Another amazing happy ending!
In response to our October email newsletter, I received an email from Marcia S., a long-time supporter of the sanctuary who lives in Connecticut. She wrote, "I am so excited that you have moved closer to us and I would love to adopt a handicapped or blind dog, particularly a Cocker spaniel."
As luck would have it, at that point we had just agreed to take Suzi from the Michigan rescue group, so I wrote Marcia back and said, "We have a blind Cocker coming from Michigan in a couple of weeks named Suzi … has had both eyes surgically removed because she was blind and in pain, but she’s doing fine now. Very pretty little thing. She’ll be here about mid-November, and you can check the blog then for news about her arrival."
On Wednesday, the day after I posted Suzi on the blog, Marcia emailed me to say, "I have fallen in love with Suzi!," and asked if she could adopt her.
Well, exactly one week after she arrived at the sanctuary, Suzi left today for her wonderful new home in Connecticut! I took the photo this afternoon just before Marcia and Suzi hit the road for the trip back.
Marcia volunteered for the service dog organization Guiding Eyes for the Blind for 10 years, raising and fostering dogs for them, and has three "retired" Labs from the organization, so you can see why she had a natural affinity for our little blind Cocker. As she told us today, it will be interesting to see if any of her service dogs "pick up" on the fact that Suzi is blind and take to guiding her around!
And so one more angel has entered Suzi's life. Wow.
Marcia, thank you so much for bringing Suzi into your family … and a special thanks again to Anne, who rescued her, and to Lisa, who paid for Suzi's transport from Michigan to New Hampshire.
The only downside to this is blind Briggs was a bit dismayed that his new girlfriend was already leaving. "What?!? She just got here!," he moaned. We assured him another girl would be coming soon, no doubt. That's all he needed to hear. (He's not picky.)
Here's another photo of Suzi we took yesterday … I think our spring 2011 print newsletter's cover story may be "A Tale of Two Cockers" and their whirlwind visits to the sanctuary:
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