One of the hardest things I ever had to do was find a home for a beautiful female Malamute who turned up at the back door of our business downtown dragging a broken logging chain. I'd love to have kept her, but she and Purdue - my GSD of many years - hated each other. Even when she went into heat they hated each other.
This has a happy ending, Melissa
I was walking her at the dam one Saturday and a woman came up and started talking to me about her. It turned out she wanted a dog as she had been widowed recently and she and her two young sons wanted a dog. She wanted one who was large enough to make her feel safe.
After talking to her for over an hour and seeing the way Ananda reacted to her, I knew I'd found a wonderful home for Ananda. The woman wanted to take Ananda home with her, but I told her no, that I'd bring Ananda to her the next evening, since I needed time to say good-bye to Ananda and so did my Mom.
I took Ananda to her house the next evening and Ananda's new mom met us at the door. She had tears of relief in her eyes. She'd been afraid I would back out. We went in and Ananda met the boys (7 and 10 years old). All three were ecstatic. They showed me Ananda's bed - literally a twin mattress and springs on a frame on the screened in porch - perfect for a Malamute! Big crockery bowls for food and water . . . toys, bones, all ready for Ananda.
She cried after me and I cried all the way home, but when I called a few days later to check on her everyone was madly in love