I took Bailey, a boxer, to the expo today. I picked him up at 8am and dropped him off at 7pm. I had so much fun with him and we really overbonded. I had to get someone else put him in his kennel when we got back to the shelter because I was already about to lose it. Bailey spent almost the whole time in my lap. He'd lay out next to me with his front half of his body in my lap and his big ol head resting on my legs, in my arms, or on my hands. Everyone just gushed at how cute he was. I had an excuse to stay sitting in the trailer while I counseled people so I didn't have keep getting up and running around crazy like I did yesterday Bailey doesn't really like other animals though so there'd be no chance I could ever adopt him This dog is the sweetest boxer I have ever come across. We found him waundering around a road, skin and bones with fly bites covering his ears and his front teeth extremely worn down. Poor guy wasn't taken care of. He loves to give me kisses and was really protective of me if another dog came around. He's just a big love bug around people though. He did get 2 applications today. The BAD news is the first one was sort of iffy. They weren't listening to me when I was trying to counsel them on adopting a shelter dog issues. They also have another dog, which I was almost positive wouldn't work with Bailey. They are bringing their dog for an intro tomorrow. The GOOD news is that a volunteer came up specifically to see Bailey because he had walked him yesterday then had dreams about him all night and really wanted him. If he had come in 30 minutes earlier, he could have been the first app and Bailey could be home with him right now. But I did go talk to the adoption supervisor and told her I really really really didn't think Bailey could go to a home with any other animals after being with him all day and observing his behavior. So most likely we will go to the second app and the volunteer can take him home and after he saw how much Bailey and I loved each other, he said he would let me come visit!

Here's Bailey (68 lbs)... he's still needing to gain about 30 lbs the vet said. His pictures don't do him justice. He's just beautiful. They also make him look a lot smaller than he actually is.