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Wheeler " The " Dog This page was made to tell and share the story of the rescue and unconditional love of Wheeler the Dog. He has touched and warmed so many hearts of people.

THIS IS THE STORY OF THE RESCUE OF WHEELER THE DOG. AS I WAS TAKING MY DOGS TO THE GROOMERS I DROVE PAST THIS LITTLE PEN APPROX 4X4 FULL OF WEEDS ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE FEET HIGH. AND AS I LOOKED I NOTICED THIS CUTE LITTLE BEAGLE SITTING IN THIS MESS AND HE WAS COVERED IN FLIES AND SITTING WITH DOG P**P EVERYWHERE. HE LOOKED SO HOPELESS AND SAD. HE IMMEDIATLY GOT MY ATTENTION AND TOUCHED MY HEART. WHE

N I GOT TO THE GROOMERS I ASKED HER ABOUT HIM AND SHE SAID IT IS SO SAD BUT HE IS IN THAT PEN ALL THE TIME EVEN IN THE EXTREME COLD WINTER MONTHS. AT THAT I WAS VERY UPSET AND KNOWING IN MY HEART THAT I HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS POOR LITTLE BOY. WHEN I LEFT THE GROOMERS I DROVE BACK BY THIS POOR BOY AND STOPPED AND LOOKED AT HIM. HE LOOKED AT ME WITH THE SADESS EYES AND I COULD THAT HE WAS GIVING UP. HIS POOR BODY WAS COVERED IN FLIES. AND BEING RIGHT NEXT TO A CHICKEN HOUSE MADE THINGS THAT MUCH WORSE FOR FLIES.AND HIS TOE NAILS WERE SO LONG HAT HIS LITTLE TOES WERE BENT TO THE SIDE WHICH I KNOW WAS CAUSING HIM PAIN AND DISCOMFORT. SO I DROVE OFF AND WAS SO UPSET BY WHAT I SAW. I WENT HOME AND TOLD THERESA. THE MORE I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS THE MORE I WAS GETTING UPSET. SO I DECIDED THAT I WAS GOING TO GO BACK AND KNOCK ON THE PERSONS DOOR AND ASK IF I COULD HELP WITH HIM IN ANYWAY. SO I DID. I MET HIS OWNER AND HE TOLD ME HE COMES TO MY RESTAURANT. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE DOGS NAME WAS WHEELER. I TOLD HIM THAT I LOVE ANIMALS AND ESPECIALLY DOGS. I OFFERED TO HELP IN ANYWAY THAT I COULD. AND I ALSO OFFERED TO TAKE WHEELER TO A GROOMER TO GET CLEANED UP AND GET THOSE NAILS CLIPPED AND THAT I WOULD PAY FOR IT BUT HE SAID NO. SO I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD MIND IF I STOPPED BY TO VISIT WHEELER AND HE SAID NO ANYTIME I WANT. SO I WENT HOME AND TOLD THERESA ABOUT IT. ALL THAT NIGHT ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS WHEELER AND WHAT HE MUST BE FEELING PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY. WHEN I WOKE UP THE FIRST THING ON MY MIND WAS WHEELER AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO SEE HIM. SO I PACKED UP FRESH WATER, MADE HIM SOME FOOD, GOT SOME PET FRIENDLY FLY SPRAY, SOME TREATS AND SOME THINGS FOR HIM TO CHEW ON. SO THIS WAS THE START OF AN AMAZING JOURNEY TO A FRIENDSHIP THAT WAS BLESSED BY GOD. WHEN I GOT THERE HE WAS NOT VERY RESPONSIVE TO ME HE WPULD WAG HIS TAIL SOME BUT WAS VERY DEPRESSED. I PET HIM AND GAVE HIM A TREAT. I LOOKED AT HIS WATER BOWL AND IT WAS FILLED WITH WATER THAT WAS TO BAD TO EVEN FLUSH DOWN THE TOILET FILLED WITH DEAD BUGS AND BLACK STUFF AND IT WAS IN A FILTHY OLD POT. AND HIS FOOD BOWL WAS EVEN WORSE. HE HAD FOOD IN IT BUT IT WAS COVERED IN FLIES AND WAS BLACK AND MOLDY. I WAS SO UPSET I ALMOST STARTED CRYING BECAUSE MY HEART WAS ACHING FOR THIS POOR BOY. AND IF HE WAS TO SURVIVE HE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO EAT AND DRINK THIS AWFUL STUFF. I CLEANED UP THE DOG P**P AND SPRYED HIM DOWN AND ALL OFF HIS AREA. I ALSO BOUGHT SOME FLY TRAPS AND PLACED THEM ALL AROUND HIS PEN. HIS BODY WAS SORE FROM HEAD TO TOE AND HIS EARS WERE CHEWED RAW FROM THE BUGS AND FLIES. I STARTED COATING HIS EARS WITH VASALINE TO HELP WITH THE DRYNESS AND SORES AND TO TRY AND KEEP THE FLIES OFF. I ALSO REPLACED HIS BOWL WITH A NICE NEW CLEAN ONE AND FILLED IT WITH CLEAN FRESH WATER. HE WATCHED ME AND I TALKED TO HIM AND TOLD HIM THAT I LOVE HIM AND THAT I WAS HERE TO TAKE CARE OF HIM AND THAT I WAS GOING TO GET HIM OUT OF THERE. HE LOOKED AT ME AND I SWEAR I THINK HE COULD FEEL THAT I DID LOVE HIM AND I WAS GOING TO DO WHAT I SAID. AFTER I GOT THINGS CLEANED UP I STAYED FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES JUST PETTING HIM AND TALKING TO HIM AND HOLDING HIS HEAD UP SO HE HAD TO LOOK ME IN THE EYES AND I KEPT TELLING HIM I LOVED HIM AND I WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE THERE FOR HIM NOW. IT WAS SO HARD TO LEAVE HIM WHEN I LEFT. I WAS IN SUCH A ZONE WITH THIS THAT I BECAME TOTALLY CONSUMED BY IT. HE WOULD BE THE LAST THING ON MY MIND AT NIGHT AND THE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THE NEXT DAY OR SO I GOT A BALE OF STRAW AND PUT IT IN HIS LITTLE DOGHOUSE AND SPREAD A LITTLE ON THE GROUND. AND WHEN I DID HE WAS JUST SO HAPPY LIKE HE HAD JUST GOT A BIG OLD FAT STEAK. HE ROLLED AROUND IN IT AND LAYED AND ROLLED. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I SEEN HIM A LITTLE HAPPY. I WAS VISITING HIM AT LEAST TWICE A DAY AND SOMETIMES THREE. AND EVERY TIME I DID I WOULD HOLD HIS SNOUT UP AND MAKE HIM LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND I WOULD TELL HIM I LOVE HIM AND THAT I WAS GOING TO GET HIM OUT OF THERE. AFTER ABOUT THREE DAYS WHEN I PULLED UP HE WOULD COME TO LIFE WHEN HE WOULD SEE MY TRUCK AND ME. HE WOULD START CRYING AND WAGGING HIS TAIL AND I WOULD TELL HIM THAT I TOLD YOU I WOULD BE BACK. I WOULD SPRAY HIM DOWN EVERY TIME WITH FLY SPRAY GIVE CLEAN WATER, TREATS, GOOD QUALITY FOOD, TREATS AND A SOMETHING FOR HIM TO CHEW ON TO BREAK UP THE BOREDOM FROM BEING ALONE. WE WERE NOW STARTING A BOND THAT WOULD TURN INTO AN AMAZING FRIENDSHIP AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. I WOULD ALWAYS SIT WITH HIM FOR AT LEAST 20 MIN TO 30 MIN AND TALK TO HIM AND PET HIM AND JUST GIVE HIM LOVE. HE SMELT SO BAD AND HIS EARS AND SKIN WERE SO SORE AND RAW. I KNEW HE WAS FEELING BAD BUT HE ALWAYS WAS HAPPY TO SEE ME AND ENJOYED MY COPY. HE WOULD SIT RIGHT NEXT TO ME AND PUT HIS HEAD IN MY LAP WHILE I PETTED HIM. IT WAS SO HARD TO LEAVE HIM BECAUSE NOW HE WOULD CRY WHEN I WAS LEAVING HIM AND IT WOULD BREAK MY HEART TO THE POINT OF TEARS EVERY TIME I WOULD CLOSE THE GATE OF HIS PEN AND LOOK AT HIM IN THE FACE AND SEE HIS SADNESS AND THE LOOK OF PLESE TAKE ME WITH YOU. IT WAS KILLING ME. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK I TOLD HIS OWNER THAT HE EVER WANTED TO GIVE HIM UP THAT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HIM AND I WOULD GIVE HIM A GOOD HOME. AND HE DID NOT HAVE MUCH TO SAY ABOUT IT. NOW THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN WHEELER AND I WAS VERY SPECIAL AND THAT BOND HAD BEEN MADE. IT WAS THE START OF SOMETHING THAT I HAD KNOW IDEA WOULD BE LIKE. I WAS IN SUCH A ZONE WITH THIS THATHE WAS ON MY MIND ALL THE TIME. AND IWOULD TALK TO THERESA AND SHE WOULD SAY JUST GO GET HIM AND I WOULD TELL HER I CANT HE IS NOT OURS. MY NEXT GOAL WAS TO GET HIM OUT OF THAT PEN AND WALK HIM. BUT HIS NAILS WERE SO LONG AND HIS TOES WERE SO BENT THAT I KNEW IT WOULD BE PAINFUL FOR HIM. SO I WENT ON LINE TO LEARN HOW TO CUT HIS NAILS. I WENT TO MILLVILLE PET SHOP AND THEY OFFERED ME CLIPPERS TO USE. SO I WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT DOING THIS AS TO WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO AND IF I WOULD HURT HIM. WELL WHEN I WENT TO CUT HIS NAILS HE DID NOT TRY TO STOP ME ONE TIME HE LOVED ME ENOUGH ALREADY TO TRUST ME. SO I CUT THEM JUST ENOUGH THAT HE COULD WALK WITH NO PAIN. I WAS SO RELIEVED AND HAPPY THAT IT WAS DONE. I WENT AND BOUGHT HIM A HARNESS SO I COULD WALK HIM. WHEN I WENT BACK TO SEE HIM WITH IT IT WAS LIKE HE KNEW WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO GET HIM OUT OF THAT HELL HOLE OF A PEN FOR A WALK. HE WAS SO EXCITED WHEN I PUT THAT HARNESS ON HIM. I GOT HIM OUT AND WE STARTED TO WALK BUT HIS BACK LEGS WERE SO STIFF HE COULD NOT REALLY BEND THEM HE WOULD JUST KIND OF HOP ALONG. I KNOW HE WAS IN PAIN BUT HE DID NOT LET IT TAKE FROM HIS JOY OF BEING OUT OF THERE. IT BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES TO SEE THIS. IT MADE ME REALIZE AGAIN JUST HOW BAD HIS LITTLE LIFE HAS BEEN AND HOW MUCH HE APPRECIATED SUCH LITTLE THINGS LIKE GOING FOR A WALK. WE WALKED FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES BECAUSE OF THE HEAT AND I DID NOT WANT TO PUSH HIM AND HIS WORE AOUT AND SORE LITTLE BODY. NOW WHEN WE WENT BACK AND I LEFT HE REALLY CRIED TO GO WITH ME BECAUSE HE KNEW WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO BE WITH ME ON THE OUTSIDE OF THAT PEN. I TOLD HIM I WOULD BE BACK I PROMISE AND THAT WE WOULD WALK AGAIN. I WAS SO HARD DRIVING OFF AND LEAVING MY LITTLE BUDDY THERE TO BE EATEN BY THE FLIES AND STAY ALONE AGAIN. THE MORE I WAS VISITING THE HARDER IT WAS GETTING TO LEAVE HIM. IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE NOW THE BACK OF MY TRUCK WAS LIKE THE WHEELER SURVIVAL KIT. I CARRIED FRESH WATER, FOOD, TREATS, TOYS, BUG SPRAY AND MANY OTHER THINGS THAT I NEED FOR HIM. THE NEXT DAY AFTER HIS FIRST WALK I WAS EXCITED ABOUT GOING BACK AND WALKING HIM AGAIN. WHEN I GOT BACK IT WAS IF HE NOW KNEW I WOULD BE COMING AND HE WAS WAITING FOR ME. WHEN I GOT THERE AND HE SEEN ME HIS SPIRITS WERE IMPROVING EVEN WITH ALL THE PHYSICAL CRAP HE HAD GOING ON. WE WENT FOR ANOTHER WALK CAME BACK I FED HIM AND HUNG OUT WITH HIM. THEN LEFT WHEN I WENT BACK LATER THAT DAY. THE OWNER CAME OUT TO THE PEN AND TOLD ME HE HAS BEEN WATCHING ME AND THAT I WAS SPENDING A LOT OF TIME THERE AND HE FELT BAD. I TOLD HIM I DID NOT MIND AND THAT I WAS GOING TO KEEP COMING. AND AT THIS POINT GOD ANSWERED MY PRAYERS AND HE ASKED ME IF I HAD ROOM AT MY HOUSE FOR HIM. AND I YES PLENTY AND THAT I WOULD LOVE HIM AND GIVE HIM A GREAT LIFE. HE THEN SAID I COULD HAVE HIM BECAUSE HE KNEW I COULD GIVE HIM A BETTER LIFE. WITHOUT HESITATION I PICKED HIM UP AND PUT HIM IN MY TRUCK AND THANKED HIM. WHEN I GOT IN THE TRUCK WITH WHEELER DRIVING HOME I AM NOT SURE WHO WAS HAPPIER ME OR HIM HE WAS ALL OVER ME WHILE I WAS TRYING TO DRIVE AND I WAS FIGHTING BACK THE TEARS OF JOY AND THANKING GOD FOR ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN. BY THE TIME I GOT HOME TO SURPRISE THERESA I AM NOT SURE WHO SMELLED WORSE HIM OR ME. BUT WHO CARED ALL I KNOW IS THAT I WAS GOING TAKE CARE OF THIS OLD GUY AND GIVE HIM THE LIFE I PROMISED HIM WHEN I WOULD TELL HIM THAT PEN. WHEN I GOT HOME WE HAD FAMILY HERE AND EVERYONE WAS SO HAPPY THAT I HAD HIM BECAUSE THEY ALL KNEW WHAT I HAD BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS. I GAVE HIM A MEDICATED BATH AND THEN AN OATMEAL BATH. AND WHEN HE WAS DONE WAS LIKE A NEW DOG HE WAS SO HAPPY HE KNEW RIGHT THEN THAT THINGS WERE GOING TO BE MUCH BETTER FROM HERE ON OUT. I LOVE THIS LITTLE BOY SO MUCH AND I KNOW HE LOVES ME HE LETS ME KNOW ALL THE TIME. I WILL POST MORE TOMORROW.

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THIS IS THE STORY OF THE RESCUE OF WHEELER THE DOG. AS I WAS TAKING MY DOGS TO THE GROOMERS I DROVE PAST THIS LITTLE PEN APPROX 4X4 FULL OF WEEDS ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE FEET HIGH. AND AS I LOOKED I NOTICED THIS CUTE LITTLE BEAGLE SITTING IN THIS MESS AND HE WAS COVERED IN FLIES AND SITTING WITH DOG P**P EVERYWHERE. HE LOOKED SO HOPELESS AND SAD. HE IMMEDIATLY GOT MY ATTENTION AND TOUCHED MY HEART. WHEN I GOT TO THE GROOMERS I ASKED HER ABOUT HIM AND SHE SAID IT IS SO SAD BUT HE IS IN THAT PEN ALL THE TIME EVEN IN THE EXTREME COLD WINTER MONTHS. AT THAT I WAS VERY UPSET AND KNOWING IN MY HEART THAT I HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS POOR LITTLE BOY. WHEN I LEFT THE GROOMERS I DROVE BACK BY THIS POOR BOY AND STOPPED AND LOOKED AT HIM. HE LOOKED AT ME WITH THE SADDEST EYES AND I COULD TELL THAT HE WAS GIVING UP. HIS POOR BODY WAS COVERED IN FLIES. AND BEING RIGHT NEXT TO A CHICKEN HOUSE MADE THINGS THAT MUCH WORSE FOR FLIES.AND HIS TOE NAILS WERE SO LONG HAT HIS LITTLE TOES WERE BENT TO THE SIDE WHICH I KNOW WAS CAUSING HIM PAIN AND DISCOMFORT. SO I DROVE OFF BEING SO UPSET BY WHAT I SAW. I WENT HOME AND TOLD THERESA. THE MORE I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS THE MORE UPSET I WAS GETTING. SO I DECIDED THAT I WAS GOING TO GO BACK AND KNOCK ON THE PERSONS DOOR AND ASK IF I COULD HELP WITH HIM IN ANYWAY. SO I DID. I MET HIS OWNER AND HE TOLD ME HE COMES TO MY RESTAURANT. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE DOGS NAME WAS WHEELER. I TOLD HIM THAT I LOVE ANIMALS AND ESPECIALLY DOGS. I OFFERED TO HELP IN ANYWAY THAT I COULD. AND I ALSO OFFERED TO TAKE WHEELER TO A GROOMER TO GET CLEANED UP AND GET THOSE NAILS CLIPPED AND A VET AND THAT I WOULD PAY FOR IT BUT HE SAID NO. SO I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD MIND IF I STOPPED BY TO VISIT WHEELER AND HE SAID NO ANYTIME I WANT. SO I WENT HOME AND TOLD THERESA ABOUT IT. ALL THAT NIGHT ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS WHEELER AND WHAT HE MUST BE FEELING PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY. WHEN I WOKE UP THE FIRST THING ON MY MIND WAS WHEELER AND LOOKED FORWARD TO GOING TO SEE HIM. SO I PACKED UP FRESH WATER, MADE HIM SOME FOOD, GOT SOME PET FRIENDLY FLY SPRAY, SOME TREATS AND SOME THINGS FOR HIM TO CHEW ON. SO THIS WAS THE START OF AN AMAZING JOURNEY TO A FRIENDSHIP THAT WAS BLESSED BY GOD. WHEN I GOT THERE HE WAS NOT VERY RESPONSIVE TO ME HE WOULD WAG HIS TAIL SOME BUT WAS VERY DEPRESSED. I PET HIM AND GAVE HIM A TREAT. I LOOKED AT HIS WATER BOWL AND IT WAS FILLED WITH WATER THAT WAS TO BAD TO EVEN FLUSH DOWN THE TOILET FILLED WITH DEAD BUGS AND BLACK STUFF AND IT WAS IN A FILTHY OLD POT. AND HIS FOOD BOWL WAS EVEN WORSE. HE HAD FOOD IN IT BUT IT WAS COVERED IN FLIES AND MAGOTS AND WAS BLACK AND MOLDY. I WAS SO UPSET I ALMOST STARTED CRYING BECAUSE MY HEART WAS ACHING FOR THIS POOR BOY. AND IF HE WAS TO SURVIVE HE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO EAT AND DRINK THIS AWFUL STUFF. I CLEANED UP THE DOG P**P AND SPRYED HIM DOWN AND ALL OFF HIS AREA. I ALSO BOUGHT SOME FLY TRAPS AND PLACED THEM ALL AROUND HIS PEN. HIS BODY WAS SORE FROM HEAD TO TOE AND HIS EARS WERE CHEWED RAW FROM THE BUGS AND FLIES. I STARTED COATING HIS EARS WITH VASALINE TO HELP WITH THE DRYNESS AND SORES AND TO TRY AND KEEP THE FLIES OFF. I ALSO REPLACED HIS BOWL WITH A NICE NEW CLEAN ONE AND FILLED IT WITH CLEAN FRESH WATER. HE WATCHED ME AND I TALKED TO HIM AND TOLD HIM THAT I LOVE HIM AND THAT I WAS HERE TO TAKE CARE OF HIM AND THAT I WAS GOING TO GET HIM OUT OF THERE. HE LOOKED AT ME AND I SWEAR I THINK HE COULD FEEL THAT I DID LOVE HIM AND I WAS GOING TO DO WHAT I SAID. AFTER I GOT THINGS CLEANED UP I STAYED FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES JUST PETTING HIM AND TALKING TO HIM AND HOLDING HIS HEAD UP SO HE HAD TO LOOK ME IN THE EYES AND I KEPT TELLING HIM I LOVED HIM AND I WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE THERE FOR HIM NOW. IT WAS SO HARD TO LEAVE HIM WHEN I LEFT. I WAS IN SUCH A ZONE WITH THIS THAT I BECAME TOTALLY CONSUMED BY IT. HE WOULD BE THE FIRST THING ON MY MIND IN THE MORNING AND THE LAST THING AT NIGHT. THE NEXT DAY OR SO I GOT A BALE OF STRAW AND PUT IT IN HIS LITTLE DOGHOUSE AND SPREAD A LITTLE ON THE GROUND. AND WHEN I DID HE WAS JUST SO HAPPY LIKE HE HAD JUST GOT A BIG OLD FAT STEAK. HE ROLLED ALL AROUND IN IT AND SEEMED SO HAPPY. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I SEEN HIM A LITTLE HAPPY. I WAS VISITING HIM AT LEAST TWICE A DAY AND SOMETIMES THREE. AND EVERY TIME I DID I WOULD HOLD HIS SNOUT UP AND MAKE HIM LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND I WOULD TELL HIM I LOVE HIM AND THAT I WAS GOING TO GET HIM OUT OF THERE. AFTER ABOUT THREE DAYS WHEN I PULLED UP HE WOULD COME TO LIFE WHEN HE WOULD SEE MY TRUCK AND ME. HE WOULD START CRYING AND WAGGING HIS TAIL AND I WOULD TELL HIM THAT I TOLD YOU I WOULD BE BACK. I WOULD SPRAY HIM DOWN EVERY TIME WITH FLY SPRAY GIVE CLEAN WATER, TREATS, GOOD QUALITY FOOD, TREATS AND A SOMETHING FOR HIM TO CHEW ON TO BREAK UP THE BOREDOM FROM BEING ALONE. WE WERE NOW STARTING A BOND THAT WOULD TURN INTO AN AMAZING FRIENDSHIP AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. I WOULD ALWAYS SIT WITH HIM FOR AT LEAST 20 MIN TO 30 MIN AND TALK TO HIM AND PET HIM AND JUST GIVE HIM LOVE. HE SMELT SO BAD AND HIS EARS AND SKIN WERE SO SORE AND RAW. I KNEW HE WAS FEELING BAD BUT HE WAS ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEE ME AND ENJOYED MY COMPANY. HE WOULD SIT RIGHT NEXT TO ME AND PUT HIS HEAD IN MY LAP WHILE I PET HIM. IT WAS SO HARD TO LEAVE HIM BECAUSE NOW HE WOULD CRY WHEN I WAS LEAVING HIM AND IT WOULD BREAK MY HEART TO THE POINT OF TEARS EVERY TIME I WOULD CLOSE THE GATE OF HIS PEN AND LOOK AT HIM IN THE FACE AND SEE HIS SADNESS AND THE LOOK OF PLESE TAKE ME WITH YOU. IT WAS KILLING ME. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK I TOLD HIS OWNER THAT HE EVER WANTED TO GIVE HIM UP THAT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HIM AND I WOULD GIVE HIM A GOOD HOME. AND HE DID NOT HAVE MUCH TO SAY ABOUT IT. NOW THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN WHEELER AND I WAS VERY SPECIAL AND THAT BOND HAD BEEN MADE. IT WAS THE START OF SOMETHING THAT I HAD NO IDEA WOULD BE LIKE. I WAS IN SUCH A ZONE WITH THIS THAT HE WAS ON MY MIND ALL THE TIME. AND I WOULD TALK TO THERESA AND SHE WOULD SAY JUST GO GET HIM AND I WOULD TELL HER I CANT HE IS NOT OURS. MY NEXT GOAL WAS TO GET HIM OUT OF THAT PEN AND WALK HIM. BUT HIS NAILS WERE SO LONG AND HIS TOES WERE SO BENT THAT I KNEW IT WOULD BE PAINFUL FOR HIM. SO I WENT ON LINE TO LEARN HOW TO CUT HIS NAILS. I WENT TO MILLVILLE PET SHOP AND THEY OFFERED ME CLIPPERS TO USE. SO I WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT DOING THIS AND TO WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO AND IF I WOULD HURT HIM. WELL WHEN I WENT TO CUT HIS NAILS HE DID NOT TRY TO STOP ME ONE TIME HE LOVED ME ENOUGH ALREADY TO TRUST ME. SO I CUT THEM JUST ENOUGH THAT HE COULD WALK WITH NO PAIN. I WAS SO RELIEVED AND HAPPY THAT IT WAS DONE. I WENT AND BOUGHT HIM A HARNESS SO I COULD WALK HIM. WHEN I WENT BACK TO SEE HIM IT WAS LIKE HE KNEW WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO GET HIM OUT OF THAT HELL HOLE OF A PEN FOR A WALK. HE WAS SO EXCITED WHEN I PUT THAT HARNESS ON HIM. I GOT HIM OUT AND WE STARTED TO WALK BUT HIS BACK LEGS WERE SO STIFF HE COULD NOT REALLY BEND THEM HE WOULD JUST KIND OF HOP ALONG. I KNOW HE WAS IN PAIN BUT HE DID NOT LET IT TAKE FROM HIS JOY OF BEING OUT OF THERE. IT BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES TO SEE THIS. IT MADE ME REALIZE AGAIN JUST HOW BAD HIS LITTLE LIFE HAS BEEN AND HOW MUCH HE APPRECIATED SUCH LITTLE THINGS LIKE GOING FOR A WALK. WE WALKED FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES BECAUSE OF THE HEAT AND I DID NOT WANT TO PUSH HIM AND HIS WORE OUT AND SORE LITTLE BODY. NOW WHEN WE WENT BACK AND I LEFT HE REALLY CRIED TO GO WITH ME BECAUSE HE NOW KNEW WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO BE WITH ME ON THE OUTSIDE OF THAT PEN. I TOLD HIM I WOULD BE BACK I PROMISED AND THAT WE WOULD WALK AGAIN. IT WAS SO HARD DRIVING OFF AND LEAVING MY LITTLE BUDDY THERE TO BE EATEN BY THE FLIES AND STAY ALONE AGAIN. THE MORE I WAS VISITING THE HARDER IT WAS GETTING TO LEAVE HIM. IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE NOW THE BACK OF MY TRUCK WAS LIKE THE WHEELER SURVIVAL KIT. I CARRIED FRESH WATER, FOOD, TREATS, TOYS, BUG SPRAY AND MANY OTHER THINGS THAT I NEED FOR HIM. THE NEXT DAY AFTER HIS FIRST WALK I WAS EXCITED ABOUT GOING BACK AND WALKING HIM AGAIN. WHEN I GOT BACK IT WAS IF HE NOW KNEW I WOULD BE COMING AND HE WAS WAITING FOR ME. WHEN I GOT THERE AND HE SEEN ME HIS SPIRITS WERE IMPROVING EVEN WITH ALL THE PHYSICAL CRAP HE HAD GOING ON. WE WENT FOR ANOTHER WALK CAME BACK I FED HIM AND HUNG OUT WITH HIM. THEN LEFT WHEN I WENT BACK LATER THAT DAY. THE OWNER CAME OUT TO THE PEN AND TOLD ME HE HAS BEEN WATCHING ME AND THAT I WAS SPENDING A LOT OF TIME THERE AND HE FELT BAD. I TOLD HIM I DID NOT MIND AND THAT I WAS GOING TO KEEP COMING. AND AT THIS POINT GOD ANSWERED MY PRAYERS AND HE ASKED ME IF I HAD ROOM AT MY HOUSE FOR HIM. AND I REPLIED YES PLENTY AND THAT I WOULD LOVE HIM AND GIVE HIM A GREAT LIFE. HE THEN SAID I COULD HAVE HIM BECAUSE HE KNEW I COULD GIVE HIM A BETTER LIFE. WITHOUT HESITATION I PICKED HIM UP AND PUT HIM IN MY TRUCK AND THANKED HIM. WHEN I GOT IN THE TRUCK WITH WHEELER DRIVING HOME I AM NOT SURE WHO WAS HAPPIER ME OR HIM HE WAS ALL OVER ME P**P AND ALL WHILE I WAS TRYING TO DRIVE AND I WAS FIGHTING BACK THE TEARS OF JOY AND THANKING GOD FOR ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN. BY THE TIME I GOT HOME TO SURPRISE THERESA I AM NOT SURE WHO SMELLED WORSE HIM OR ME. BUT WHO CARED ALL I KNOW IS THAT I WAS GOING TAKE CARE OF THIS OLD GUY AND GIVE HIM THE LIFE I PROMISED HIM WHEN I WOULD TELL HIM THAT IN THAT PEN. WHEN I GOT HOME WE HAD FAMILY THERE AND EVERYONE WAS SO HAPPY THAT I HAD HIM BECAUSE THEY ALL KNEW WHAT I HAD BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS. I GAVE HIM A MEDICATED BATH AND THEN AN OATMEAL BATH. AND WHEN HE WAS DONE HE WAS LIKE A NEW DOG. HE WAS SO HAPPY HE KNEW RIGHT THEN THAT THINGS WERE GOING TO BE MUCH BETTER FROM HERE ON OUT AND HE WOULD HAVE THE LIFE HE MUCH DESERVED. I LOVE THIS LITTLE BOY SO MUCH AND I KNOW HE LOVES ME HE LETS ME KNOW ALL THE TIME.