Since Howard was so sick Jeff didn't want to take him to the Dave Matthews Band concert so he offered me the tickets. I called my friend Heather because I knew that she was a huge DMB fan. We went to the concert on Sunday, September 13th. On the car ride to Irvine Heather mentioned that someone gave her a dog named Lucy and that it wasn't really working out. I asked her what kind of dog and she said Labradoodle, a breed that my mom has always wanted and that my aunt has and loves to pieces. Heather said that her older dog that didn't get along with Lucy and that her 2 year old daughter doesn't like dogs and didn't even want to be in the room with the Lucy! I told her to give me a call if she really can't get Lucy to work.
Heather calls a few days later and says that she can't handle Lucy anymore, that she just doesn't have time to train her. We set up a "play date" for Sunday to see if my dogs and Lucy get along because we thought about taking her in at this moment. My dogs didn't particularly enjoy having a little puppy in the house, Silver growled everytime Lucy walked by and Corky would snap at her! Hutch on the other hand LOVED Lucy! Oh, and Lucy chased our cats, poor cats!
Something else happened on Sunday...Howard passed away.
So my mom and dad came over to see Lucy and perhaps take her, although my dad didn't want another dog at all! He wouldn't even consider another dog! My mom and I sat, saddened by Howard's passing and laughing at this silly puppy terrorizing all of my other dogs. It was bitter sweet.
I decided to keep Lucy, it felt like I needed to do this, that there was a reason that I need to take her.
My mom and I talk to Jeff over the next day or 2, not wanting to push the whole new dog thing, we didn't want to overwhelm him or make him think that we didn't miss Howard terribly. I posted a few photos of Lucy on my facebook and Jeff contacted me and asked me a few questions about her. I was excited that he was considering it!
So Monday night I ask Jeff if he wants to come over to my house for dinner to meet Lucy but he said he was too tired, he had been up with Howard for the past few nights in the hospital so he just wanted to sleep. I said ok and asked if he wanted me to bring Lucy over to his house while I am at my mom's group the next day (today). He said yes!
I drop Isabella off at school, drop Zach off at pre-school and then zoom over to my mom's house so she can walk Lucy over to Jeff's house. I prayed all morning that it would work out, I explained the whole story (through sobs and tears! Sorry, girls!) I asked them all to pray. I called my mom as soon as my moms group was over and she said that Jeff and Lucy are getting along perfectly and that she really thinks that Jeff will keep her!
Best of all is that Jeff is going to train Lucy to be his new service dog!
I've always heard about people having miraculous things happen to them, true God things. I truly believe that God had a huge hand in thism that this was all his doing and that this all happened because of Him.
I drove home from my moms group sobbing, completely sobbing that this all happened, just amazed at what God can do. Thank you God!
Here are a few photos of Lucy, she is a 1 year old Labradoodle, she is incredibly sweet and curious!
Here are Hutch and Lucy, they look like brother and sister!
