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.