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A special story from one
of our students.
In this picture of VVC
student Deborah Vedder are her friend Eric and
his dog Houston. This is our story, Eric and I
wrote it together.
Eric relates the events
this way. My family has had Houston for 2
years, we call him Houie for short. He was
rescued from southern Oregon from Golden Bond
Rescue, my family and I adopted him from them.
For the first 7 years of his life he was not
treated well, he was chained up in a yard,
received poor care and also was shot, he has a
bullet in him today. I'm sure that somewhere in
his heart he knew he wasn't going to be in those
conditions forever. When my family and I
adopted him we knew he was going to need lots of
tender loving care, but just not how much. We
all had to nurse him through heartworm, and he
has had anxiety attacks dating back from since
we got him. The T-shirt he is wearing in the
picture helps calm him during these times. We
just figured out that he has seizures, which he
gets meds for and this has helped reduce the
anxiety attacks. He is a very special dog.
I feel honored to be a
part of Eric's and Houston's life. Houston has
made up for that first 7 years by leaps and
bounds, as part of this family who really
committed to him and went above and beyond what
a lot of people would do. He gives nothing but
love to them. He rolls over for belly rubs and
you see then golden smile. He is not phased by
Eric's power/motorized wheelchair or other
equipment. Since he has 7 years of
non-affection to make up for, he can never get
to much petting or attention and oh those lovely
belly rubs. He is indeed one special dog.
Deborah,
Eric and Houie!!
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