Happy Gotcha Day Mr. Blue!!!

It was a year ago...
I had spent the day at the Nebraska Humane Society helping with adoptions.  Early that morning I had fallen in love with an all white husky - I think her name was Snowy.  She was the sweetest little thing with gorgeous blue eyes.  I had mentioned her to my husband and I didn't hear the usual "we can't have 4 dogs"... so there was a glimmer of hope.  But then it happened...around 2:30 I took a nice couple back to one of the get acquainted rooms and they wanted to meet Snowy.  Of course they fell in love with her and as hard as I was on them... grilling for husky compatibility, at last, they seemed like a great fit!  They had a Shar pei puppy and the dog introduction went well... they all went home together.

I watched them out the window as they got into their SUV and drove off.  I said a little prayer for Snowy and turned around to leave.

And there he was...staring me in the face from across the room was a scraggly looking white husky!  What were the odds... 2 all white huskies in one day.  He romped over to me... pulling the dog walker with him... and gave me a big kiss.  That was it.  I was pretty much done at that point.

...But there was the husband to deal with.  

This scranny little guy was a mess, not like the beautiful Snowy I had described earlier in the day.  He was heart worm positive, his fur was almost completely gone on the tips of his ears from fly bites, he was skinny and his fur was like something out of Dr. Seuss.

Our scars (literally) from our last rescue and the work it took to integrate a new dog in to our pack was fresh in our minds.

My husband still wasn't saying "no" so I e-mailed to check on him on Monday.  He had just been put in the adopt area so I took a chance and pended him for a meet the spouse and resident dogs the next day.

What a site we must have been... 3 huskies entering the lobby of NHS!  We put them all in a staff member's office while Mike got to meet Blue for the first time!  Mike had already been getting kisses from Blue in the kennel area.  When Blue saw Mike in the training room, he launched himself on him and covered his face with sloppy dog love.  There was no convincing Mike - but now, what about Taysia who doesn't get along with any dog????

One by one each dog met Blue.  He was so submissive with a laissez-faire attitude that the intro went beautifully.  After they all met one at a time, we brought the pack in.  All I could think of was, 'what have I done?  FOUR huskies???

Blue actually changed some of the tense dynamics in the house and the 4 actually get along better than when it was just 3!  Because of the heart worm, we had to keep him calm and separate from the others for several weeks.... that was a chore.  Try to tell an otherwise healthy 18 month husky that he has to be calm and can't play!!!

He settled into the house quickly and easily.  He's the only lap dog husky I have ever knows.  He wants to be glued to our side at all times.  He's the sweetest boy.  It's hard to imagine why someone didn't come looking for him.  He had been picked up as a stray and held in hopes that his owners would look... or care.

Regardless... we're blessed that he is our family now.  Happy one year gotcha day, Mr. Blue!