The genesis of Homeward Bound

Our first homeward bound animal now living in his new home is Buster. It is safe to say Buster's story was the "nidus" of this blog. The feeling we all felt after matching this little guy's personality to the personalities of the members of his new family was completely indescribable. We just new we wanted to do it again.

Here is Buster's story: A high school friend and client of mine, Mandy Deloach, asked me for my help in finding her a new dog after the disappearance of her dog, Sam. We found on the Lee County Animal Shelter website four Schnauzer/Dachshund cross puppies that were just too cute for words. All four puppies had been abandoned at a house where the tenants had moved out leaving them with no food or water. A neighbor called Animal Control to come and rescue them. All four puppies had a shaggy hair coat like a Schnauzer and long floppy ears like a dachshund...really a perfect combination. Of course when Mandy saw them, she fell in love too. So she made her selection and Buster came to stay with us for a few days. He was neutered, dewormed and vaccinated, started on Heartworm prevention and went through our "kid testing" before going home to his new sister, Raeanna,4, and brother,Dalton, 3. Today he is living in Camilla, Georgia with a warm bed, a bowl full of kibble and four tiny hands on him all the time.

Placing Buster in a great home and giving him a chance at a fulfilling life which so many pound puppies are denied, made us feel like we truly made a difference. It may only be one small dog out of millions euthanized, but to us Buster is our first success. He is one less dog that will go unnoticed, one less dog that will be forgotten, one less dog that won't have someone to love.