About Wellington - Going Home Soon

Usually, we don't post updates until the kids are in their forever homes. But Kathy's post about Wellington is too touching not to share! And Wellington will be in his loving forever home very soon and you'll have an even better appreciation for what these kids endure.

I don't know if I ever posted a thank you to Deirdre for Wellington's beautiful blanket. She sent it with him on his transport to me just about 6 weeks ago.

Six weeks ago, this boy went in his crate at the vet's office head first and rode the first three hours of his transport too scared to turn around and face the world. Tomorrow he's going to his Forever Home in Kansas City.

We are meeting his mom, Peggy Lewis, and brother, Winston, a nine year old cairn who just lost his brother Christopher in April.

Christopher needed a buddy after losing his brother to cancer - he's moped around the house looking for him ever since. So Peggy found CP, and she said when she saw Wellington, she knew he was the one :-)

This will be foster number eight for me to have adopted in the last eleven months, and only the second time I've got to meet the new family. So even though I'm sad about him leaving, I'm thrilled he'll have a buddy to help him continue on his journey realizing what joys life holds for him outside a puppy mill and that awful cage in a barn he was in for three years.

He's come a long way in those six weeks - he enjoys the human touch instead of flinching when a hand comes his way. He loves laying on the couch next to me, and he'll even seek me out in the rest of the house.

Since Randall came almost two weeks ago, we've been working him into the kitchen to eat his meals with the other dogs - a very scary step for a boy unsure of himself and scared of the slightest noises like the other kid's tags hitting their bowls and the bowls themselves scooting across the floor as they're emptied.

He still can't walk on a leash - you're like a puppeteer moving him where you want him to be, and he can come in thru the doorway from outside if you prop the screen open and move out of the way, but he can't go out as it's still just too scary. But his new mom knows of his fears and is willing to work with him thru them until he finds that peace inside to have that true Cairn spirit.

Thank you, Auntie Deirdre, for his lovely blanket and for rescuing him from Hell. . . . . . . Kathy H in MO