News of our need to place Donut with a new home traveled fast. I sent out over 100 emails, and those recipients in turn forwarded the information on.
One of our favorite babysitters let us know that her daughter's brother-in-law was in the market for a new dog and we jumped at the chance to meet them.
J & K arrived on Saturday morning to meet Donut and he was on his best behavior.
We talked a bit about Donut's habits, personality, vaccination record, tendencies and silly things like that he LOVES stealing my chocolate from my bedroom.
They were the sweetest couple, plan to get married this summer and own their home with a fenced in yard.
Donut fell in love with them (and consequently left his mark ALL over their clothes since he's currently shedding his winter coat) and they fell in love with him.
After talking it over with Todd last night, we have decided the J & K are the PERFECT folks to be Donut's new owners. They have a deep love and respect for dogs, seem to "parent" the same way we do, and share our opinion on dogs being outdoor vs. indoors.
Equally as important as a good match, they are willing to respect our need to leave the transfer date open ended for now. They know that we need to get Donut to them sometime the middle of May, but are a-ok with any time between now and then.
What a load has been lifted! It will be a hard day when the moment arrives to hand him over, but they have promised to send emails and photos!
Now, if we could just find a home for Jagels the cat!
