Sheena

I will never forget waking up to the "usual" string of emails, pleading for help. This particular plea REALLY tugged at my heartstrings. Here was a 9 year old Rottweiler girl who spent her whole life with a family and they felt the need to give this beautiful girl up in the golden years of her life because they were moving.

I was heartbroken for her. How could ANYONE give up a beloved family member after all those years? How would she feel being abandoned like this by her loved ones? And worse yet she would be surrendered to a shelter that we know was not fond of Rottweilers. It would mean certain death for this girl. We also know that it is hard enough finding a home for a young Rottweiler let alone a 9 year old. If we wanted to help her we had to start cross-posting like crazy!

We got the plea for help on a Tuesday morning and our cross posting team went to work sending any inquiries of help to me. As suspected there were no offers out there for a forever home or even foster for this precious girl. We did get an offer of help from a shelter that has helped us many times, however, my gut instincts told me this girl would deteriorate very quickly in a shelter environment. She has known nothing else in her life, but living in a home with a family. Often times Rottweilers stress out terribly in a shelter environment. The stress would be ten-fold for an elderly gal.

On Friday morning I received an email that would change Sheena's life FOREVER! A complete stranger emailed me, offering a foster home for this girl. A gentleman that had never owned a Rottweiler before but wanted to give Sheena a chance at life. They promised me they would be at Sheena's doorstep first thing on Saturday morning to pick her up (as Saturday was the day the owners would surrender her to the shelter).

Often times people don't follow through with their commitments so I was on the phone to Beth on Saturday morning to see if they were on their way. They were ALREADY there and David fell in love with her at first sight - WHEW! What a relief that was to hear! It didn't take but a week for David to let us know that Sheena was NOT going anywhere ... she had found her forever home with David.

Sheena has brought two very special people into our lives. Beth and David. Thank-you Beth for bringing David to us and THANK YOU David for giving Sheena this chance. We will be forever grateful to Sheena for bringing these special people to us and we cannot be happier for this jet-setting girl.



She now travels everywhere with her daddy. I think she makes a BEAUTIFUL co-pilot, don't you?