 Brody's Story
WIN volunteer, Rob Horgan, in Cherry Hill, NJ saw an internet
listing for a Wheaten in an Idaho shelter. He contacted me to see if
I could find out anything about this 3 year old male in Montpelier,
Idaho.
“Brando” was a 3 year old, unaltered purebred male, Wheaten. He
had been
surrendered by a woman who brought in a total of three purebred dogs
to the shelter. I was told he was a very friendly, happy boy who got
along well with other dogs. The shelter agreed to let WIN adopt
Brando, so on June 21, 2005, my 16-year-old daughter and I drove 5½
hours to go and get him. We spent the night in Montpelier
(population 2700) and the shelter director brought Brando to us the
next morning. He greeted us with great enthusiasm. His tail wagged
so fast, the only thing I can liken it to is hummingbird wings!
To date, Brando had spent his entire life outside. The director
warned me that his coat was very matted and he was very smelly. And,
she was right! He was so smelly, in fact, that we had to drive with
the windows open! His entire underside and lower legs were matted
with feces and mud. I had pre-arranged to stop in Pocatello on the
way home to have him bathed and groomed at Petco, but he was so bad,
that I was afraid the groomers there would turn us away. But, they
were so eager to help this rescue boy. They spent about two hours
bathing and grooming him and removing all the mats.
 Since Brando didn’t respond to his name, I decided to change it
and I researched Irish boy names. I found “Brody”, a boy name,
meaning “from the muddy place.” I felt like this was a perfect name
for our new foster guy, since he had spent his life outside and he
was matted with mud when we rescued him.
Once we got Brody home, we had him neutered, and we began our
search for his new “forever” home. After a couple of phone
conversations with Tim, Brody’s prospective adopter, it was very
clear that this was the perfect home for Brody. Since Tim lives in
Spokane, WA, we made plans to meet in Pendleton, OR, which is about
the half-way point for both of us to drive.
 It
was with mixed emotions that we loaded Brody into the car on June,
30th to take him to Tim. After just 10 days we had become very
attached to him. He was a very gentle soul who loved and trusted us
even after such a short while. We felt badly passing him on to yet
another person. Our trepidation was relieved, however, when we met
Tim in person. He was also a very gentle soul and it seemed like a
perfect match. Brody was hesitant, but Tim assured him that all
would be well.
It took about an hour to go over the paperwork before we finally
loaded Brody into Tim’s car. It was with sadness and joy that we
watched them drive away. We would miss Brody and would always think
about him, but we were joyful he had found such a wonderful home
with Tim. We were honored to have been involved in a successful WIN
rescue.
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