Adopted
Jack
Like the tall silent stranger in the Clint Eastwood westerns of yesteryear, Jack
strolled into his new foster home with a confident swagger and surveyed the
scene before him with a wary eye. The place he’d called home since he was seven
weeks old had been filled with three young children whom he loved and enjoyed,
not the three tail-wagging dogs who now greeted him. So when the cute young
blonde sidled up beside him, he responded with a cool look that said, “Leave me
alone, honey, I’m only passing through.” The cute blonde heeded his message and
wandered off with her pals, leaving Jack all alone to settle in for the night.
But that was just his first night… It wasn’t long before young Jack learned that
chasing tennis balls, playing tug-of-war with a favorite towel, and taking long
walks and runs through the neighborhood and downtown Austin are a lot more fun
when done with a posse of your best buddies. He knows that a look and a
play-growl from any of his three partners means a “show-down” of the doggy
kind—a rambunctious round of chase and keep-away through the house.
And the cute little blonde he rebuffed upon his arrival? Think Roy Rogers and
Dale Evans, Miss Kitty and Matt Dillon…. Jack and Sassy, a pair for the ages.
Sassy has taught Jack to play, to cuddle, to share, to be comfortable in the dog
world. He’s still learning how to tip his hat in friendly greeting to dogs he
meets when out on the town, but he’s getting there. When the leash is off and
play is in the air, he’s fine with any dog that comes calling.
Jack’s manners are those of a refined gentleman. He sits and waits for breakfast
and dinner to be served, eats calmly and cleans his bowl, patiently stands in
line for his turn to get a drink out of the bathtub faucet (where he’s learned
the freshest water can be found), and daintily lifts his paws for drying before
coming in from outside during rainy weather.
Jack has done the work that needs to be done in this town, and now it’s time to
move on to a new territory that he can call his forever home.