My friend Meghan had told me about a local rescue organization and the great dog her friend had got from them.  Lifeline Puppy Rescue is a no-kill rescue whose members travel all over Colorado, New Mexico and Kansas to collect unwanted litters of puppies, usually under 12 weeks old, from individual owners or other rescues and shelters that are not prepared to adequately care for or find proper homes for them.  People drive from all over to the weekend viewing and adoption event.  In 2002, Lifeline found homes for 3000 mostly mixed breed puppies that would have otherwise been euthanized.

So we drove down, just to look because we were going to Breckenridge for the weekend the next week and wouldn’t have wanted to leave a new puppy.  We were only there for ten minutes and I looked at Eric, who looked pitifully back, and I said what we were both thinking, “Let’s go home now or else I am going to have to take one of them with me.”

It was finally starting to feel real, like we really would get a dog.  I was nervous, but the rush of adrenaline I felt as we drove away helped me push through it.