Non Electric Homestead McMinn County (Jackson, Athens: neighborhood, office, business)

[Forest Breath]

The Daily Post-Athenian | dailypostathenian.com

That is all I could find. I will let you all know when it comes out.

[kygman]

Originally Posted by Forest Breath

The Daily Post-Athenian | dailypostathenian.com

That is all I could find. I will let you all know when it comes out.

Thanks! Look forward to reading it.

[Forest Breath]

So the story goes…

I went to the shelter to adopt a Saint Bernard/Akita mix and well, that did not work out. He was very loving to me and gentle, but when Amanda came over to the shelter, he began to drag her around the room by her arm and actually broke skin with his teeth. I was then informed he had killed a cat and it broke my heart, but I could not risk any of the other family members getting hurt by the dog, so I had to walk away. I went on through the shelter and fell on love with another dog who was so scared, shaking and shy. Then some idiot woman informed me they THINK “he” MIGHT be part Pit Bull and in order to adopt her there was a home inspection, you cannot have kids, you have to have a fenced yard and crap. This was after I spent a LONG time in the cage with this dog. So once again my heart was just broken.

Of course the dog’s picture was in the paper Friday night with animals needing adoption from the shelter. I stopped by the shelter in Knoxville Sunday and I could not stand even looking at the dogs, so I just left depressed. But yesterday I called the shelter about the black dog. The lady I talked to said there were no special adoption procedures for the dog but she cold not understand why I would want it, it does not bark, won’t eat, is severely depressed and blah, blah, blah! Well good grief, that is why I wanted the baby. But, they said I could have her. I would not take any chances, so I called Amanda and she was 45 minutes away. She said she would go straight over there to get her before they changed their minds again. She did and the dog was in the front lobby where I work within an hour.

HER (shows how much the shelter knows) name is SadieMae and I love her so very much. She is Lab with a bit of Pit mixed in. She is about 10 months old. She is terrified of men, leashes and thunderstorms. I finally got her to eat last night, but she would not go out on a leash to use the bathroom. She won’t walk on a leash. She did great with all 3 grandkids, even with Perrin stepping on her feet a few times she never snapped, growled or got impatient with him. Chris had to carry her all the way from the road to the house (we have to park up there because my driveway is impassable with all this rain lately). Cletus was mega excited. She made a few low, tiny growls at him and he made a few at her. She paid no attention to the cats. She crapped and peed in the floor right before bed. Both of them ended up on the couch on each side of Chris. When he came to bed they slept together until 4am.

At 4am I felt something very cold on my face. I opened my eyes a bit to see some lightening outside and thunder. SadieMae was nudging my face with her nose. I whispered “come on up here baby” and she slowly and gently made her way onto the bed. She ended up underneath the cover with me and took her head to put my arm around her. I think she was scared of the storm. She slept under the cover with me until after 6am. Then she proceeded to use the bathroom in the house again (that is something we will definitely have to fix). This morning, with the encouragement of deer jerky, she walked all the way to the car on the leash. She was excited to see Amanda and Perrin this morning. She is adorable and I love her so very much. My favorite part is the droopy skin at the corner of her mouth that is so very soft and I love to kiss and kiss and kiss that soft skin. She loves me too and I am so thankful we could save her life and give her a good home. She will have a wonderful Yule with the family and I will be buying her stocking today, put her name on it and hang it up beside everyone else’s in the family. So... presenting to you my newest family member…SadieMae

[Pam& Bill]

She is adorable.
Pam

[Suzanne45]

SadieMae is precious. Thank goodness she found your loving family.

[kygman]

Walmart has some training pads for dogs. Our dog ( a spoiled peek a poo)took to them quickly. She was already housebroken but we have taken a couple overnight and even two night trips and left her in by herself, with plenty of food and water. All her "deposits" were on those pads! Easy clean up.

[Forest Breath]

Great idea...thanks so much. I will pick some up today!

I called home to check on her and was informed that she was eating her dog food....

out of a spoon that Perrin had used to eat some peanut butter. Perrin was feeding her the dog food...one spoonful at a time and she was loving it!



Our first kiss! LOL

[Hawk J]

Beautiful pup. That is Fantastic Sister Forest Breath. I Love very much our 4-legged friends heer on the mountain.................................... ....................hohohoho

[JEANNE61]

Love black labs .. Or 'mixed' black labs. . She obviously has the lab disposition .. Friendly, loyal and loving and most of all , gentle ..
I have one that lives a cross the road from my h ome and he comes looking for me all the time . . Waits right on his side of the road till icome to pet him . . I c all him 'black' . .not much of an imagination heh? Ha

good luck wiht sadie mae, love the name too . .fits her ..
Btw . I have a wicken friend online . .is that the same as a druid . . .??? Just curious

i await next week's newspaper article ... Jeanne

[Rach1966]

Cyndy & Chris's story is in today's DPA