In 2006 I had a stroke. Afterwards the doctor told me I need to not get upset over things, and keep active, like walk daily; keep that circulation pumping. So I decided I needed a dog to walk me daily.
We went to the Atlanta Humane Society and looked over all the dogs available, and why we picked Willow, I don't remember. She didn't like us. The human society people told us she has been returned either two or three times, which they insinuated 3 Strikes and you are out and she was a "runner".
We adopted her. Her papers said she was part Whippet, a dog bred for racing. He had a lean muscular body. That was when she was young. Her name was Wiggles. If we decided to change her name, they recommended we change it to something with the same sound, like Willow.
We put her into the car and drove to a Petco in Kennesaw. She cried and whimper the whole 20 miles distance. We had her on some kind of temporary choke leash. We went into Petco. and brought her food, treats, and dog toys. As we headed up front to the cash registers she saw the big plate glass with daylight outside. She leaped out of the buggy and ran towards it. When she got close to the doors, which they sensed her movement and oped wide for her. She ran through the door out into the parking lot. She's a "runner".
I thought she was a "gonner", she would either get ran over or run out of sigh and gone forevcr.
About all all the employees of the store and I think some customers ran out trying to catch her in the parking bt she successfully dodged them.
Then another Petco employee,, on her lunch break, siting in her car eating when saw the commotion. She got of her car and held out a chicken nugget to Wiggles and wiggled on up to her and she gave her the nugget and grabbed her.
The rest is history.
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