Jax

Steve saw Jax online first. He was featured on the news and we knew if we weren't there first thing in the morning, someone else would surely come scoop him up.

G and I were waiting in the parking lot before they even opened. We were the first people there. When someone else pulled into the lot, we got out of the van and went to wait at the still locked doors.

As soon as they opened, we told them who we were there to see. While we were waiting to be shown a room, the guy that pulled into the lot after us said "I'm here to see Jax." The lady told him that we were already there to look at him but he was welcome to wait.

We sat patiently in the room and they brought this beast of a dog into the room. He still had on his cone of shame from being fixed. He looked into my eyes and I knew he had to be ours. He was patient and loving and sweet and so we called Steve and he came from work to look at him. I wanted to make sure that this was really our dog and the only way to do that, and not be blamed later for getting a bad dog, was for Steve to come check him out.

An hour later, G, Jax, and I were headed home.

We walked into the house and A was TERRIFIED. Like crying terrified. He had been attacked by a big dog once and he wanted nothing to do with him. G took Jax outside and I took A's hand and asked him to trust me. I told him that I would not let anyone or anything hurt him and if Jax wasn't nice to him, then Jax would have to go.

I knew that there was a chance that this could go wrong. If A got hurt by the new dog, he may never trust me again. I prayed that God would show this little boy that he could trust us. That we would protect him. I prayed that God would allow Jax and A to become buds and I prayed that if this went right, A would know he could count on us.

That was on a Saturday. By Tuesday, A had a new best friend. Thank you God!