The day before Labor Day 2009, my boyfriend and I were convinced that we wanted to get a dog, I insisted on adopting a dog and he wanted to do the same. We looked through a thousand and one websites just to get an Idea of what we wanted. It was then that we came across this adorable corgi mix, I instantly said that I needed to see this dog, she looked so perfect. The next day TLC was closed and we had to work. We went to work and that night I couldn't sleep. We woke up extra early the next day and got to the shelter forty minutes early, cause we wanted to make sure she wasn't gone. It seemed like a lifetime long that we waited to go inside. Once in the door, everyone was so warm and welcoming and told us to look around freely. The minute I went through the door to the kennels I kept walking looking for this dog that I saw on the website. My boyfriend found her first. He looked at me and said "Here she is." I hurried down to see her. She didn't bark, whine, or anything. Her tail was going a mile a minute and she had her two front paws on the kennel door, I looked at her and just knew inside that I wouldn't leave without this dog.
There was a very kind lady, and for the life of me I don't remember her name but she was amazing, she put Payton on a leash for us and told us to go ahead and take her outside. She also provided us on some information on where Payton had come from, she explained that she had come from Kentucky, and that she had just had a litter of puppies. I told her that I didn't even need to take her outside something inside me just clicked and I wanted this dog, she giggled and said that's a good feeling isn't it?. I said yes, and she said go ahead and take her out anyway. We came back in and I told the lady that we would take her, she provided us with a pillow for her, a dog dish, a toy, and a training video. She was great. We took Payton home that day, and now we can't imagine how our lives were before we got her. She is a great dog! After Payton, we adopted 2 cats from another animal shelter (Napoleon and Archie), and those are her best buds, she loves them so much. She spends her days watching squirrels out the window with Napoleon and loves to roll on the carpeting with Archie. Payton loves to go running with me, and she loves to take trips to Grandmas (as you can see her in the picture in the blue chair at my Mom's.) As what we are thinking will be her (3rd Birthday) we just wanted to send a special thanks to TLC for truly doing the miracle work for animals. Payton has left a paw print on our lives that will never be removed, and for that we can't thank you enough.
