A honey of a story from reader Christine Davis. Enjoy!
I wanted to tell you a story about a pup that stole our hearts.
Back in 2014, I had a friend who volunteered quite frequently at the Humane Society here locally in Colorado Springs. She just happened to know my love of Corgis, and informed me one day that somebody had surrendered one at the shelter. Of course, I hurried down there after work and made an appointment to meet with this corgi.
As soon as Luna entered the room, she ran to me (sadly at first, I think she thought her previous owner had come back to get her), but happily Luna made my heart melt, my eyes swell … and her face, ohh that face made me smile ear to ear. I knew in an instant she was meant to come home with me and be a part of our glorious family.
At the time, we had one Corgi named Oren, who we had raised from a pup. He was definitely an only child, and although I had apprehension about how he’d react, I knew he was a sweet soul and would welcome her like we all would.
And sure enough, they were best of buds from the very first sniff. When we brought Luna home, she was 8 (or so they figured) and Oren was around 4.
Luna has lived up to her name; she is our moon. She pulls on our heart with that bright smile of hers and her quirky antics. She has my husband totally wrapped around her little toe bean, she is such a daddy’s girl. There isn’t a day that goes by that we can imagine our lives without her. My only wish is that we had gotten to know her sooner. She’s joy, laughter, love and snuggles all wrapped up in one small, yet bootilicious pup.
Yes, she has some junk in her trunk.
Luna lifts our mood when we’re down, she loves outfits, she LIVES for her food (yes, a foodie at heart I think) and she takes care of us like a mama dog would.
She’s got loads of nicknames, like Chicken (cause she’s my little chicken of the sea, luna tuna), my little crinkle cut, mama dog, moona, tuna and luv bug.
We are so blessed to have Luna in our lives each and every day.
Further confirmation that there IS good in this world. Thanks for a lovely and heart warming story.
Rescue pets are so special, even the quirks they bring with them from their former lives are endearing. I’m the blessed mom of three discarded corgis and every day I wonder why someone couldn’t or wouldn’t keep them.
I think the same thing every time I look at Luna, or our second rescue Seren. Why ohh why would someone let you go? All I know is, it’s meant to be… cause I can’t imagine not having them. 🙂
Oh what a touching story. Rescues are so thankful for everything. Luna and Oren are blessed to have special pawrents. so happy for you it turned out well.
We also took in a rescued Corgi and she got on so well with our little man who had been the only one for 3 years but I think he understood that Tess needed help and he loved her from day one and even though they had a food bowl each they would eat each other’s together so in the end I bought a bigger bowl and they loved it.
Corgis are very astute dogs and can tell when someone needs an extra hug and Taf and Tess loved each other from day one, they even found a way to fit n the same bed so I went and got a bigger one they thought that was great, I still kept the old one so if Taf wanted time on his own he could but after a couple of months I could see he wasn’t going to use it so I washed it and put it away.
Your comment made me smile. Thank you.
I am a Corgi addict and of course having a Corgi named “For”. After having For, I am changed to be aware of those abandoned dogs in streets and just to do something for helping those homeless pets.
Love your story and blessed for Luna and your family.
Thank you for your comment Tony. Yes, all the dogs are important, including and especially the homeless ones who need our kindness.