Lovable Lizzie
Houston Rescue Finds her Furever Home
By Camp Bow Wow
Last spring, the empty-nest couple mourned the loss of their beloved rescue Darcy - part of their family for more than a decade. Their middle-aged dog, Claire, was lonely and missing her packmate. It was time to adopt a new furry family member. But finding an available, smallish, scruffy female was surprisingly difficult. They reached out to SNIPSA - the rescue where they found their most recent pups - to no avail. They filled out paperwork and were approved at Charming Pet Rescue, The Lucky Spot Dog, even PAWS of Austin. Plenty of Pit mixes, plenty of Lab mixes and chihuahuas. But their perfect pup remained elusive.
Then, a development! Their adult son sent a post from Houston rescue K-9 Angels listing a young female who looked promising. The picture of the fuzzy black and tan scruff showed her bounding joyfully across a yard – ears flapping. Lizzie and her two sisters had been dumped in a box on the mean streets of Houston. A Good Samaritan had
found them while they were still together and took them to K-9 Angels to find loving homes. Thankfully, Lizzie and her litter mates had not wandered long.
After making contact and being pre-approved for adoption, the couple loaded up Claire and headed East. They tumbled out of the car and waited in the fenced playground for their future fur baby to arrive. Would the two dogs like each other? Lizzie was younger than the couple realized, just six months old and “mostly” housebroken. Were they ready to take on a puppy? When they all met, Lizzie gave out a scared little “woof,” but Claire was not fazed. When the couple picked Lizzie up and she licked their faces their hearts melted. It was love.
The paperwork was signed, sealed and delivered, and they drove back to San Antonio that same day. Little Lizzie has since grown into a force of nature now dubbed “The Liz” a year later. She loves to “garden,” especially when it involves ripping the limbs from her dad’s beloved foliage (even thorny bougainvillea!), has doubled in size and doesn’t know the meaning of personal space. But she’s also the most loving and affectionate pup the family has ever had the joy of having. Now Lizzie and Claire lounge on feather pillows, snuggle under the covers, enjoy the ever-changing view of deer and squirrels in the back yard and dine on the finest meals straight from dad’s plate. Lizzie delights in launching herself through the dog door or up the steps to the bed at full speed to be the first to check out something interesting and spends hot summer afternoons upside down on the floor at her pup parents’ feet. She walked with her mom in this year’s Pooch Parade decked out in Fiesta flowers and even took a picture sporting colorful sunglasses.
What a life! Snatched from the brink of disaster – Lizzie’s found her furever family.
