“He was a crowd favorite. I made
sure he made the rounds with the hope that he would be adopted,” said Janet. Everyone Janet introduced Teddy to told her that he would surely be adopted right away. The hours ticked on, and people kept stopping Janet to ask if he’d been adopted yet. “Not yet,” she had to keep answering. “But, I remembered a cute boy coming over to me three times throughout the evening, asking if Teddy was still available. He took a couple of pictures of Teddy.” As the parade of dogs and people
walked the runway, out came Teddy with Lauren’s friend, Parker Homans. She could tell her son was falling more in love with Teddy by the minute. “Teddy was the last dog to come
down the runway,” said Janet. And, the crowd went crazy.” At the end of the runway show,
Teddy had a mob of people all wanting to give him kisses. “There was the little boy who had earlier asked me about Teddy. He was hugging Teddy, and told me that his family was going to adopt him.” As the family made their way
towards the table to fill out the adoption papers, Lauren noticed two women already there. One of them was holding an adoption file. “My heart began to sink,” said
Lauren. “I thought, ‘Oh, no. We’re losing him. Please don’t let them be adopting Teddy.’” Meanwhile, Janet finally made it to
the adoption table with Teddy in tow, happy at the thought of this little dog going home with a little boy. “I spotted him, again, near the adoption table, look-
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ing at me with the biggest smile I’d ever seen,” said Janet. But she was stopped by the woman holding the adoption file. “There is my new dog! I just adopted
Teddy!” exclaimed the woman. Upon hearing this, Alexander was
crushed. “He was trying to be so brave. I could tell he was holding back his tears,” said Janet.
that the young man and his family could adopt him. “You know,” the woman said out
loud, “I think Teddy would love living with a young boy.” Alexander was now beaming again. Later, that evening, Teddy seemed to
adjust to his new home right away. He jumped into one of Sophie’s dog beds soon after arriving home with the Schellmans, and fell fast asleep. The next morning, Sophie appeared tolerant of Teddy, at first. Then she developed a funny look on her face, as if to be saying, “When is that dog finally leaving?” “Sophie was our first dog as a
family,” said Lauren. “We’ve had her for two years. She is not a morning dog, preferring to jump back in bed after going outside to do her business. Teddy, on the other hand, is ready to go as soon as we’re up.” Understandably, Lauren was con-
Lauren, Alexander and Chris Schellman with Teddy during the Tuxes and Tails fundraising event for the Humane Society of Tampa Bay.
It all happened so fast with so many
people around. Happiness and sadness all rolled into one moment. Lauren began to prepare herself to tend to her son, whose heart she knew was surely breaking. “Maybe it just wasn’t meant to me,” she thought to herself. The woman who had just adopted
Teddy noticed what was playing out before her. She gently handed the adop- tion file back to Janet, and whispered to her that she wanted to unadopt Teddy so
3 Weeks He’s begun to figure things out. He’s settling in and is beginning to develop a routine. You may notice his personality starting to come through.
3 Months Your dog has become part of the family. He’s comfortable. Every day, trust is being built and a bond is forming. He has developed a sense of security and trust with his new family and home.
cerned with Sophie’s well-being and her reactions towards the new dog. “She seemed depressed, at first,” said Lauren, who wondered how she was going to please everyone. One thing was certain: Giving up on Teddy was not an option. A veterinary examination revealed
that Teddy was in need of dental work, so much so that he was actually in a lot of pain. After Teddy recuperated from exten- sive dental work, requiring the extraction of 16 teeth, Lauren hired The Canine Company dog training. Peace seems to have been restored. Teddy is settling in, and Sophie is becoming more accepting. Alexander told us, “Teddy never
stops wagging his tail, and I hope he never will.”
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