These are the 3 Petfinder "file photos" of my rescue girl, "Billabong" when I first heard about her in the Roicy, Louisiana animal shelter. It was a kill shelter but she had been "held over" for 3 weeks past her original date to be PTS. When I saw these pics my heart was broken that such a sweet little dog had been just 'dumped' essentially like garbage and that no one wanted her anymore...
To make a long story short....we pulled her - and she spent a week in Baton Rouge before we worked out a transport to get her to Florida via 6 different vehicle teams! Here she is after a bath and vet checkup a day after being pulled...
That was 5 years ago.
It was the best decision I ever made in my life...Billabong and the female I already had, Winkipop, have been best buds ever since!
One year later:
And from this past June:
As many of you already know - this is an incredible breed of dog - and there are PLENTY of this breed who are left behind in shelters each and every day around the world...mostly because their humans are too dumb to keep up with their smart dog!