Sorley (his name means "summer traveler" in Norse) went home yesterday.  He had traveled down here to me in SE Georgia from an animal control in Walker Co., GA.  Yesterday we had several amazing transport volunteers (thank you Cheryl!!!! You're amazing!) who drove him up into North Carolina where his daddy met him and took him all the way home to Pennsylvania.

I know everyone sees the pleas for help here in the Rescue Forum...home visits, transports, donations, etc.  but I wanted to share with you just one example of a what YOUR help accomplishes.

See, Sorley came to me 5 weeks ago a very scared, untrusting little rattie who would scream in fear when he felt the leash around his legs or neck.....and who would pee in fear at the slightest thing.  He would even urninate each time I put the leash on him no matter how matter-of-fact I was.  He was not housetrained and apparently had been tied out somewhere as his hair never grew right in a ring around his lower neck.  By the time he left me he greeted the leash with wiggles of pleasure instead of submissive urination.  And he loved to go on walks with tail high and tongue lolling, jogging along on a loose leash.  And he learned that people give great belly rubs and he learned to run and jump on his people in joy just to see them. We didn't do anything special....we just fed him and exercised him and loved on him like he was one of our own.

But yesterday!!  Yesterday a wonderful family who have a small farm in Pennsylvania took him home.  He will have fields to run in and a Jack Russell buddy named Petey to play with.  He will have a barn to catch mice in and groundhogs and rabbits to chase.  Sorley's world has changed completely from being a stray just 6 weeks ago!  His new mommy has toys and a bed just for him.....and the last email I got was that his daddy was feeding him bits of McDonald's french fries on the drive home.

So please....don't despair when you see all the pleas for help.  You can only help where/when you can and that's enough!  I just wanted you all to see THE REASON we do this....the big payoff when a neglected, mistreated rat terrier like Sorley GOES HOME. 

I'm so happy for him!  Fantastic new life!!!

Thanks for sharing!  that just warms my heart and made my MondayI'm so excited, my Ratbone app finally came through and I officially get to get started as an application processorYAY!!!!!

Posted By gwacie on 09/08/2008 9:17 AM

Oh ye of many words.....

Oh wow. What a wonderful story.

People like you Mary Beth and those that foster are truly angels. You save lives each and everyday and I am so happy and thankful to read stories such as this. For all the people who mistreat their animals it's so refreshing to read the success stories. These little dogs can bounce back so fast with love and patience. Those who made poor Sorely fear the leash have no idea on what they are missing out on, at least you know the love of a dog and make a difference each and every day.