The most amazing thing has happened. Austin's spirit is with us. It was 3 days after we had to send Austin over the rainbow bridge, I wanted to email the rescue from Tennessee where we're got him. When I pulled up the page, the adopted dogs came up and the top one was a white mixed Pyrenees that recently had hind leg amputation surgery and needed a forever home. It is the same back leg Austin would have had done. The new dog had her stitches out last week. My husband and I were not sure about adopting her and the group was scheduled to take her to Petco last weekend to an adoption event. We told them if she wasn't adopted to let us know....and she wasn't ...and we are. She is coming via transport on Saturday. The rescue even eats the same dog food as Austin and the only place you can buy it is at Tractor Supply. So now we are facing a new challenge. Please feel free to comment with any advice or suggestions. Her name is Nola.

Nola has found her new furever home....except she is now Zoey! When she came home after picking her up from the transport in the wee hours of the morning, we realized Nola starts with No. Given her history, we wanted something more positive. Zoe is Greek for life. She was a stray found on the street by a police officer on August 26th. She had a broken leg with matted fur. She was taken to the shelter and taken out by the rescue group. Her leg was unable to be set as it was an old injury. Thus the amputation. At the same time as that surgery she was spayed and microchipped. She is probably around 3. She has adjusted so well. Our home is pretty quiet and she really needs recovery time from all of this. Her transport alone was 12+ hours. Her biggest things are walking on our floor...hardwood and laminate..so we now have paths of rugs and she is all over the house. She will not walk on a leash per her foster mother so we haven’t tried. We have a pretty large fenced in yard. She is eating but only weighs 43 lbs so she needs to fill out her ribs. The amputation looks good. I am getty one of the ruffwear harnesses to give her a boost where she needs it. I will get some pics this week and post a few. It is all about endless patience right now. It is amazing how we are blessed with her.  Thanks so much for all of the support!