The new 'adoptive parents' wait with their noses pressed against the glass at 'Arrivals', waiting until all the regular passengers have disappeared. Then a youthful lady walks towards the window with a small, perky dog on a lead (as happy as if he had never been an outcast or had never been in a shelter in Spain.) In their wake come two heavy cages, which should contain 'Snow', a white Shepherd/Labrador mix and 'Virginie' (now Virgie) a 'failed' Boxer. Once out of their cages we are greeted by incredibly elated dogs, as if the flight and their time in the shelter (in Virgie's case two years living in a cage without much chance of individual attention) had been forgotten the moment they arrived.
Yes, they are going to have a wonderful future. Virgie has now been with us for three days. She is housebroken, listens to her name, runs loose in the (enclosed) heather with
other dogs and if they could laugh, she laughs especially from ear to ear. With her sweet Boxer head she seems to say "So, this new guesthouse is beautiful, it suits me down to the ground. I think they will be very happy with me for I am unique!!! And YES, she is.
Simona and Max
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