A Post From My Mom on My ReBirthday

I absolutely felt compelled to write a blog today. Today is Kings Rebirthday. There is always so much going on in our lives, sometimes we forget that things were not always like they are today.
Sometimes we forget that our dogs didn’t always have a soft mat to sleep on and a full tummy every night. We are however reminded daily of all the dogs that are still out there that don’t have those things. The ones that are still waiting to be found and rescued and rehabilitated and rehomed. We imagine their day is just around the corner. We hope there will be more people who are willing to stop and take the time to DO something for them. Today because of people like that I can look down at our wonderful soft eyed King as he lies so peacefully at my feet. I can’t help but smile at him.
Today I will take a few minutes of out of my busy day and pay tribute to those people who SAVED HIS LIFE!  Lou & Bonnie Baird and Dave & Yvette Labatte.
I won’t go into all the details of their rescue because I write it out every year.
You can no longer read it in these pages from This Day Past Years. Sadly Turtle Gardens blog is no longer available.

We still wonder what ever happened to the rest of The Bella Coola Four. We still hope that one day we can make contact with them. Lou & Bonnie continue to visit us regularly. They have only recently moved from Alberta and are now living on Vancouver Island. Perhaps there will be a chance for them to visit again, face to face with Yvette this summer at the Reunion. We’ll see.
Today I will serve King and his ‘todays pack’ a special meaty dinner. Oddly enough in our house this day we have four furries in our pack at the moment. Princess MollyDawg, Seven and Mia. King still reigns.
I know if King were a people, today in his heart he would cry out, Thank you Lou & Bonnie Baird and Dave & Yvette Labatte. From ALL my Packs and ALL the dogs you have ever helped to find their lives.
We owe you far more than our words can ever say.
Thank you so very much for being there.
King & his Furever Family
Mark, Del, Princess MollyDawg, Seven and Mia
Today we take a moment to think about King and all the dogs who remember what Dave and Yvette DO!
Please take a moment to read the poem that broke our hearts enough to submit the application for King. Do I go home today? Thank you for posting this Aunty Jean!

King learns how to wait for dinner

 

UPDATE: April 29 2011 Yvette comments on this post:  

His arrival story was on Turtle Gardens blog with their skinny arrival day pictures.

April 2008 Savior- Bonny Baird leads King, Spring, Bella and Chinook. Out of the forest!

Bella lives with a forestry worker in Fraser Lake and goes to work with him every day. Chinook also lives with a forestry worker but in Smithers. Spring lives with a family of 4 boys in Houston.
King of course is with Del.