White Bus Black Dog

We had some big news yesterday, but we couldn’t update you because our internet was down.

This is Gordon. His family can’t take care of him anymore because they had to move. Their new landlord is scummy and is terrorizing them with ridiculous threats and surprise inspections, all in an attempt to make sure they get rid of their dog.

Gordon’s mom, who we’ll call Patty, posted an ad on the internet: One Jack Russell, free to a loving home.

Within a couple of days, Patty had sifted through all the responses and was sure she’d found a nice place for Gordon with a couple in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Patty dropped him off. .

A couple of days later Patty was on the internet. Missing her dog, she looked through the animal classifieds. There, on the first page, she saw a shadowy picture below a bold headline, written all in capital letters: Jack Russell Terrier. Two hundred and fifty dollars. Patty was stunned.

Gordon’s new family was trying to sell him, for a huge profit! Patty called them up. She demanded they give Gordon back.

They said no. So Patty arranged a dog napping. That evening she got her boyfriend to call and set up a meeting, posing as a potential buyer for Gordon. They got in the car and they drove, planning little except to get Gordon back. After an uncomfortable confrontation, they did.

Yesterday we adopted Gordon. We’re big people; Muddy’s a big guy, too. Gordon looks small, but he’s holding his own so far. We hope he can make himself a space in this family: the only one he still has to convince is Muddy.

So, White Bus Black Dog, day minus four, and now we’re plus one.

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