Ok, so this dog isn't one of the dogs at the daycare I work at. This beauty was a foster that my boyfriend and I took in last January. I just received the most heartwarming beautiful e-mail from her Mama, Nori who took Cookie to the streets of Rye, New York. Cookie came to us completely covered in mats, and knots. I was going to get her groomed the next day, but I could tell she was in such discomfort I took a pair of scissors and put her in the bathtub and just started cutting. She also had a huge buildup of wax and hair in her ear that she would walk around shaking her head every few minutes, so we took my boyfriends beardtrimmer and a small attachment to cut out the wax! Poor Cookie Monster!
Sometimes people ask me how I can take in fosters and then part with them, and it is because of families like this. They are so genuine and kind-hearted. When I told the family that another couple had written me earlier, they said their daughters (both high-school aged) were heartbroken to think they may not get Cookie. They said they had a dog named Bert, and when I referred to her as "Cookie Monster," they knew it would be a great fit! Well, after the first family passed on this gorgeous girl, she was soon adopted into a new home.
Cookie was not pleased to see four people walking into the apartment she had settled into, and lowly growled and walked into our bedroom. I called her out and her new two-legged sisters bowed to greet her and let Cookie approach them on her own. In a few minutes her tail was wagging, and she was soaking up all the petting and loving she was getting. I turned to her Mom and asked, "so do you think you'll take her?" and she nodded with a huge smile and said, "yes." I heard one of the girls say, "YES!"
On our way out to their car, Cookie's Mom turned to me and asked, "isn't it hard to give them up?" And I said, "look at her!" she was waltzing right up to the car. It was as if Cookie knew that this was her new family and she went happily with them. I told Nori that one of the best reasons to foster is because of the reactions I get from the adopting families, and how happy I see the dogs with their forever families. She really did land in an amazing home, and they e-mailed to let me know it had been a year of Cookie and they simply loved every moment, (even though Cookie tends to knock things over and rummage through them, often leaving a flip flop or two with a few teeth marks in them!). She came to us a knotted mess from the ACC in East New York, and now here is a picture of her living it up in Rye in her cute pink tee-shirt!
Also, here are a few links to youtube videos we took of her last year.
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