I call him the big goof! Breeze is very animated, he talks with his feet, his mouth, and his eyes. He’s very much a clown!

Mr. Breeze will be 2 years old in May. He is great with other dogs and children, and his former foster, Mark Whalen, just loves him! Breeze still has some puppy left in him, and he has a habit of jumping on people and giving love nips to get attention, but when properly exercised, this behavior is not an issue.

Breeze came to us from Becky Harshman through Chilton County Humane Society on January 1st of 2010. He was just a pup! Back then his name was Canyon. He was adopted on January 17th, 2010.

When his owners suffered a job loss, they lost their home, and returned Breeze to me on October 15th, 2010. Even though they had no choice but to surrender him, they did so with a heavy heart.

Breeze stayed with me for a few weeks, until I arranged transport to Clearwater, where he was fostered by Mark Whalen. There his true color was seen. He was happy go lucky, the main instigator for play, adored Mark’s pit and of course, Kudos. Kudos and Breeze quickly became best buddies.

In November of 2010, after posting Breeze on petfinder and other pet adoption websites, and posting his video, we were inundated with adoption requests for Breeze. Matthew George was one of those people who sent me an email explaining that both he and his wife were really interested in adopting Mr. Breeze. Unfortunately, Mr. George’s email was received too late, because Breeze had been adopted.

Last week, I received an email from Matthew George expressing an interest in adopting Indian. Being that four months had passed, I did not recognize the name and assumed that Mr. George was new to me! I was wrong.

Yesterday, February 8th, 2011 I exchanged several emails with Breeze’s currently family. Inundated with medical issues within the family, they asked me what I thought was best for Breeze. Sometimes loving a dog, giving him food and water just isn’t enough, especially for the herding breed. Intelligent dogs with high energy need physical exercise, training, and a job to keep them occupied. The family simply can not meet his needs at this time, no fault of theirs. I suggested they surrender Breeze to us, and they agreed.

Yesterday, while informing Mark Whalen that Breeze was coming back, Mark was elated! Our conversation quickly focused on Indian. I explained to Mark that Matthew George was interested in meeting Indian this weekend. Mark asked me for some background information about Mr. George. I did a search for his email address and located the very first email that I had received and it wasn’t dated February 2011, it was dated November 9th, 2010. I opened the email and read it to Mark allowed:

Dog Liberator,

Please let us know if Breeze is still available, we are looking for a Border Collie that is around a year old. We currently have a Shetland / Border Collie mix that could use a friend and having years of experience with a herding dog, we feel that we will be an excellent home for a dog like Breeze. We live in Tampa and would be willing to come see Breeze at your convenience.

Needless to say, I got chills! Mark suggested I hang up and make a call to Mr. George notifying him of Breeze, and I did.

Now, I know strange things happen in my rescue all of the time; things that we just can’t explain. I know how hard we all work to save, transport, rehabilitate and rehome these dogs, but sometimes things happen, like this, that leaves us speechless.

I called Matthew George, and asked him if he could remember when and why he first contacted my rescue. His immediate answer was “because my wife fell in love with Breeze, and we wanted to adopt him.” I had the pleasure of informing him that Breeze is available.

Will Stephanie and Matthew George adopt Breeze? I don’t know. They are interested in meeting both Indian and Breeze. I’d hate to have to choose! But in situations like this one, I can’t help but wonder if Breeze was meant to be with them in the first place.

Breeze’s former owners could no longer keep him, not because he’s not a great dog, but because the time just wasn’t right.

I suppose we will have to wait and see what fate has in store for Mr. Breeze. One thing for sure, Mark is happy to have him back!

02/17/11 Update: Breeze’s stay with Mark wasn’t very long, before Matthew George went to visit him, and adopted him last night! Updates soon!

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