OUR FOREVER HOME

KALUAH

HI, MY NAME IS KALUAH. I WAS BORN ON MAY 25, 2001. MY FIRST YEAR WAS A HARD ONE. MY PARENTS ARE BOTH AKC REGISTERED. MY DAD'S NAME WAS MEADOW'S LIL JUMPING JAKE, AND MY MOMS NAME WAS CRISTAL DELIGHT. I DONT REMEMBER EITHER OF THEM THOUGH, I WAS SENT OFF TO PETLAND IN GREENVILLE,SC WHEN I WAS JUST A PUPPY. THEN I WENT HOME WITH A LADY WHO ABANDONED ME THAT FOLLOWING NOVEMBER. NO ONE IS REALLY SURE WHY, BUT THANKFULLY, SOMEONE WAS NICE ENOUGH TO CONTACT IMPS FOR ME. BY THE TIME I WAS 1 YEAR OLD, I WAS A FOSTER DOG WITH A VERY NICE VOLUNTEER NAMED ELAINE STORBERG IN NC. NOT LONG AFTER SHE TOOK ME IN, SHE TOLD ME SHE HAD FOUND ANOTHER WOMAN WHO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ME A FOREVER HOME. SHE SAID SHE LIVED IN GEORGIA AND WOULD MEET US TO PICK ME UP. SHE EVEN SAID SHE HAD ANOTHER MIN PIN FOR ME TO PLAY WITH.

SO IN JUNE OF 2002, ELAINE AND I DROVE TO MEET MY NEW MOM. I WAS VERY SHY AND SCARED. UP UNTIL NOW, PEOPLE WHO HAD COME INTO MY LIFE, HAD JUST AS QUICKLY LEFT IT. I JUST KNEW THIS NEW MOM WOULD FIND A REASON TO PASS ME ON TOO. BUT I WAS WRONG, SHE PUT ME IN THE BACK SEAT OF HER CAR WITH NIKI, MY NEW FRIEND. NIKI TOLD ME HOW NICE IT WAS WHERE WE WERE GOING AND HOW MUCH FUN I WAS GOING TO HAVE. SHE WAS RIGHT!! WE EVEN HAD OUR OWN ROOM. FINALLY, I HAD FOUND A HOME WHERE I COULD RELAX AND NOT HAVE TO BE SO SCARED.

SINCE THEN, WE HAVE MOVED SO MANY PLACES. FIRST WE WERE IN GEORGIA...THEN A FEW DIFFERENT PLACES IN NORTH CAROLINA...AND WHEN MOM HAD TO GO WITH HER MARINE FRIENDS SHE EVEN LET US GO TO FLORIDA! GRANDPA CAME AND PICKED US UP AND WE GOT TO GO TO THE HOUSE MOM GREW UP IN! WE HAD SO MUCH FUN RUNNING AND PLAYING IN THE YARD. I CHASED BIRDS EVERYDAY! MOM SAYS I AM THE ONLY DOG SHE HAS EVER SEEN THAT CHASES BIRDS WHEN THEY FLY OVER IN THE SKY. I TRY SO HARD TO JUMP UP AND CATCH THEM, ONE DAY I WILL GET ONE!

THEN WE MOVED TO A FARM IN OKLAHOMA. EVERY MORNING I GOT TO HELP WITH MORNING CHORES AND WATCH THE CHICKENS RUN AND PLAY. SOMETIMES I WOULD EVEN WIGGLE OUT OF MY HARNESS AND RUN WITH THEM BUT THEN MOM WOULD MAKE ME SIT IN MY KENNEL FOR A WHILE. (IT WAS WORTH IT EVERY TIME!) IN THE WINTER I EVEN HELPED GET FIREWOOD. MOM SAID I HAD WAY TO MUCH ENERGY SO SHE HOOKED A HARNESS UP FOR ME THAT COULD PULL A SMALL LOG. I LOVED IT!! I WOULD STAND REAL STILL WAITING FOR HER TO TIE ANOTHER ONE ON, THEN TAKE OFF!! SHE WOULD LAUGH THE WHOLE WAY BACK TO THE HOUSE (TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH ME)!! I ALWAYS BEAT HER BACK AND SHE WOULD TELL ME HOW SILLY I WAS TO BE SO EXCITED TO PULL A LOG. I WOULD EVEN CARRY MY HARNESS TO HER IN THE MORNING SO SHE WOULDNT FORGET TO TAKE ME ALONG!!

NOW WE LIVE WITH KENNY IN HIS BIG HOUSE. I HAVE A YARD TO PLAY IN AND EVERYTHING! I ALMOST NEVER STOP RUNNING! MOM SAYS I MAKE HER TIRED JUST WATCHING ME GO ALL DAY LONG. WE HAVE A NEW BROTHER TOO! HIS NAME IS SLICK. HE PLAYS WITH ME ALL THE TIME, EVEN MORE THAN NIKI DOES! MOM BROUGHT HIM HOME ONE DAY FROM WORK, SHE SAID THAT HE WAS LOST IN TOWN WITH NO HOME. I KNOW HOW HE FELT AND HOW SCARED HE WAS. MAYBE THAT IS WHY HE AND I GET ALONG SO GOOD. WE GO EVERYWHERE TOGETHER NOW AND HE IS LEARNING THAT THIS HOME IS SOMEWHERE HE CAN STAY FOREVER.

I REALLY LIKE LIVING HERE! I GO TO WORK AT THE VET HOSPITAL EVERYDAY WITH MOM. SHE LETS ME RIDE UP FRONT NOW THAT I HAVE LEARNED NOT TO JUMP ON THE DASHBOARD WHEN I SEE A BIRD FLY OVER US. WHEN SHE WAKES UP IN THE MORNING, WE ALL STAY IN OUR BED WHILE SHE GETS READY (YES, WE ARE SO SPOILED WE HAVE OUR OWN GIANT BED NEXT TO HERS). ONCE SHE IS READY TO GO SHE TELLS US "IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP" AND HERE WE COME!!! WE ALL THREE RACE DOWN THE HALL WAY TO THE FRONT DOOR TO GO POTTY. THEN IT'S BACK INSIDE UNTIL MOM CRATES SLICK AND NIKI AND I RUN TO THE TRUCK!! AT WORK WE GET TO MEET ALL KINDS OF ANIMALS AND HELP THEM NOT BE SO SCARED WHILE THE DOCTOR MAKES THEM BETTER. SOMETIMES WE EVEN BRING THEM HOME FOR EXTRA CARE OR UNTIL SOMEONE CAN FIND THEM A HOME. ONCE WE BROUGHT HOME A BABY DEER AND I GOT TO HELP BOTTLE FEED HER! (WELL, I WATCHED). 

MOM SAYS I AM VERY "SPECIAL". SHE SAYS I AM VERY SILLY AND UNPREDICTABLE, BUT BY FAR THE MOST AFFECTIONATE (AND ENTERTAINING) DOG SHE HAS EVER HAD. ALTHOUGH I TEND TO BE A LITTLE PROTECTIVE OF HER, SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT IT'S BECAUSE I DONT WANT TO BE WITHOUT HER EVER AGAIN.

I AM VERY THANKFUL TO THE NICE PEOPLE AT IMPS THAT HELPED ME FIND MOM! I WAS SO SCARED, ALL ALONE AND THOUGHT NOBODY WANTED ME....BUT NOW, I AM HAPPY, I AM LOVED, I AM HOME. *NOW THROW ME ANOTHER BALL!!*

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