Where do I begin......
Last night, Ricky and I came home from dinner to find a rattie pup leashed to our front door with a note. It was Oprah.  NOTE: Oprah is the little rattie I posted about a month or so ago whose owners were 18 and broke and she had a medical crisis that I had to help them deal with.
Ever since the whole ordeal with her health, I have tried several times to call her owners, but their phones were shut off. I tried looking for them at the apartment, and a couple weeks ago I found out they had been evicted. I wondered what was going on with Oprah and last night I found out. The poor baby looked so sad crying leashed to my door with a note on hr leash.
This is what the note said.
"Maggie, I am so sorry to do this to you, but we have no place for Oprah to go. My hubby lost his job and we lost the apartment, abd we are unable to care for Oprah or feed her or be good dog owners. I know this is the worst thing I could do to repay your kindness, but I couldn't bear the thought of her going to a shelter, and I know you will be able to do what is best for her. I love her very much, and wouldn't give her up if I knew I could give her the life she deserves. Please find someone to love her and be the owner I should have been for her."
I was freaking out, and I just really had no idea what to do. I was going to tell everyone this morning but today has been crazy. I hate when people give away their dogs, but my heart breaks for Oprah and her former owners. I hate that I got caught in the middle but, if its me caught in the middle or that baby in a shelter, I pick for me to have the burden.
She cried all last night until she laid next to Angus and fell asleep on him. She's the spitting image of him, so they looked so cute together. I was so worried that I was either going to have to keep her, or ask ratbone to intervene and just foster her until she found a home, but luckily none of that happenedbecause I found her a home and I brought her to meet her new owners this morning.
It was a lucky thing, and I know she will have a great life, I wanted to keep her, but now was not the time to add another rattie. OS this was a sad story that turned out good.
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