
08/04/2025
Oh, how does this keep happening? I am in love. In love with this new mama – Lily Rose. In less than 24 hours, she’s opened her heart and trusts us to handle her puppies, to easily move around her, to call for us when she needs to go outside.
Lily was brought into a Central Valley shelter as a stray. The finder reported that she’d wandered into their yard and gave birth. I don’t buy it. She’s a ‘fake’ stray. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely respect the work of our shelter system. And I remember my stint in a shelter. But what Lily has shown us in such a short time is that she’s comfortable in a home and surrounded by people.
I am so sorry that her family felt that their only option was to lie about her status in order to get some help. I picture that moment in which the animal control officers loaded her and her pups into their truck. I know tears were shed. Because she’s a really great dog. She was their dog.
I truly hope that somehow, her family knows that she is in good hands. Lily is fed, cared for, welcomed, loved. She spent minimal time in the shelter. She’ll forget that stress. She’s starting to linger outside with us now, lounging in the warm sun. Pretty soon, we’ll be able to give her a real bath, not just a sponge bath. And then we’ll know the fluffy softness of her lush coat. She’ll start going on walks with us and meet our dogs. She’ll steal someone’s heart and move on to her forever home.
But for now. She’s mine, all mine to support through motherhood, to whisper my hopes and dreams for her, and to love.