Fetch! Four-Legged Tales: A story from our pet sitter Neil

Fetch Pet Care‘s Four-Legged Tales contest has been extended with a $100 runner-up prize! You can vote for your favorite up to once a day:http://bit.ly/4-LeggedTales.

 

Here’s our pet sitter Neil’s Four-Legged Tale

Story Title: A Lesson Learned

 

Four-Legged Tale: My story is about Brandi the Pit Bull Terrier and how she taught my wife Wendy tolerance and acceptance.  Early on after I started with Fetch Pet Care we did boarding in our home.  I received a call from the dispatcher with a job to care for Brandi in our home.  I had no problem with this but Wendy was having no part of this.  She didn’t want to have a Pit Bull Terrier in our home and around our dogs.  She had heard all of the negative press about that breed and didn’t trust having her in our home.  I talked Wendy into meeting Brandi and her owners and if she still wasn’t comfortable with it we could turn the assignment down.  Brandi wasn’t what Wendy thought she would be.  She was shy and immediately rolled onto her back and submitted to our dogs. After an hour long consultation we agreed to take the assignment.  Brandi came to our home a short time later for the service.  She was very polite and just wanted lots of love.  Wendy grew very fond of Brandi even sitting with her in the chair with her (we found out after the services and showing the owners this picture of me with Brandi in my lap she wasn’t allowed on the furniture-oops!).   Wendy learned that this breed has been given a bad rap and doesn’t deserve the negative press they have been given.  We haven’t seen Brandi in a few years as we quit doing boarding, but are thankful that she came into our lives.

 

Charity Name: The shelter we are choosing is the Nevada Humane Society.  Upon a visit there years ago we found way too many Pit Bull Terriers there and they are also a no kill shelter.