THERE IS SO MUCH NOISE IN THIS STRANGE PLACE

AFTER A FEW DAYS OF LIVING IN THE SAME ROOM AS THESE DOGS I REALIZED THAT OFTEN PEOPLE I DIDN'T KNOW WOULD WALK BY EACH DOG PEN AND LOOK INSIDE AND SOMETIMES SPEAK TO THE DOGS. DURING THIS TIME MOST OF THE DOGS BARKED AND YELPED AS LOUD AS THEY COULD AS IF TO YELL "PICK ME, PICK ME!!!" BUT MANY OF THE PEOPLE HELD THEIR HANDS OVER THEIR EARS TO STOP THE TERRIBLE NOISE.

THIS IS WHEN I DECIDED THAT I WOULD NOT BARK AND YELP WHEN SOMEONE CAME BY MY PEN. INSTEAD I WOULD STAY HIDDEN IN MY CORNER SO I COULD BE SAFE.

AFTER A FEW DAYS OF MY HIDING BEHAVIOR ONE OF THE PEOPLE FROM THE OFFICE CAME AND PICKED ME UP. SHE SMILED AT ME AS SHE SPOKE SOFTLY TO ME. SHE TOOK ME INTO THE FRONT OFFICE AREA AND SET ME GENTLY ON A SOFT RUG JUST UNDER THE FRONT COUNTER. GOSH IT IS SO GOOD NOT TO HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE RUCKUS THE BIG DOGS MAKE EVERY TIME SOMEONE COMES INTO THE PEN AREA. THIS IS WHERE I SPENT MOST OF MY DAYS WHERE I COULD HEAR THE UNFAMILIAR VOICES AS PEOPLE CAME IN AND OUT OF THE FRONT DOOR AND LOT'S OF DIFFERENT SMELLS. NONE OF THE VOICES SOUNDED FAMILIAR TO ME SO I JUST ENJOYED MY WARM SOFT RUG.

I WAS ALLOWED TO SPEND LOT'S OF TIME IN THE FRONT OFFICE GETTING TO KNOW THE STAFF THAT WORKED AT THIS WARM SAFE PLACE.

SOME TIME LATER A LADY WALKED IN THE FRONT DOOR AND SPOKE SOFTLY TO MY STAFF FRIEND AND SAID SHE HAD WAITED A LONG TIME TO FIND JUST THE RIGHT PUPPY AND THOUGHT THAT MAYBE TODAY WAS THE DAY. MY EARS PERKED UP AS I HEARD THIS AND THOUGHT MAYBE TODAY IS THE DAY I FIND MYSELF A HOME.

AFTER ASKING THE KIND SPOKEN LADY JUST WHAT KIND OF DOG SHE HAD IN MIND, THE LADY REPLIED THAT SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A BORDER COLLIE TYPE OF DOG. MY FRIEND SMILED AND SAID SHE HAD A INTERESTING PUP BEHIND THE COUNTER BUT FOR HER TO CHECK THE DOGS IN THE PEN AREA TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY DOGS OF INTEREST THERE FIRST. I COULD HEAR THE DOGS OUT IN THE PENS BREAK OUT IN LOUD BARKS AND YELPS AS THE LADY WALKED BY EACH PEN. AFTER A FEW MOMENTS I COULD HEAR THE DOOR OPEN AND HEARD HER FOOTSTEPS AS SHE WALKED UP TO THE COUNTER.

THE LADY SAID THERE WAS ONE DOG THAT DID INTEREST HER BUT WANTED TO SEE WHAT WAS HIDING UNDER THE COUNTER. I COULD HARDLY WAIT FOR MY STAFF FRIEND TO PICK ME UP SO I COULD ALSO SEE THIS INTERESTING SOUNDING LADY!

I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF MYSELF WHEN I SAW HER AND KNEW I WANTED TO LIVE WITH HER FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. I WANTED TO TELL HER TO "TAKE ME...PLEASE TAKE ME!" SO I STARTED LICKING HER FACE AND EVEN MY WHOLE BODY WIGGLED. SHE SMILED AND TALKED TO ME SOFTLY AND SAID "DO YOU WANT TO COME AND LIVE WITH ME?" "WILL YOU CHOOSE ME TO ADOPT YOU?"

MY STAFF FRIEND TOLD THE LADY ALL OF THE HISTORY THEY KNEW ABOUT ME. SUCH AS THAT THEY BELIEVE I AM PART BORDER COLLIE AND PART AUSSIE AND I AM ABOUT 4 MONTHS OLD. SHE ALSO TOLD HER THAT SOMEONE REPORTED SEEING MY PEOPLE ABANDON ME BESIDE THE ROAD. I HEARD A SAD SOUND FROM THE LADY AND THOUGHT OF THE KINDNESS SHE COULD SHARE WITH ME. THEY TALKED FOR A FEW MINUTES AND MY FRIEND HANDED HER SOME PAPERS AND I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE I WAS GOING TO MY NEW HOME TODAY! AFTER A WHILE THE LADY LEFT AND I WAS PUT BACK ON MY RUG.

I THOUGHT MY HEART WAS GOING TO BREAK AS I HEARD THE FRONT DOOR OPEN AND CLOSE AS I REALIZED THE KIND LADY HAD LEFT.

WHERE AM I GOING THIS TIME?

I FELT MYSELF GOING OVER BUMPS AND AROUND CURVES BUT I HAD NO IDEA WHERE I WAS GOING OR WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME. I JUST COULDN'T STOP SHAKING AS IT WAS DARK AND COLD IN THIS SMALL PLACE THE LADY HAD PUT ME.

AFTER SOME TIME I FELT THE MOTION STOP AND REALIZED THAT THE SAME FEELING WAS COMING OVER ME AS I FELT WHEN MY PEOPLE STOPPED AND OPENED THE DOOR AND LEFT ME BESIDE THE ROAD. WAS THIS HAPPENING TO ME AGAIN? PLEASE NO, I AM SO AFRAID OF THE DARK OUT IN THE STRANGE WILDERNESS.

A FEW MOMENTS LATER THE BRIGHT SUN CAME SHINNING IN THE AREA I WAS IN AND I WAS SO SCARED THAT I WAS BEING THROWN AWAY AGAIN. THE LADY REACHED IN AND SLOWLY PULLED ME OUT INTO THE OPEN AND PLACED A THING AROUND MY NECK. I WANT TO RUN AWAY AND HIDE BUT THE THING AROUND MY NECK TIGHTENED AND I WAS VERY FRIGHTENED. THE LADY WITH THE SOFT VOICE PUT HER ARMS AROUND ME AND GENTLY LIFTED ME OUT INTO THE DAY LIGHT.

WHAT A STRANGE PLACE THIS IS! THE SMELLS ARE VERY ODD AND THERE ARE SO MANY LOUD BARKING SOUNDS COMING FROM EVERYWHERE. I CAN'T SEEM TO GET RID OF THIS TIGHT THING AROUND MY NECK SO I CAN RUN TO SAFETY. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME?

THE LADY WITH THE GENTLE VOICE SPOKE SOFTLY TO ME AGAIN AND I WANTED TO CLIMB INTO HER ARMS TO BE SAFE. SHE PICKED ME UP AND PLACED ME INTO A ENCLOSURE THAT WAS FILLED WITH WARM BLANKETS, WATER TO DRINK AND A SMALL BIT OF WONDERFUL SMELLING FOOD. MAYBE I AM NOT BEING ABANDONED AGAIN.

THIS IS THE NEW HOME I HAVE BEEN PLACED IN AND I REALIZED THAT THIS PLACE IS FILLED WITH MANY DOGS LIKE ME THAT NO LONGER HAVE A WARM SAFE HOME OF THEIR OWN. OF COURSE I HAD NO IDEA THAT THIS COULD BE THE LAST HOME I SHOULD EVER HAVE AS I HAVE HEARD IN HERE THAT MANY OF MY FELLOW BOARDERS JUST SEEM TO GO AWAY.
AFTER A FEW DAYS OF LIVING HERE I WAS TAKEN OUT INTO THIS PRETTY PARK AREA TO GET A CHANCE TO RUN AND PLAY. OF COURSE I WAS FRIGHTENED AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO BUT A VERY NICE YOUNG GIRL STAYED WITH ME AND SHOWED ME THE ENTIRE PLAY AREA.

AFTER SEVERAL DAYS I WAS PLACED IN A ROOM THAT HAD MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF DOGS IN LITTLE PENS. THEY ALL BARKED EXCITEDLY AS I WAS PLACED IN ONE OF THE PENS THAT HAD GATES THAT WE COULD SEE THROUGH. THE NOISE WAS DEAFENING. I STAYED AS FAR BACK IN THE CORNER OF MY PEN AS I COULD TRYING TO FIND A GOOD PLACE TO HID. THE NOISE IS HURTING MY EARS AND I BEGIN TO CRY. I AM SO SCARED AND DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME.

MY STORY

THE BEGINNING OF A PUPPIES LIFE STORY

HI, MY NAME IS MISTAYA AND I AM NOT SURE OF MY BIRTH DATE. I BELIEVE IT MAY HAVE BEEN SOMETIME AROUND JULY 13TH BUT THAT'S JUST A GUESS AND I WILL CALL THAT MY BIRTHDAY FROM NOW ON.

YOU SEE, I SEEM TO HAVE MEMORIES OF MY PEOPLE TRYING TO GIVE AWAY MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND ME OUT OF A CARDBOARD BOX IN A STORE PARKING LOT. BUT NO ONE TOOK ME HOME WITH THEM. I WAS VERY YOUNG AND DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME. THAT EVENING, AFTER THE SUN HAD GONE DOWN AND IT HAD GROWN DARK, THE PEOPLE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PUT ME OUT ON THE GROUND AND DROVE AWAY. IT WAS SO DARK AND I COULDN'T FIND ANY OF MY FAMILY AND I WAS VERY SCARED. I SPENT THAT NIGHT AND SEVERAL MORE HIDING IN THE WOODS WONDERING WHEN MY PEOPLE WERE COMING BACK TO GET ME. OH, ALL THOSE STRANGE SCARY SOUNDS. IT WAS SO DARK! I CRIED AND CRIED BUT NO ONE CAME TO SAVE ME AND MAKE ME WARM.

SEVERAL DAYS LATER A LADY WITH A SOFT GENTLE VOICE TRIED TO APPROACH ME BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE WANTED. I RAN TO THE LARGEST GROUP OF BUSHES I COULD FIND AND TRIED TO HIDE FROM HER. BUT AS SHE APPROACHED ME AGAIN I THOUGHT I COULD SMELL SOMETHING THAT MADE MY TUMMY STIR. SHE SEEMED SO VERY PATIENT AS SHE DIDN'T GET TO CLOSE AT FIRST. SHE KEPT TALKING TO ME IN HER SOFT GENTLE VOICE AND I STARTED TO THINK THAT MAYBE SHE COULD HELP ME FIND MY FAMILY.

EVENTUALLY MY DESIRE TO RUN AND HIDE WAS OVERRIDDEN BY MY DESIRE TO SURVIVE. I SLOWLY AND CAUTIOUSLY CRAWLED TOWARD HER TRYING TO KEEP AS LOW TO THE GROUND AS POSSIBLE. SHE DIDN'T TRY TO REACH OUT AND GRAB ME BUT SAT QUIETLY AS I APPROACHED HER. AND THEN, THE SWEET TASTE OF SOME SORT OF COOKIE. OH MY, I HAVE NEVER TASTED ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. I THINK I LIKE THIS LADY!

THEN I FELT HER ARMS AROUND ME HOLDING ME CLOSE AND I JUST COULDN'T STOP GIVING HER BIG KISSES ALL OVER HER FACE. SHE SPOKE SOFTLY TO ME AS SHE PICKED ME UP AND PLACED ME IN A SAFE FEELING BOX THING AND I FELT THE THING START TO MOVE AND SWAY A BIT. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME BUT THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF MY NEW LIFE.

TOMORROW THE STORY OF MY FIRST RESCUE BEGINS. THANKS FOR STOPPING BY AND PLEASE COME BACK TO READ MORE OF MY STORY.

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