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Palin’s Miracle!
Palin went missing on Tuesday 4-12-11 in the afternoon in the Broadripple area after jumping the fence in her backyard. Palin belongs to our trainer Adam and when he found out Palin was gone he did everything he could to get his pup back! They checked with all the shelters and Animal Control, they printed out flyers and even put a large banner on our fence facing the Monon that you may remember. Months went by and Adam’s hope for getting back Palin was dwindling. He just hoped that a good family saw her lost and scared and picked her up to take care of her. It wasn’t until late November when Adam was home that he heard a noise by his front door. When he opened it, it was hard to believe but there was Palin! She ran right inside and began playing with all her old friends. She was a little chunkier, but responded to her name, knew all her old tricks and her way around the house! It was a miracle Palin was safe and back home with her family!!We are so happy for Adam and love seeing our girl and her happy face back at work again!
A Christmas Miracle!
This story could be classified as a fairy-tale. It has a good storyline about an adventurer, a hero, and a happy ending.
Once upon a time on a cold Monday morning, November 29th 2010, the ladies at Good Dog Hotel & Spa were sitting at the front desk. They were working hard as usual, when one of the girls (Jenny) looked up and saw a dog loose in the parking lot!
She went outside and looked for someone to follow him but nobody came. After trying for a while to get him to come inside, she decided the only way he would come in was if she got a treat. When Jenny said the word “treat” and showed it to him, the doggie walked right up to her and came inside. He was very cold and nervous, wondering where his parents were.
After comforting him for a while and noticing that the dog didn’t have a collar or a name-tag, Jenny decided that he needed a temporary name. She named him Dobie. We took Dobie to the Vet to see if he was micro-chipped, hoping that he would be able to find his owner that way. The Vet informed us that he had no micro-chip so Good Dog Hotel & Spa got to work on getting the word out about “lost Dobie”.
We put up an ad on Craigslist, Facebook, Petfinder, our Good Dog Website, and also put up fliers in various businesses in Broad Ripple. We played the waiting game for a while but Dobie was getting very anxious so we decided to take him to the Vet to get his vaccines so he could play in Daycare.
As the week went on, Dobie had fun in Daycare playing with the other dogs and was enjoying his hotel-stay but we could see that he missed his Mommy!
Exactly 7 days after we found him we received a phone call from a lady. She said we might have her dog! We were very excited!! We ran and got Dobie and told him all about it! He became extremely excited, wagging his tail with enthusiasm! Whoever thinks dogs don’t understand human language, should have seen Dobie when he was waiting for his Mommy to come and pick him up. He was staring through our front door, waiting in anticipation…
About fifteen minutes later (which seemed like an eternity to all of us), Dobie’s Mom arrived at Good Dog to get her baby! The reunion was very emotional and one of the best days Good Dog Hotel and Spa had ever had. Dobie’s Mom told us that his name was Samson and sometimes goes by “Pup”. She also said that one of her friends had seen the ad on Facebook, and had told her immediately! They were both truly happy to be reunited and Good Dog was very happy to see Samson go back home to his Mom.
And as any good fairy-tale would end…
“They Lived Happy Ever After”…
Article Written by Veronique Brown
A Little Lost Traveler Found Her Way Home!
On Thursday 9-23-10 two students from Butler University came to Good Dog Hotel & Spa with a cute little lost doggie!! She was found running around on the Butler University Football Field. We put up fliers, talked to clients, and listed her on several websites. After several days of no response, our staff was getting worried that our little lost traveler wouldn’t find her way back to her parents. This little munchkin reminded us of “Piglet” from Winnie the Pooh. Since she had no name tag, we unofficially named her “Piglet”
We could tell by “Piglet’s” behavior that she was very well taken care of; she just got away from mom and dad. On the sixth day of “Piglet’s” adventure at Good Dog Hotel & Spa, a lady called us early in the morning asking if we had found a little Rat Terrier!! She was able to describe “Piglet’s” looks in detail and informed us that her name was “Josie”!!!
Later that day “Josie” was picked up and we were all so happy that this story has a happy ending. We will miss you “Piglet-Josie”!!
Article Written by Veronique Brown
