I was on the internet last night on the Bobbi & the Strays’ web site because I’m a big supporter of what Bobbi does to rescue dogs. I like to check the web site from time to time to see if there are any fund raisers that I will be able to attend. While clicking around, I found an old article in the archives from June of 2009 called “The Nightly Heartbreak”. The name of the dog ‘Lacey’ that Bobbi wrote about caught my eye so I kept reading. It’s all about this scrawny little Pit Bull that was on the Animal Care and Control’s euthanasia list. Needless to say, Bobbi was heart broken. Lacey was due to be put down that night. Bobbi couldn’t get Lacey out of her mind but had no room at the shelter to take her in and was troubled about not being able to save her.
Bobbi got the ACC’s list two days later and there was Lacey’s name on the list again. In Bobbi’s own words from the article, “I am hardly ever delighted to see an animal on the Euth list but that night on June 6th 2009 when I saw Lacey back on the list, I was ecstatic. For some reason or another, they hadn’t euthanized her two nights ago but here she was again. I immediately picked up the phone to call the hotline to pull her off the list. In my message I told them I would pick her up Monday morning.”
When I got to the end of the article I saw the picture of Lacey from the ACC that Bobbi had included in the article. I sat in front of my computer and cried. The dog that Bobbi was writing about was the same dog that I adopted from Bobbi, officially on September 1st 2009.
‘Lacey’ has now been renamed Maggie. She is such a wonderfully happy, healthy dog. She never lets a day go by without letting us know that she loves us. A shake of her tail when we walk into the room usually winds up shaking her whole body in a frantic ‘hi mommy’ kind of a way. So, who rescued who? Whether it’s with a lick on the face or that way she tilts her head when you ask her if she wants to go for a walk, Maggie has brightened a place in our hearts that was dark from the loss of our beloved dog Harley from cancer. Harley was a Pit Bull also and had the sweetest demeanor of any dog I’ve ever known.
Unfortunately, Pit Bulls have been stereotyped as vicious fighting dogs but what most people don’t know is that Pits are just the opposite. They are among the most loving and affectionate breeds I know. Since we adopted Maggie, I have met many Pit Bull owners who agree that the breed is misunderstood because there are people out there that breed and raise them specifically for fighting.
God bless Bobbi for being the person that she is. She doesn’t think twice when rescuing any dog, (most of the time Pit Bulls). Did you know that Pits are the number one dog breed in shelters across the US due to over breeding? Bobbi should be commended for trying to break the stigma associated with Pit Bulls. She has truly found her calling and does a wonderful job bringing strays into her heart, her home and her shelters and eventually to their forever home. She never gives up on a dog, never.
Bobbi, thank you for saving ‘Lacey’ from certain death. In just about a week it will be Maggie’s one year anniversary with us. I can never repay you for the happiness she has brought into our home and our hearts. You are a special person for caring so much and for doing what you do.
Here is a new and improved picture of Maggie. She has come a long way since her days at ACC.
Thank you for everything,
Chris Elf
