Boo's Story

I have had the pleasure of meeting Boo before, and today you could see he remembered me. My first encounter with Boo was a question about the way he walks.

You see, Boo is an adorable Pekingese dog. One that did not have a happy start to life. One thing I can say about Boo now is he knows what it is to be loved. He spent the first part of his life kept in a closet. Never doing anything but laying down. His owner didn't care for him, or love him, her main worry was getting her next fix.

Boo was RESCUED!

Because this dog spent the first part of his life laying down his back legs never extended. Thus he walks with a noticeable limp. You see it and your heart breaks for him, but he knows what love is. His owner has a stroller for him to ride in when the pain in his legs is to great. He gets nightly massages to help him with his problems with his back legs being shorter.

Outside of that he fits the bill of a feisty loved Pekingese. He is very very skeptical of me, in part I believe because of my cameras. The first time he saw me he growled at me, and I just sat there and talked to him. Today he recognized me, and of course he continued to talk to me. He has very very expressive eyes, and a beautiful coat of fur.

Today I was happy that he got closer to me than before, giving me a sniff. Maybe someday he will trust me enough to let me pet him, but its at his own pace if and when that ever happens.

His owner said that he often got called spoiled, and I have to say right now that I would never call this dog spoiled. After the rough start he had in life and the problems he's endured, it takes a special person to take dogs like this into their home, and this was not her first rescue dog, she told me tales of other dogs she rescued and gave a good home to, and love them. Let them know what love is. After all you can see this dog loves her to pieces and with good reason, she helped to rescue him from a situation that was less than desirable (to put it mildly). And you know he knows that he is loved......

What touches me the most is that Boo now knows what it is to be loved.

It pains me to know his past,
but.....

with that being said, it gives me great joy and happiness to know that this little dog has been taken in from a situation that no animal should suffer through, and knows that people love him, and care for him. And it shows on his face when he 'talks' to me.



Until next time
Mooch