25/11/2025
Teddy
We have been assisting a couple of locations with their dogs. There were quite a few dogs between the two places. We had asked for a couple of the dogs before, but the owners weren’t interested in surrendering them. We were making improvements for the animals there and we wanted to keep the lines of communication open.
There was a little Cavalier mix that was tied up under the front porch. It was pretty scared and he would peek his head over the half wall that they had blocked him under there with. It was so sad.
After seeing this little guy on one visit, we went back a few days later. We asked about the little Cavalier mix. The guy told me that he was trying to find a home for him. He told us that another rescue group had been here and they had said that they could take him. They gave the owner some paperwork to fill out right then, which he did, he said. But then they didn’t take the dog that day and never came back. We have no idea what that was all about.
Anyway, we knew then that he wanted to give the dog away. We told him that we could take him and he gave him to us and signed our surrender form. We headed back to Chain of Hope to get this little guy settled in.
We named him Theodore in the beginning, but he has become Teddy! He stayed in the office as he became acclimated and settled down. He was so very scared, but we went very slow with him.
Eventually, Teddy went to a foster home. That foster home didn’t have any other dogs. In the meantime, another one of our followers and supporters had their eye on Teddy! She went over to meet him at his then foster home and it was decided that she would take him home to her house! She has dogs and cats and Teddy entered the mix!
Initially, it was the same thing-Teddy was a lot! Thankfully, they were very patient and gave him the time he needed to figure everything out. He’d been through a lot, along with going to the vet for a day for his neuter and things. It had kind of been a whirlwind for this little tornado!
We asked our trainer to go over and help get Teddy under control! Teddy did settle down- somewhat! He became used to the routine at their house, what he could and couldn’t get away with and he learned some manners. Finally, this wonderful family could not imagine their life without Teddy, so they reached out and wanted to make it official-Teddy was adopted!!
Teddy is now living the life. He went from tied up under a front porch, ignored, to living the dream at Jessica and Aaron’s house. Thank you, guys, for adopting Teddy and thank you all for keeping us out there. Have a great life, Teddy!
We are staying plugged in over there so we can get out who we can and support who is there.
