Roxi's Journey
They call me Roxi. It’s not the name I used to go by another name, but it’s been a long time since I’ve seen the human who used to have me. My life then was very hard. We lived on the streets and I often had no food to eat. When it was cold or when the sky exploded with loud noises and rain we often didn’t have a place to go where we could be safe. I used to live in a house with my human. Life was much better then. I don’t know why we had to leave. I don’t know why we had to live in the streets. I don’t know why my human had to give me away. I was scared when my human left me. We both cried.
I was put in a small room. The humans that lived there were nice and gave me food and water whenever I needed some. But I was alone. There were other dogs there, many of them yelling out to other humans to let them out. They were afraid. They were angry. I had no way of knowing how long I was there. The scent of my human was gone and I didn’t know where I was. Sometimes people would walk by and look at me. I would always be so happy to see them. My tail would start wagging and I always smiled at them. Sometimes they would talk with me. But no one opened my door. I began to feel very sad. I wanted to leave but I did not know how. Each day I felt even sadder than the day before. Soon I wasn’t interested in eating my food. Why bother? Nothing changes.
But today, something happened! One of the humans who live here opened my door, and this time it wasn’t to go outside. I went into a new room. There was a human I had not seen before. He was smiling and called me by my new name. I ran to him, and in my best Doggo I said, “Please get me out of here!” And he understood what I said!! Soon we were walking out the door. The air was filled with millions of new smells. I was free. I ran to his car, pulling him behind me. I wanted to get out of there before he changed his mind and took me back inside. I jumped into his car as soon as the door opened. It was quiet. The sounds of the yelling dogs were gone. The air was filled with beautiful music that made me feel safe. I was so excited!! Looking out of the car at all the strange and wonderful things pass us. Soon all my fear and stress began to slip away.
When he opened the car door again, I was in another large room. I could smell other dogs and I was nervous. Where am I? What is this human going to do? Where were these other dogs? He opened another door and there were two dogs waiting for me. They were both wagging their tails. Mine began to wag too! They were happy to see me!! The human walked us to another door and it opened to a large green yard!! I took off running. My two new friends chased after me. We ran and played until all of us were gasping to catch our breath.
The human gave us all dinner with rice and vegetables. It tasted soo good! Then me and my new friends went into the yard and ran and ran until we soon couldn’t breath. Soon, all the excitement from the day caught up with me and I began to fall asleep. The human and my new friends went into another room with a large pillow, big enough for all of us to lay down and still have plenty of room. The room went dark, but there was light coming from a big stone so I could still see.
I laid down next to the human. I felt like crying but I was too happy. I woke up today feeling no hope for happiness and now I was going to sleep on a large pillow, in a house, and with a full belly. I don’t know what tomorrow will bring me, but today was the happiest day of my life.
UPDATE:
Hi everyone, it’s Roxi here all the way from the Dallas area , I wasn’t with SDSC but dog rescuing is a great contagious trait , and apparently a shared love with distant family . I have the BEST news ever!
I found my FOREVER HOME!
My journey hasn’t been easy; I faced some tough times and a lot of changes. But when I was picked up from the shelter, I knew my life was about to get so much better! A HUGE thank you to everyone who played a part in my rescue and my path to happiness, especially my foster doggie dad Curt! You all made this possible!