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First, Alayne and I wanted to thank everyone who posted such wonderful comments on the blog about losing dear Helen. We appreciated your sentiments more than you can realize. Thank you.
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On a cheerier note, here's an update on two of our happy endings — a good way to wrap up the week, don't you think?
Paul M. and Jennifer J., who adopted blind and deaf Gabe from us back in May, and then three-legged Ella last month, recently sent us these photos of their two special dogs.
Soon after Ella arrived, Paul emailed to say, "As for Ella, her personality just continues to grow. Everyday she is doing something that makes us smile. She is the perfect combination of sweet, loving, and playful with just enough brat to keep us on our toes and make us smile! We have found that she has acquired a liking for the couch, and even more so the past two nights, our bed! She stared at the stairs for a long time, then one night she decided she wanted to be everywhere I was! She waited till all the lights went out, then in a few minutes I heard this strange thumping next to the bed. She snuck up to our room and was sitting next to the bed with her head up near mine, and the thumping was her tail on the carpet!"
Paul added, "As you stated before, Ella has the ability to change from a dog to a shoehorn in micro seconds! We think she has picked me, and anytime one of the other dogs gets near, she jumps up and shoehorns her way in between so that she can have all the attention! I guess what I am getting at is she has so much personality, and I have fallen hard for this girl. She is wonderful, and I take her everywhere with me. Both Ella and Gabe are perfect fits for our family, and we are thrilled to have them!"
Along with this next photo of Gabe wrestling with Paul, Paul wrote, "He loves to play, and he will take my arm in his mouth (never biting down) and just sit there with his nub going at a record pace! Very cute!":
Seeing a blind and deaf dog like Gabe joyfully wrestling with Paul is just another wonderful example of how these animals — even those with a double disability — can have a terrific quality of life … if they're just given a chance. That's really all we want for them.
Notice who's in the background, keeping an eye on the situation to make sure she can shoehorn her way in the minute it changes from wrestling to petting?
Thank you, Paul and Jenny!
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Still 2nd place!
Please keep voting for the sanctuary in the Shelter Challenge — the votes are adding up! And remember, you can vote every day, so consider bookmarking the voting page to make it easy.
You can vote in the Shelter Challenge here.
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It was thanks to all of your amazing votes that we won the $20,000 Grand Prize in the final Shelter Challenge of 2009, and we came in fourth nationwide in the first Shelter Challenge earlier this year, winning $3,000. So this is serious money and can really make a difference for our disabled animals! Please help us win this round of the contest by voting every day, and by encouraging your family, friends and colleagues to vote every day, too. Thank you!
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