When things are working everything lines up
A beautiful new animal shelter opened up nearby a few months
ago after years of planning. I thought it would be good to connect with them by
doing dog massage like I do in the other large shelter in my area. Wouldn’t you
know, they read the wonderful article about me in their local paper and gave me
a call to participate in a big fundraiser? How wild that I am booked doing
another massage gig for the MSPCA in a gigantic fund raiser the same day. I
enjoyed that and also made an appointment to see what we could set up together
for the future .When they were taking me on the tour, one of their dogs
“escaped” a bit and I joined the small posse to get her back which we did. We
then made our arrangement that I would be a “bonus” whenever I arrive. That
would give me lots of flexibility with everything else going on in my life and
they agreed. They asked if I had time to massage one dog and I agreed. Wouldn’t
you know, it was the little dog who escaped and whose was quite freaked out
after arriving a few days before from Puerto Rico .
She moved as far away from me in her kennel as possible and faced away. I
laughed as I have seen this behavior many times. And little by little within 15
minutes she was laying with her feet splayed out in front of her quite close to
me and I was working gently on her back. It was time to go and I told her that
I expected she would be adopted by the time I visited the shelter again. Her
eyes softened asking whether I would be willing to adopt her. I told her that a
nice family was on the way and she would be happy there. What a life!
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