Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Flapjack - Rescued March 2002 - Left us September 11, 2014

I read something this week that really rang true for me:

"He truly was one of a kind.  We hope that we gave him enough good memories to wipe out any bad ones that came before"


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Flapjack cheated death twice, unfortunately the third time we weren't as fortunate.

In March 2002, when we first met Flapjack at the Animal Defense League he had been pulled out of a kill shelter one day before he was scheduled to be euthanized.  We decided he was the dog for us and adopted him that day.

He rode home in Jerry's lap and became an instant daddy's boy!  The vet had estimated his age to be between 3-4 years old and he had been picked up running loose.  It was obvious a man had abused him before with a belt.  Every time Jerry went to take off his belt, Flapjack would cower at his feet and curl up in a ball terrified.  Thankfully, he was able to see that no one was going to hurt him anymore (except when he stole mommy's quesadilla.  He got a spanking for that!) and turned into a snuggle bug.