6A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MAY 2, 2018
Tiny Tim to the rescue
W
hen Caden was 11,
his parents dis-
cussed adopting a
dog, but tragedy struck with his
father's unexpected passing.
A family dog was put on
hold until his mother, Cather-
ine, could catch her breath. Six
months later, she began earnest-
ly looking for a dog. She looked
and looked; but all the dogs
were too big or were not good
with cats or children. Their res-
cue cat, Evie, also voted for a
dog that liked cats.
A year after her husband
passed, she fi nally found "the
dog", Tiny Tim, at a pet shel-
ter on the Gulf of Mexico. It
was his second shelter, the fi rst
was going to euthanize him,
but then a no kill group rescued
him. (PawHuggers.org) He was
a starving nine pounds when
he was found and now he's 17
pounds."
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"Tiny Tim had some-
thing special about him,"
said Catherine. "His
eyes are soulful, he has
an adorable face, and
tall elf-like ears. He is
a two-year-old, Italian
greyhound and Deer
Head Chihuahua mix. I
can't believe he was that
far away! I kept telling
my son, 'Wait for the
right dog, the right dog
will fi nd us,' and it defi -
nitely did'."
"At midnight, my
mum and I drove to the
airport," said Caden. "I
was so happy to have my
own dog! After dad died
I wanted a dog to love
and I love Timmy. He is
so beautiful and was he
glad to see us! He had
fl own for six hours and
4,450 miles to the pacif-
ic coast and needed to go
potty!"
Caden sleeps with his
new dog and it has only
once pushed him out of
bed! "He takes up the
whole bed," laughs Ca-
den. "When I roll over,
his face is in mine! Of
course, I have to wake up and
kiss and hug him. He loves cud-
dling.
After a walk in the rain, I dry
Timmy off with a towel," said
Caden. "He does not like the
rain and paw-furs to walk under
store awnings. He is so smart
and holds a treat with his two
front paws, like a raccoon, to
put in his mouth. He likes dried
sardines and dried beef liver,
but if we buy the "wrong" kind
he won't eat them. He makes me
laugh when he plays with other
dogs. If they run at him, he does
a barrel-roll and the other dog
has to jump over him."
"Honestly, we have found
nothing wrong with Timmy, he
is so well behaved and arrived
leash trained," said Catherine.
"He is so calm that even strang-
ers comment on his behavior.
The day he arrived, we took
him to see my mother in a care
home. He took to the residents
and staff as if he had truly ar-
rived home.
When Caden or I are pet-
ting another dog, Timmy gets
jealous! His facial expressions
and body language tell us that
he does not like our' behavior!
He tries getting in between us
and the other dog. He goes ev-
erywhere with us, so we bought
him a car harness that clips to a
seat belt and a bike basket for
family rides. We are also going
to take him camping and kaya-
king with us, and teach him to
swim. But just in case he does
not catch on like Mary Ellen's
famous swimming cats, we
bought him a life jacket."
"We love our dog and our
cat, Evie, does too," admits Ca-
den. "He's brought our family
together and helped heal the
grief of my father. I feel that I
am in the fi nal stages of griev-
ing because of this dog. I love
him so much! I don't know what
I would do without him."
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