I thought you'd enjoy seeing these photos of Suzi in her new home with Marcia. Beckie, Marcia's daughter, sent the photos to me and said, "Suzi is the sweetest girl, we all love her to pieces!" In the one above, that's Marcia with Suzi and two of her Labs.
In an email to me a couple of days after adopting Suzi, Marcia wrote, "She is absolutely wonderful. My other dogs greeted her so gently, as if they knew she was special. She is finding her way away around so quickly and has a good appetite, sleeps all night and chose the big dog bed. One of my big labs curls up in the little cocker bed I bought for her. She is very affectionate and she and I just love to cuddle. She slept on my lap wrapped in a Christmas blanket all the way home. It really was 'love at first sight.'"
Here is Suzi with two of Marcia's granddaughters:
I loved this next shot in particular:
Here's Suzi checking things out with one of her Lab friends:
This shot had an artistic flair to it:
In an email to me this morning, Marcia said, "I'm just lovin' Suzi and my crew of labs and we're all getting along fine. Thanks again for such a wonderful gift and blessing at the right time in my life."
Thank YOU, Marcia, for giving this special girl such a wonderful, loving home and a family of her own!
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It was thanks to all of your amazing votes that we won the $20,000 Grand Prize in the final Shelter Challenge of 2009, and we came in fourth nationwide in the first Shelter Challenge earlier this year, winning $3,000. So this is serious money and can really make a difference for our disabled animals! Please help us win this round of the contest by voting every day, and by encouraging your family, friends and colleagues to vote every day, too. Thank you!
I foster for our local humane society. I currently have a beagle that is blind in one eye. We have fostered blind/handicapped pets in the past & know the love they have to offer if we are willing to receive. Oh the lessons I have learned from my handicapped pets. I am a much better person, more understanding, more patient & more like God wants me to be because these pets taught me to be more God like. Thanks, Rolling Dog Ranch for all you do!
Posted by: Phyllis Smith | December 15, 2010 at 03:19 PM
What an amazing new life for Suzi!!
Loving home and sweet owner and children to adore her too. It's good to be Suzi!
Best of luck to her and her new family!
Posted by: boundforglory | December 15, 2010 at 02:38 PM
OH! I am so happy to hear how well she is doing and see that she is loved so much. Tears of joy are in my eyes.
Posted by: cheryl kovalik | December 15, 2010 at 08:16 AM
I'm doing my best to keep Rolling Dog in second place. I vote four times a day by using all of the internet services, Firefox, Explorer, Safari and Google.
Posted by: Sally Williams | December 14, 2010 at 07:10 PM
What a beautiful post to end the week! I loved all the photos & thank you Marcia for giving Suzi a wonderful forever home with your beautiful labs. I, also, especially love that photo with your grand daughter and Suzi! That is adorable!
Sending warm hugs to all,
ginger, Tobias & Tlingit
Posted by: ginger | December 10, 2010 at 04:51 PM
What a wonderful, perfect ending for Suzi, Marcia and those lucky Labs. Suzi's gift will continue on in what Marcia's grandchildren will learn about love and acceptance from a little blind dog.
Posted by: SarahP | December 10, 2010 at 12:58 PM
Happy Holiday Homecoming! I love this story. The picture of Marcia's granddaughters & Suzi is angelic. The innocence in the next pic of Suzi w/ 1 granddaughter is priceless!!!!
Posted by: Colleen & In Memory of Sweet Kitty Erin | December 10, 2010 at 12:23 PM
OMG - this is a fairy tale come true. What a darling family. I know Suzi loves having those tiny little hands patting her pretty head. Thank you Marcia for providing this lovely home complete with beautiful black lab siblings and Beckie for the photos. Thanks Steve and Alayne for all you do. RDR rocks!!
Posted by: Angela | December 10, 2010 at 12:02 PM
Definitely choked up with happiness reading this. Suzi is such lucky girl with Marcia, four labs (I'm envious), and absolutely darling granddaughters to share adventures with. The priceless life lesson of acceptance of people/creatures with differences is not lost on these girls. You have a wonderful family, and Steve & Alayne, and many others caring along the way made it possible. Yay!
Posted by: Margaret | December 10, 2010 at 11:31 AM
My face is starting to hurt from smiling!! Many, many happy days to you Marcia and to all your beautiful family, human and canine.
Posted by: Lynn (in Louisiana) | December 10, 2010 at 11:12 AM
Yikes, how beautiful is that!
Thank you to everyone involved in helping Suzi find her home.
I love how the labs accepted her and knew "she was special". Even giving her their bed.
Posted by: Chloe | December 10, 2010 at 09:50 AM
Once again, Proof! With out eyes animals can still function!! They live great lives, show and receive love and have a great time with their families. To all who give up on an animal who cant see....take a good look at Suzi, she lacks nothing in her life. Thanks to the people who sent her to RDR, Steve & Alayne and now to Marcia and her entire family; human and labrador.
Posted by: Anne in Florida | December 10, 2010 at 08:57 AM
Perfect post for a Friday Good News!!
Posted by: gayle | December 10, 2010 at 08:51 AM
I just love, love, love this kind of posts!!! They bring tears of joy to my eyes...
It's simply wonderful to know that Suzi has found such a loving forever home, with a great Mom, friendly Labs and adorable little girls. Sounds heavenly, doesn't it?;-)
Thank you so much, Marcia, for giving Suzi (and the Labs) the perfect home. God bless you all.
Posted by: Carla Polastro-Nigro | December 10, 2010 at 03:51 AM
Thanks, Marcia, for giving Suzi such a wonderful forever home. Those pictures just tell it all! What a joy to see how well Suzi has settled in with her new human and canine friends :)
KEEP VOTING EVERYONE, USE 2 BROWSERS IF YOU HAVE THEM AND TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW!
Posted by: Ann | December 10, 2010 at 02:50 AM
Merry Christmas indeed! Thank you Marcia! Loved every photo~
Posted by: Shirley * James/Portland, OR | December 09, 2010 at 11:50 PM
Thanks, one and all, for these photos of Suzi! It's so good to see the warm, loving home she has. These are a wonderful end to this week. Suzi looks docile and happy enough to be willing to play beauty shop or baby doll with those cute granddaughters.
Posted by: Moon Rani | December 09, 2010 at 08:09 PM
Brought tears to my eye too.
Posted by: Lynne Parker | December 09, 2010 at 07:45 PM
What a beautiful family. What a wonderful story for the holidays.
Posted by: Becky in Bedford NH | December 09, 2010 at 07:24 PM
Thank you so much for posting these pictures. What a beautiful story!
Posted by: Dee's Mom | December 09, 2010 at 06:44 PM
Oh my.. that wonderful post brought a tear to my eye!!
Posted by: Maree in NZ | December 09, 2010 at 04:49 PM
I love a happy ending and this one truly is happy. The pictures make tears of happiness come to my eyes. I know Marcia will have a wonderful holiday with her new addition.
Posted by: Betsy Olson | December 09, 2010 at 04:27 PM
Looks like another wonderful home and everybody's happy! Adorable pictures, especially of the little blond granddaughter and her new blond friend!
Posted by: Linda Murphy | December 09, 2010 at 02:52 PM
Great Photos!! Love her with Marcia's granddaugthers! Thanks Marcia for giving her her forever home! I think we all would benefit from adopting a blind or any disabled dog for that matter..you have such a deeper level of appreciation and bond with them..at least I feel that way with my special boy Levi!!
Posted by: Laura, Levi & Timmy | December 09, 2010 at 02:23 PM