Ella was the first dog adopted "long distance" from Forget Me Not -- she was adopted by Sam and Megan from the Seattle area back in summer 2004, and they drove to Republic to pick her up!
2/1/06 update: "I had a funny coincidence happen recently involving, well, Forget-Me-Not.
I recently had two friends from college visit me; they are a married couple and live in San Francisco. The guy has a brother here in Seattle, so we all went over to his brother’s house for an evening. His brother and his brother’s wife have two dogs. So, we got to talking about our dogs, and I was telling them about Ella (a.k.a. “Sister” and also “Fuzzy Bumpkins”) and I mentioned that we got Ella from a shelter “way out” in Eastern Washington. They said they got their two dogs from a shelter out in Eastern Washington….in Republic! Well, the two dogs adopted got are Scruffy and Rascal!!!
Those Forget-Me-Not dogs are the best!
Ella continues to do well; she’s still in agility classes. We’ve been learning some tricks at home, but she’s figured out that they’re not worth doing unless she gets a treat. She is still a goofball, despite reaching the advanced age of four. She went on two long walks today so she’s now in a deep snooze with her chin on one of her stuffed animals. "
We love stories like this!!! You never know where you'll run into another Forget Me Not "alum"!
10/3/06 -
"Attached are some photos of Ella, taken at Dog Camp (yes, a camp for people and their dogs). Besides agility, Ella’s latest hobbies include watching Caesar Millan Dog Whisperer episodes and adding to her collection of stuffed animals (to my recent horror, she took one from a low-lying display at a sidewalk sale, tossed it into the air, and pummeled it on the ground before I realized what was happening. Of course we bought it for her as it no longer had that “new” look).
We hope you are all well. It has been just over two years since we came to Republic for Ella. We felt sad to take her from her foster home with you but everything has worked out so well and we know you would be proud of what a well-mannered young lady she has become!"
