Well it was a nice surprise for me when the shelter worker brought my friend to me, he immediately recognized me, flattened his ears, wagged his tail, and jumped up on me. Cool!
Considering I was not feeling my best, that made me glad I came down to the shelter.
Don't know if I ever mention it before, but the shelter is actually less than a mile down the road from our house, and I actually always wondered if Teddy was trying to head back there. From our house you can hear the dogs at the shelter, I often thought besides the obvious feeding, that was one of the reasons he stayed in this area. Thank fully he never crossed the roads to get there though, or might not have been here today.
The shelter is set down in a wooded area-quite nice actually and they have a nice road where volunteers can walk the dogs. Yesterday Teddy seemed a little pensive in his hind end area, as I said was unsure if it was from the Lyme disease or something else, but today he seemed a bit better and we got a nice walk in twice. I noticed something interesting in his behavior today...it seemed the further into woods we went (on the road and further away from the shelter), his demeanor changed. He became a little more nervous/pensive he head went lower, his tail lowered and he kept looking over his shoulders. Sort of made wonder if he was concerned about getting too far away and perhaps didn't want to be lost again. Perhaps I'm humanizing but you would have had to see his reactions. Any way, no pressure here, we turned around and sat under the trees to watch all the people and other animals pass by. We still got a few visitors call out, "is that Teddy" or is that the dog from the paper?" And all comment on his beauty and his soft demeanor.
I combed him, and petted him. He offered me several paws and readily accepted my verbal and food rewards. He laid down for a belly rub, and we just sat together for a long time. And then I don't know if he suddenly gets stressed about something, but he wants to go in again. Now mind you he was wagging his tail as we waited to go back in and I sat and talked to him, but he was ready. This is just such a wonderful experience-he's still teaching me!
I probably won't be able to see him tomorrow as I have prior commitment that falls within visiting hours, but hopefully I'll see him Sunday.
Keep him in your prayers as always please! And thanks!
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