SandyRN
01-12-2008, 05:44 PM
Grieving dog opens up
Touchingly faithful, initially skittish pup has reason to wag tail
JANE DUCKWELL
Special to the Observer
Andy Gudelis
LAYNE BAILEY / Staff Photographer
1/10/2008 - Andy Gudelis is fostering a 11-month old puppy he has nicknamed Rumer at his home in Wesley Chapel.
For three weeks, Cindee Blake-Harris fed the dog that lived on the side of West Duncan Road in Indian Trail.
She feared for its safety, but the skittish dog wouldn't let her come anywhere near -- and it seemed unwilling to abandon its dead companion, a red dog.
As the Observer reported last month, Blake-Harris would find food containers near the other dog, as though the survivor had dragged them there to share. Often she saw the dog lying next to its dead friend.
As temperatures dropped in late December, Blake-Harris started to pray. "Lord, let her warm up to me."
Then, on New Year's Day, the dog wagged its tail when Blake-Harris arrived. "She came up to me, and she rolled over and allowed me to rub her stomach."
At Blake-Harris' request, two volunteers from Project Halo, a rescue group, came to get the dog. They brought it to Palmetto Pet Hospital in Fort Mill, S.C., where vet Dawn Martin spayed and vaccinated the 62-pound female for free.
The dog is currently being kept by Andy Gudelis in Wesley Chapel, who has nicknamed the Doberman/Hound mix Rumer.
In some ways, Blake-Harris feels her finding the dog was meant to be. Years ago, she found a Dal*****n along the same road and took it home. It died in April.
Now, Blake-Harris hopes to adopt her new rescue -- provided it gets along with her cats.
Touchingly faithful, initially skittish pup has reason to wag tail
JANE DUCKWELL
Special to the Observer
Andy Gudelis
LAYNE BAILEY / Staff Photographer
1/10/2008 - Andy Gudelis is fostering a 11-month old puppy he has nicknamed Rumer at his home in Wesley Chapel.
For three weeks, Cindee Blake-Harris fed the dog that lived on the side of West Duncan Road in Indian Trail.
She feared for its safety, but the skittish dog wouldn't let her come anywhere near -- and it seemed unwilling to abandon its dead companion, a red dog.
As the Observer reported last month, Blake-Harris would find food containers near the other dog, as though the survivor had dragged them there to share. Often she saw the dog lying next to its dead friend.
As temperatures dropped in late December, Blake-Harris started to pray. "Lord, let her warm up to me."
Then, on New Year's Day, the dog wagged its tail when Blake-Harris arrived. "She came up to me, and she rolled over and allowed me to rub her stomach."
At Blake-Harris' request, two volunteers from Project Halo, a rescue group, came to get the dog. They brought it to Palmetto Pet Hospital in Fort Mill, S.C., where vet Dawn Martin spayed and vaccinated the 62-pound female for free.
The dog is currently being kept by Andy Gudelis in Wesley Chapel, who has nicknamed the Doberman/Hound mix Rumer.
In some ways, Blake-Harris feels her finding the dog was meant to be. Years ago, she found a Dal*****n along the same road and took it home. It died in April.
Now, Blake-Harris hopes to adopt her new rescue -- provided it gets along with her cats.