| Rose |
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Gender: Female
Age: 6-8 Years
Foster Home: Mary G.
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Update: Rose was adopted in April, 2006. We received the following update in early 2007: "Rose came into our lives after the tragic loss
of our Black Lab Tess last September. Tess was a beautiful
dog who suddenly died at eight years of age from Kidney
failure. Tess was loved by everyone she came into contact
with and her leaving us so quickly left such a void in our
lives. I just assumed that I would wait the appropriate
amount of time to mourn her and then get a puppy to fill
our lives again. I thought how hard it was going to be for
this dog to be able to fill the shoes which Tess had left.
So smart, so beautiful, so sure of herself. Loving her
trips to the cottage in Bay View, her swims in Little
Traverse Bay or Lake Michigan, her eating and lounging on
her neighbors deck at her home in Pontiac. I laugh
remembering coming home and she would be at the Higgins
back door like she lived with them and not us. I was
depressed and was not looking forward to life without Tess,
it was going to be a sad and hard search to find her
replacement.
"One evening about a month after Tess died, I was looking
at different breeds and remembered how my great uncle Stan
had Scotch. I really loved that dog growing up. Scotch was
a handsome Border Collie and a very loyal companion to my
uncle until they both passed on very close to each other. I
Googled Border Collies and the GLBC Rescue came up, I
decided to look at some of the dogs listed. The minute I
saw Rose I immediately new she was special before I knew
what her story was. I read her tragic story and realized
that this dog, around eight years old like Tess was, could
inherit the life which Tess had been so happily living. I
told my partner Larry and our neighbors the Higgins. They
thought I was crazy to jump into another dog so soon,
especially this one. After a week, Larry realized I was not
just interested in Rose as a replacement for Tess, but as a
new addition to our household. I then emailed Mary and Jim
who were lovingly nursing Rose back to health to find out
more about her. 
"We emailed for about a month getting to know each other
over the brief written conversations in our emails. Larry
and I were ecstatic when Debbie from GLBC Rescue emailed
us, then called us to advise Rose was going to be ours. We
drove down to get Rose withing two weeks, anxious to see
her and to meet with Jim and Mary. It is hard to describe
the meeting with them. Everyone seemed comfortable like we
all have known each other for years but there was still the
adoption to happen. Mary went cautiously over the
procedures and Rose's routine and health concerns prior to
us leaving and you could see her love for Rose in her talk,
and her eyes. Rose was very weak and had been nursed back
to health by them after being treated for heart worm and
other ailments. We then left for our long journey back to
Pontiac, MI. I felt very sad for Rose and the family she
learned to love as hers. They must have meant a lot to her
and her to them.
"I am not going to go over every detail of her life now
but she has learned to fill the shoes, different ones
though, that Tess left behind. Rose is a wonderful sweet
dog loved by everyone she comes in contact with, sound
familiar? She had her first trip to Chicago and Milwaukee
for Thanksgiving and had a wonderful time. As interesting
as the trip was to her, nothing compared to her smile and
tail wagging when she realized she had pulled up the
driveway to her home. I wonder about her past, but will
never wonder about her future. I can see that everyday, she
forgets a little about the bad life she had, but I know she
will never forget about the wonderful thing the volunteers
and GLBC Rescue have done for her...and us. Thank you so
much."
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