Sparky was not a DDTRL rescue, but this is
his story as told by his rescuer, Linda.
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Sparky got his name from the manner in which
we found him -- at a bonfire gathering at a
friend's house. Our friends said he had been
running with some other dogs for a couple of
weeks. We were cooking hotdogs over the fire.
People gave Sparky one, and then two. He
decided he was full, so he
took it and hid it in the bushes for later!
He was the most pitiful sight. His hair was
long to the ground and he was matted and
dirty and had burs stuck to the bottom of
his feet making him limp. Out of all the 30+
people sitting around the fire, he came
right up to me and sat up with his front
legs crossed in the air. He looked so
pitiful (and yet adorable). I picked him up
and laid him across my lap and he went right
to sleep. We took him home and groomed him
for 2 hours! He had fleas and ear mites and
was so matted that we had to shave him down.
He actually fell asleep while I was grooming
him. We put him in a crate that night
because we had just bought a Schnauzer puppy
(Max) and had 2 cats and we wanted to keep
them separated until we were able to
supervise their introductions. The next
morning, Max
and Sparky touched noses through the cage
and they were loving brothers for 13 years.
We didn't even know that he was a Dandie
until one day a lady stopped us on our walk
and told us. We didn't even know what a
Dandie Dinmont was, but when we looked it up
on the internet, there was his picture!
He brought us joy everyday and we miss him
and Max very much. And that's the Sparky
story . I love telling it because it
was so special that he picked us to love. Bless
you for the rescue work that you do for
these special angels.
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