Bobbi and the Strays

 

Hello everyone!  I would like to share a holiday greeting from one of our alumni - a dog named Brooklyn.  She was saved from the city shelter and is living the good life with her loving new family.  It’s the stories that adopters share which give us the strength to continue.  The hope that one day we can do this for all the homeless dogs and cats and there will be none left without a warm loving home… Thank you Anna for writing this wonderful history of your life with Brooklyn! 

Love, “Aunty Sandy”

(as Brooklyn now likes to call me!)

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS BOBBI AND SANDY!

Love Brooklyn (and my parents Anna and Jay)

 

I started off my new life when Bobbi saved me from the bad place. I was taken to a new half-way home where people looked after me and promised they would find me a furever home… I hoped it would be soon

One night two people came to see me, they had met a couple of my other friends first and were saving me for last. I was just excited that I got another chance to get outside and run around! Little did I know that my little toilet break would be the night I met my new mom and dad!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Easter Saturday it was my birthday.. mom and dad came to collect me and take me to my new home in Queens! My very own home! Boy was this going to be fun! 

 

I arrived at  my new apartment and I couldn’t believe my eyes, I had a brand new bed that was all mine! There were also toys and LOTS of new smells and food and water in my own place in the kitchen!

My new bed!!

 Unfortunately it wasn’t going to be all fun and games, you see I had gotten sick over the past few weeks. What we initially thought was just kennel cough developed into pneumonia and I was a very sick girl indeed. I didn’t eat, I threw up a lot, I couldn’t breathe and I barely stood up.. it was very scary. At least I was warm and safe.

 Mommy and Daddy made me a bed on the floor and mommy slept with me most nights to wipe my nose and make sure I could breathe okay.

 

 I needn’t have worried, my guardian angel, Bobbi, stepped in once again and made sure that my new mom and dad were able to get me better at a couple of different vets offices and with lots of different antibiotics. I lost a lot of weight (yep, I actually dropped into the mid 30 pound range – I’m a pitbull for goodness sake I’m not meant to be that skinny!) but slowly I started to feel better, I really didn’t like those pills everyday, yuck!

 

 My aunty Sandy was really nice through all of it, I heard mom on the phone every night talking to her about me and how I was going. I knew I was in safe hands.

 

 My life has been a blur of funness ever since I beat my sickness.

 

 

Mom bought me a raincoat (though I still shake myself when my feet get wet even though I am actually dry, mom thinks this is very funny!)

 

 I love to go camping, mommy and daddy take me to the Poconos in the summertime.

 

It’s great, I chase chipmunks and smell lots of stuff and I don’t have to wear that silly leash all the time!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My grandparents came to visit from Australia, my grandma knitted me my very own winter sweater! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have new boots now for next year at the Poconos, it turns out that I ignore that I am hurting my feet running around all the time until they are very very sore. So mom bought me some outdoor shoes! I’m not super used to them yet, but it sure beats gravel between the toes! J

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since I came to my furever home I have been so happy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am so grateful to Bobbi and her team. If it weren’t for them I never would have found a furever home or my mom and dad.

 

 I now weigh in at close to 50 pounds, mom says I am a little piglet, and I think she might be right!

 

 I have learned so many new tricks I can now sit, stay, high five with right and left paw separately, roll over and play dead. My dad is so proud, he shows me off to all of our friends. I just like the treats, but don’t tell mom and dad that!!

 Thank you Bobbi and Sandy, and all the other helpers, who played such a big part in making sure I was given a second chance in life!  

Merry Christmas! 

Love Brooklyn

(Oh and Anna and Jay too!)

Xoxo