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December, 2012 Toni, Kathy, and I went to the York SPCA with Lily Bugs to observe a puppy that was deemed dog aggressive, at only 4 months of age. We went in a room with the puppy and Lily and the the pup just would not leave Lily be. After several corrections from Lily, the pup still continued to come back at her. I told Lisa, who works for the SPCA that I did think the puppy was fixable, but I just did not have the time to work with her. Lisa insisted that I look at some other dogs. Kathy and Toni went walking through the shelter, I did not. I knew what that would mean, I would leave an emotional wreck. Kathy took some pictures and suggested that I go walk through to look at the dogs. I didn't want to, but reluctantly I did. At the end of the aisle was a large underweight American Bulldog named Odie. He stood at the gate of the kennel, (see attached Picture) emotionless. Even as I approached he looked right through me. I looked at his cage card and there were so many things on it. Seems he was in the shelter system before and here he was again, dumped. The cage card also said he had seizures. Kathy took a picture and we left. I couldn't get him out of my mind. We posted for a foster and we got one, so we thought. We made arrangements to pull him. Toni picked him up and dropped him off to me at Petsmart, where I had his picture taken with Santa. Still no emotion. Well, I get him home and the foster backs out. Where does one put a huge American Bulldog?? With me, of course. He would not stay in his crate, he cried all night. His crate was in my room, so I slept at the bottom of the bed with my hand on the top of the crate. I did this for weeks. Of course during the day when I was at work, he would tear down the crate and sleep on my bed, chew my mattress and dig all the paint off my bedroom door. Living with Odie was not easy, but we had a connection. More and more he opened up. He used to give butterfly kisses, he would never lick you in the face. I started taking him to events, everyone loved this 110 pounder, but Odie was considered a senior dog with allergies. No one wanted him. Even though he was now showing all kinds of emotion, even giving kisses on my face. My dog Tiger and him would have never gotten along, or I would have just kept him. When my mom got sick and we moved to a bigger house, we converted the art studio into a kennel area. Odie had a bigger space, nothing to chew up and he liked his new digs, but he still lacked the one thing he longed for, a family of his own. Last month that dream came true in the form of the Dhaliwal family. They had adopted Scarlet from us last year, they moved into a bigger house and saw Odie's picture and wanted to adopt him. Well, I was skeptical at first and insisted on an overnight. The family fell in love instantly. They adopted him at the end of the week. He now sleeps with their oldest son, in his bed!! Snuggles with the dad and just loves his new family. Odie is almost 10, it took this long for him to find his forever home, which gives me hope that all our dogs will find their families. It was bitter sweet saying goodbye to my friend, I love him so much, but I had to let him go on to a better life. I still get to see all the pictures of the love he is now getting in abundance. Odie, I will always love you, and will never forget you. You will always remain in my heart forever.