Sonny. . .

I’ve written here before about my efforts to help with the rescue of dogs and cats who end up in the county shelter where I live.  Today was an extraordinary day for a very special dog named Sonny. 

Sonny is a German Shepherd mix who has spent the past three months or so as a foster dog with my family.  In his young life, Sonny has known an unfair share of heartbreak and mistreatment.  He was originally adopted out of our local pound only to be returned a few days later with injuries of unknown origin.  He was then saved by a local foster rescue group called Save One(now part of the Franklin County Humane Society), and then eventually came to live with us while waiting for his forever family.

A wonderful woman in Michigan saw his picture and bio on petfinder.com and inquired about him, amazed at how much he looked like her own dog for whom she wanted a companion.  When she decided to adopt him, Save One’s coordinator began looking at ways to get him from Virginia to Michigan.  Paid transports are very expensive and can quickly deplete a rescue group’s resources, so it was decided to wait until a volunteer transport could be put together.

And so it was, that Sonny left my home at six-thirty this morning on the first leg of his journey.  The first volunteer would drive him to Blacksburg, Virginia where they would meet the second driver who would take him to the next stop a couple of hours away.  And this would continue until he reached his destination.  It’s a beautiful image, I think, of generous people linking hands across state after state to make something wonderful happen for a dog so deserving of a loving home. 

Picture here is of Sonny(in front) with his new sister Jessie!