will know something is up. it’s best just to act happy and she’ll think it’s one big happy party.” well, i tried but i know she could sense something was up. then dennis and i started walking along the fence towards our car and tela followed us all the way down to it on the other side of the fence.. I felt like we were doing the worst thing in the world.. she looked so sad and confused… awe man, I just really hope she gets a new home really soon and starts the adjustment process. As we drove off, i looked back and she was walking back towards that family kinda sniffing the grass. I knew we would never see her again and it is so sad to accept it.

I caught bullet sitting by the front door tonight like he was waiting for something. I’m sure he’s wondering where tela is. I’ll be calling c in a couple days to find out if that family took her. I really hope so cuz they seemed so nice.

well, that’s it. now we have to adjust to life with 2 dogs again. I gotta say it has already become so much easier. we consider this a lesson. we’re not meant to have more than two hounds in the house. :/