Over the past few weeks we’ve had the special honor to make the acquaintance of a very special and gracious man whose truck we purchased. We purchased it online, through eBay, so it wasn’t something that happened in the usual way of walking into the dealer and walking out with a set of keys. The transaction took place over a couple of weeks and during that time our most efficient means of communication was email. One of the first things I noted when I checked out the truck listing was the dog in the photos. I immediately knew that I could trust the person that owned this vehicle because anyone that had their dog by their side while showing their best side was a person that thought like I did. This is a family person that has the same priorities in life, and having your faithful companion with you in everything you do is number one. After perusing the photos I read the listing where he outlined all the upgrades he had made to the truck but in between it mentioned that he had removed the back seat so he could carry his wife’s wheel chair but she had since passed away so it was time to sell some of the things he needed the truck to haul. I emailed him and mentioned that although I was not in a wheelchair because of my surgeries that didn’t cure what ailed me I walked with a cane and the truck would be perfect for me to ride with my husband on some of his trips and we could, like they did, take our dogs with us. I also sent him a link to www.TailTalk.org, the website where all my weekly Tail Talk newspaper articles are published online so he could read about my love of animals and the dedication we all feel to the Randolph County Humane Society. We purchased his truck, and so started the beginning of a friendship with a kindred soul of another dog lover. But most poignant was when he told me the story of his Nick, the beautiful salt and pepper schnauzer in the photos that was a Christmas present for his beloved wife Joy before she died. They were retired, and on their way to stay at the winter campground their schnauzer, Maggie, was killed in an accident. Anyone that has lost a pet in a tragic manner knows how it impacts your ability to adopt again. But now their life circumstance had changed and Joy felt ready to bring another love monkey into their center. Nick became Brian’s constant companion while also bonding with Joy, understanding from the moment he was coerced from his cage after his flight across country, frightened to the very depths of his 10 month old being, that this very special family would need an angel of light and love and he was their chosen one. When Joy was suffering Nick would climb up in bed beside her and snuggle, showering her with his love in the way only a loving companion has, right up to the night Brian’s Joy passed from the limit of our sight into God’s loving arms. Nick knew that night that Joy would be leaving on a journey and he laid his small body on hers , knowing this would be the last time they’d see each other until the day she will be there to greet him as he crosses the rainbow bridge and together they wait for Brian’s return to that most Holy place. Joy knew that Brian would need the love of a strong companion to make it through the days that were ahead, and he has that in his very best friend Nick. While this story may sound rare, it is only the incredible love story of Brian and Joy that is unusual. You too can have the love of a companion, just like Nick, to make it through your darkest days or to share with your Joy. It’s all there for you right now at the shelter. And never forget, it’s only through you that the Randolph County Humane Society continues to save lives, one by one.
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