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Libby -The Before |
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Wilson -The Before |
The story of Wilson and Libby, ironically, began on the brink of their death in the state of Maryland. A few days before the shelter was to put them down due to space limitations, that shelter's director sent out a pleading email message with pictures to as many local rescues she could asking them to save three small adorable dogs. Having received that email from my foster coordinator, I agreed to take all three, if no other foster stepped up even though I usually foster only one dog at a time. So, that very Saturday, Wilson (the puggle boy) and Libby (a dachshund mix girl) and a Boston Terrier mix girl named Nene were transported to safety of HART's Adoption Fair in Chantilly, VA and then my house. Nene went to a different foster. The two, I was told, never met before and didn't have an opinion about
each other while on transport from hell either. But, things have started to change in a few days when they realized that they were closest to each other in age (important to dogs) and disposition (important to people), which resulted in them playing almost non-stop everywhere. And by playing I mean an all-out wrestling match that entailed tugging on tails, ears, occasional toys, legs and making lots and lots of noise. In fact, when playing, Libby sounded like a velociraptor in Spielberg's "Jurassic Park", so there was no confusing that activity with anything else! Seeing that kind of connection, I began to hope they get adopted together, but
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Libby - After |
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Wilson - After |

A week after a lovely family noticed Wilson on the HART's website, but quickly realized that the two had formed a bond, and asked for a day's worth to consider taking them both or not. Imagine going from one quiet cat with two children, ages 5 and 9 to that cat plus two rambunctious teenage dogs together with two children,

Can you imagine my joy when the call came in confirming the family decided to take both? What a happy ending to a love story that started during a break from "prison". And even if nobody knows where the two came from, we are certain they going to stay together thanks to their wonderful new family.
