COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL AUGUST 2, 2017 7A
"When I look into the eyes of
an animal, I do not see an ani-
mal. I see a living being. I see
a friend. I feel a soul." Anthony
Douglas Williams
Sometimes, when you least
suspect it, the best surprises run
right to you. This story explains
the mystery, “Do dogs see an-
gels?”
One torrentially storming
Louisiana day, Anne pulled into
the Post Offi ce parking lot to
wait for the downpour to quit
and before she could turn off
her engine a 6-9 month-old, tee-
ny tiny toy maltese/shitzu mix
puppy raced towards her car.
She watched the little thing, as
it made a bee-line towards her,
hopping across the highway
on three legs. One leg was ob-
viously broken and as soon as
he reached her driver’s door,
he stopped, and rolled onto his
back.
Anne, having two dogs,
knew that being in a parking lot
is a dangerous situation for any
dog. She opened her car’s door
to get a better look at him, and
that darn wet pup jumped in, sat
down on her lap, and looked up
at her, as if to say, “Well, let’s
go home!”.
In a futile attempt, she used
her scarf to dry off the cute
hitch-hiker’s white and black
ears. She noticed how thin the
puppy was and that he was cov-
ered in ticks and fl eas.
Anne went into the Post Of-
fi ce and inquired about the dog.
Everyone was as purr-plexed
as Anne. None of the custom-
ers were its owner and the em-
ployees didn’t know where the
dog came from. She returned
to her car and named her little
passenger Jack, as he had just
hiJACKed her vehicle; and the
two drove home.
She phoned animal shelters
and put an ad in the newspaper,
but no one ever claimed him.
In the meantime, the friend-
ly-easy-going little guy had leg
surgery, was paper trained, and
happily joined her family of
dogs as if he always belonged.
Dr. Agnes Thomas, a pet
communicator, asked Jack
where he came from. “I was
dumped in the woods, and I am
very grateful for my rescue,”
said a relieved Jack. “‘I was
hungry, there a long time and
very scared. Then an Angel ap-
peared and said she would fi nd
me ‘another mother’. I hid in
the tall grass where she told me
to and when Anne's car stopped
for refueling the Angel said,
‘Here she is’ and so I ran to my
new mother.”
It is a mystery why anyone
would dump Jack. He could
have starved, being injured/
killed by vehicles, and being so
small a larger animal could have
caused him great harm. Jack,
a sweet dog, deserved better.
Even an Angel knew it. Jack
graced Anne’s home for seven
years before his passing.
Anne called him, “The best
behaved dog I ever had”. He
was affectionate with her and
her guests. “He followed me
around the kitchen, constantly
cuddled next to me on the sofa,
and was a great traveling com-
panion. On our many trips, he
enjoyed looking out the win-
dows watching the scenery.”
Some animals leave a forev-
er paw print on your heart, Jack
was one of these. The fact that
an angel sent him fl ying into
Anne’s life made their connec-
tion even more magical.
TIPS
“When I was training my
dog, Belle, I also trained her to
hand signals,” said Brenda in
Kentucky. “When we met Span-
ish speaking children I would
tell Belle, in the only few Span-
ish words I knew, to sit, shake
and high fi ve. Belle did not
understand me at all, but I also
included hand signals which she
had learned. The children were
laughing, so impressed that my
dog understood Spanish.”
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