Posted
December 28, 2008, 11:18PM
by
suzieq67
I hope you are right. He could be the most fun and awesome dog for someone. He is very smart. I think about him so much, and I still love him. Way back when, I saw something special in him and I couldn't let him most likely die in East Texas. I had to do something, so I brought him back with us and nursed him back to health. I remember when he would jump up on the couch and cuddle up with me. He was/is a sweetheart.
I keep thinking that I should come by and see him. He probably wouldn't remember me, but what if he did?!?! I might make it worse for him.
I am SO glad that he is well loved there. Just know that I loved him alot too, so he has had lots of love since coming to Vegas.
Posted
January 04, 2009, 7:46PM
by
suzieq67
Really! YAY!!!!!! I am SO happy! Go Friday!!!! Be the great boy I know you are!
Dori, if his new family wants to know anything, please have them get in touch with me. I am happy to share any knowledge I have on Friday!
I just got back from Best Friends this afternoon, and my son and I talked about Friday alot today because we were visiting a doggy who was being treated for heartworm.
YAY FRIDAY!!! I love you!
suzieq67,
I hope Friday finds a home soon.
Posted
December 28, 2008, 9:51PM
by
dorifg
suzieq67
I just want to let you know that the staff and volunteers at the Nevada SPCA love Friday very much. One of the volunteers worked extensively with him on his training. This past year he has begun going to the outside adoption events and has been very well behaved. He loves going to them! I have to believe that he will find his home soon.
So glad to hear Friday ad Linus have been adopted.
The right family will find Friday. It just takes time.
Posted
January 03, 2009, 9:5PM
by
dorifg
Friday, and Linus, have been adopted!!
Posted
December 24, 2008, 12:30AM
by
suzieq67
Hi,
I am Friday's old Mommy. I just want anyone and everyone to know that giving him up was one of the most awful days of our lives. We all cried, but we didn't want him to live his life in a muzzle or in trouble all the time. He started to get very territorial with the couch in our living room when our youngest child was barely walking. Friday was her best friend when she was a little baby and often curled up next to her when she slept. At first, we thought our daughter may have pulled at his ears or tail or something, but that wasn't what was happening. He started getting into fights with our Great Pyr over the couch in the family room (where our daughter spent most of her time). The way things were going, he was always the one starting the fight, and we were petrified that our daughter would get caught in the middle of a fight . We tried for months to get the behavior corrected and finally resorted to putting him in a muzzle inside the house. He got out of that a few times, and we knew we couldn't keep him after that.
Like I said, it was an awful day when we took him to the SPCA. It was so sad. He was totally fine in any other area of the house or our backyard..it was just the family room couch! Nothing we tried worked and with a small child, we could not take the chance.
A bit of background of Friday...we found him at my mother-in-laws house begging for food while we were on vacation in East Texas one summer. My sister-in-law and I hid him from her (she doesn't like dogs) and fed him to get him well. He was super skinny, but very friendly. I tried to find a home for him while I was there, but no one would take him and the shelter said he would surely be put down. The neighbors on my mother-in-laws' street were throwing rocks at him when he would walk down the street, and he was hit a few times by them (I was horrified to say the least). I knew we could not leave him in Texas, so I took him to a vet and found out he had heartworm and that was what was making him sick. We got all his shots and his first treatment and drove back to Las Vegas (1300 miles) with him.
He was my most constant companion and he was so much fun. He loved playing and jumping around with my older sons. We tossed the ball for him. He was always smiling and happy. He got along with my other large dog (not my small ones though), and they played all the time. Like I said, he LOVED my daughter too and she LOVED him. That is why it was so hard for us to give him up.
I never thought in my wildest dreams that Friday would still be at the NV SPCA for all this time. I check the website all the time and I wish for him nothing more that to find a wonderful and happy home for Christmas.
Friday got his name because we decided to take him home with us on a Friday. He still has the same wonderful smile. I think about him every single day. He is the only dog I have ever had to give up, and it was not without months of trying to make it better for him. I have to tell everyone that I cannot even go and volunteer with the NV SPCA because I think if I saw him that I would lose it. I have even thought about asking BF if they would think about taking him in. But most of all, I pray for him to find a great home with someone who can cuddle him and love him like we did. He is so full of love and he has been through so much.
Please...someone out there give him a chance to prove it.