For my wife, Becca’s birthday, we decided that a fun present would be to adopt a beautiful female Basset Hound from the Greenhill Humane Society here in Eugene. We had found out that she was in need of a home via their website. After contemplating adopting her for a couple of days, we decided to pull the trigger. The biggest factor in adopting her was not so much whether or not she would be a good fit for her (we knew she would because she appeared to be such a sweetheart), but rather how our existing dog, Oscar the dachshund would feel about her.
When we went to the shelter to meet Zelda, we took Oscar. Now, if you’ve ever thought about setting foot in a shelter with any intention of getting a dog, let me tell, once you see their eyes looking up at your from their pens, it is next to impossible to leave without bringing them with you. Zelda’s handler brought her out into a fenced area for all of us to get to know each other and we decided we needed to take her home with us.
Adopting Zelda has been a great addition to our household thus far and we really love the way she greets us when we come home from work (if you haven’t been exposed to hounds, they love to howl.) If you’ve ever thought about adopting a dog, I highly recommend the experience. Giving a home to a lonely dog is right there at the top of my list of greatest feelings I have experienced!
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