Sometimes timing is everything ... good or bad. That is certainly the case for Mixer! Remember the Summer Preserves? Well I had no more gotten off the phone with the Rescue Coordinator at the shelter about the three of them, when in walked a family to the shelter to surrender their Cairn Terrier saying they had too many dogs and just couldn't take care of him any more.
Now most shelters, because it is an owner surrender, can put to sleep immediately. There is no stray hold and if the shelter is overcrowded as this one is, there just isn't any room. The shelters do their best, but they can only do so much with the room and resources they have. The Rescue Coordinator called me right back to let me know about this boy and would we be able to help. Knowing the situation, I said as long as he was Cairn when we got there, we would take him.
Now once you look at this sweet boy's face, you're going to ask yourself how could anyone ever give him up! He is friendly, reported to have been a house dog, just wants to be with people and be loved. I think part of what may have prompted his surrender is he may have fleas which has caused him to lose the hair on his hips and rear legs and the family didn't realize it was just fleas but thought it was something else. No matter what, Mixer's timing couldn't have been better! He's now a CP kid and we'll make room for him. My THANKS AGAIN to Kathy and Barney H. for picking up Mixer and for his picture.
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