Cautiously optimistic

I've completed all the required reference checks and coordination, and as of this morning...



Bogey has a pending adoption!

Her name is Jenn. She came to our house to meet him on Saturday afternoon and fell in love with him almost immediately. We talked and she petted him for hours. He was such a good boy, very affectionate and well-mannered. She has lots of experience with Pit Bulls, as her parents have a pack of 5 rescued Pits and Pit mixes. She lives in Baltimore near John's Hopkins and plans to take Bogey for walks in the city, strolls to outdoor cafes that serve coffee and gourmet doggie biscuits, on car trips, to play dates, to the park, and sometimes to work with her during the day. He'll have ample opportunity to remain socialized with people, places, and other dogs (he'll even have a built in play group at her parent's house). He is going to be spoiled rotten! It is more than we ever could have imagined for him.

I am thrilled! And, a little sad too. The past eleven months have been life changing, so many highs and lows, and Bogey has been with us through them all. We have put an incredible amount of energy and effort into him, and to see it all about to pay off is bittersweet. It's wonderful, and I'm really going to miss him.

Sometimes I feel like in the grand scheme of things, these adoptions work out when and how they do because the right person had to come along at just the right time. A few weeks ago Jenn lost her 12 year old Lab mix, Woody, who had been in declining health for the last two years. I'd like to think that we found Bogey when we did because he needed someone to take care of him until she was ready to take him, that this was written in the stars...

But it's not official yet. And won't be until Friday. And though we've never had a pending adoption fall through, anything could happen.

So, until then please devote your thoughts, prayers, and all wishes on stars to the cause.