Some friends of ours offered us a five month old male black lab that they had rescued when the owner abandoned him and three other dogs. He is the sweetest, gentlest, most mellow lab pup I have ever met. They thought so too and ended up not being able to part with him, and I don't blame them a bit, he is a beauty. Bummer for us, but lucky for Marley. We spent the day looking at the shelters and went to Flathead County after school. I had visited the web site and had a list of names of dogs I wanted to meet. Marley was on the list, but was being led out as we came in. Turns out she was going to a sanctuary since she had been at the shelter so long and hadn't placed. Luckily I am a smart alec and I said "she's taking the dog I wanted to meet". That's when I found out she runs a sanctuary. She waited patiently while we met Marley. She said she'd rather her go to a family than the sanctuary. At first sight, she bared her teeth at us and I immediately backed off until they told me that is how Marley smiles. Hilarious! She is so calm and sweet. She is a bit out of shape (but so am I) so we are going to work on good nutrition and walks. She is gentle and patient with Rita and Anthony, although today she resorted to hiding in the van to get away from Anthony's constant attention.
So we all won. Max the puppy got to stay with our friends, we got a dog and Marley got a home. The beginning.
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