Steele

Here are the pics I said I would post after I gave Steele a bath.. He smells SSOOO much better... That pound smell is terrible.. I had to re wash all the dog bedding cause that bad pound smell attached to everything he touched.. Believe me it was to strong to stand.. He is so much better looking, very shinny and the white on him is so crisp looking.. The rest of the dogs even like him more.. Really they do.. I know its cause of the pound and the death smell that the other dogs could smell... He is being a very good dog so far.. He is great with the cat.. All he wants to do with Spike is play.. Well he forgets that he is so big.. He weighs 62 lbs.. I hope that is full grown weight.. He even knows how to honk my car horn.. Yeah I was in the store today and he started to push on the horn.. As soon as I walked out the door he stopped.. I have never heard of an animal doing that before.. It was so funny!! He is a very proud young boy!! He loves the camera too!!

New Addition

Today I added a new family member to my little family!! I went to the pound in West Vally cause they were euthanizing a bunch of dogs today.. Sad sad world it is.. Anyway I had my heart set on a particular dog.. They call him Steele, he is a Pit Bull/ Lab mix.. The same as Bently was. My dad went with me to check him along with a couple more out just in case there was some kind of conflict with Steele.. I was looking at another dog and was figuring out what one would best fit my life style.. Well I turned to walk back down to Steele and some dude came and took the other one I was looking at along with her kennel mate.. I just thought some one else was looking at them.. Well come to find out they were taken back to be killed.. Oh man that was a sad moment in time.. He was coming back to get steele when I had someone take him out for me so I could play with him and see if we got along.. Everything was perfect.. He came to me as if he had known me for a while.. The guy that worked there came into the room and sad the Steele did not like men very much cause of the abuse his first owner put him through.. Well after he came to say hi to me he walked over to my dad and sat on his feet and laid his head on his lap.. No one could believe it.. I think that dog knew what was going on.. The reason he HATES men at first introduction is the dude that had his first took paper scissors and cut his ears off.. It is sad that people can do such things.. He has a little bit of an ear left on one side but not much.. Him and Ziggy had no conflict either.. So I adopted him!!! I get to pick him up tomorrow at 5pm.. they had some vaccinations they needed to do before he comes home and make sure he is in good health.. They don't do any of this before they get adopted cause you never know who will find a home or not and that is alot of dogs to be able to make sure they are well.. Cause sadly most of them don't find homes.. I have never bought a dog from a breeder and I never will either.. They need to take a walk through a shelter/pound and see just what they are helping populate.. there are over 300 dogs in just 1 Pound and most are sweet dogs that would love you more than anything.. I will post a picture tomorrow after I give him a bath and he gets settled a bit.. I know he will be very loyal and loving just by the 10 min I spent with him!!!
No dog will ever fill Bently's place bit they will fill the cracks that that hole made when he died..

RIP Bently

Today is the saddest day I have had in a long time.. Someone hit Bently this morning. Right in front of me. To make things worse the people didn't even touch their breaks the just kept driving. I hope Karma will find them. I will always carry the imprint of the sound smell and most of all the sight of it. How can a dog break your heart so much. This is killing me cause there was nothing I could have done. He died on the way to the vet. I will miss that boy like crazy.. Run free Bently bear..


My gentle giant's gone to sleep.
It's quiet, yet I hear his sound,
his feet still dragging along the ground.

He made all welcome, no bark, no growl,
just the largest grin, with licks all around
He asked for nothing but gave his all,
right to the end, to that final call.

When it's time for us to take that final ride,
that fearful trip to the other side,
we know he'll be waiting, as he was in life.

No more will follow, they couldn't compare
to that giant, gentle, big black bear