Well, it has been a few days since I last posted. I wanted to share you all a picture of Jack's new permanent family (unfortunately I never got a picture of the family with Jack like I had hoped). But they are a great family with two kids with beautiful home and especially nice backyard they intentionally created and designed for a dog.
The have decided to formerly rename Cracker Jack to "Jack".
When I drove Jack over to their home on Sunday, it was quite an experience. As it turns out, Jack decided to leave me a little something to remember him by.... some throw up in the back seat on the way there. So now when I get into my nice care, I can tell Jack was there.
Other than that we had a great visit and Jack really got acquainted (and spoiled) by the family. Actually Jack was a surprise to the kids, since they didn't know they were getting a dog. But they loved him right off the bat and were very happy to find out Jack was staying with them permanently.
I just hope Jack doesn't embarrass me and start to act up or forget his house-training and leash skills that we mastered over our time together.
Worse yet, this new family has such a beautiful home... I hope Jack realizes that unlike my home, where he liked to make a mess of things on purpose, I hope he doesn't carry over that bad habit that slipped by me. To be honest Jack wasn't bad a chewing up anything of value. Jack just liked to chew on things just to make mess. Like pulling ever single tissue out of a Kleenex box and running around with one end of the toilet paper roll, or famously chewing up Chinese menus and leaving each numbered order item in a different part of my place.
But for me, those were the good things about. As much a dog or puppy can make a mess, half the fun for me was watching him do it. After all, it only took minutes to clean up, but gave him hours of enjoyment to make the mess.
I hope every adoptive parent of a young dog realizes that young dogs and pups LOVE to chew. Doesn't matter on what. They just like to chew and play with anything. I think curiosity gets the best of them. But just give them a little leeway with the small and unimportant things and they'll be happy.
As for me, Jack was one of the hardest, but greatest dogs I've had. He was rambunctious, hyper, and completely untrained in every way. Even though I only had him 3-1/2 weeks, the challenge to train him and show him the ropes took a great deal of time and effort.... I can say - without a doubt - he was worth every last bit of trouble. With some patience and persistence, Jack turned out the way I had hoped. He was fully crate-trained, fully house-trained and good on the leash.
In the end Atlanta Dog Squad, helped to save another dog from likely bad fate. And now Jack has a new great loving family.
As for me, I will definitely miss Jack but will look forward to helping another homeless dog find a loving permanent home. So within the next few days or so, I will be picking up another dog or pup and will try to instill the obedience and training in him/her to make him a highly desirably dog to adopted by a loving and permanently family.
When I get the new dog or pup, I will start a new daily blog of his antics, training and all the good and bad things he or she does. Half for my amusement, and the other half for potential adoptive families to really know more about the dog they're choosing to permanently adopt. And if I have any say in it, it will be a great dog when he gets adoptive by a permanent family
So please stay tuned for the next chapter... it'll be good :)
To all the readers who have followed Jack's blog... I want to say thanks.
Mike
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