A Dog Like Columbo

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If you're a dog who ends up in need of a new family, it would be a far better deal to be a seven pound poodle than a dog like Columbo.

You see, Columbo is a big boy.  Eighty pounds easy, and brawny with cords of muscle like a linebacker.  Oh, yeah, he's also a Pitt Bull.

But to know Columbo is to want a dog like Columbo.  First off, he's just drop dead gorgeous.  Like one of those pro football players who not only got the gift for the game but the looks to go with it.

Columbo's game is a love for life.  And he's so darn good at it.  That was the one thing he made abundantly clear during the October 22nd Franklin County Humane Society Adoption event hosted by Tractor Supply.

The boy's never met a stranger.  Whenever someone new would stop to greet him, he was up on his feet like the Southern gentleman he is, wagging his tail and panting one of his big goofy smiles.  "Hey, how are you?  Nice to meet you. Glad you could come out today!"  You could almost hear him say the words.

Columbo didn't bother with sitting around looking pitiful either, dwelling on the fact that he's been at the FCHS Adoption Center since May, watching weekend after weekend as his buddies leave with a new family or head out on a transport for New Jersey or New Hampshire.

He's had to watch a lot of newfound friends leave him behind.  He misses them when they go.  But he has lasting people friends at the Adoption Center.  Ray, who takes care of him everyday and Karin, who tries to make sure he gets seen by the families who come to look for a dog.  And all the volunteers, too, like the ones who signed up as his date for the adoption event.

It turned out to be a beautiful day there, and Columbo enjoyed every minute of being outside in the sunshine, getting lavished with treats and chew toys, and ooohed and aaahhed over by each of his escorts.

The puppies were popular, and three kittens got adopted.

No one filled out an application for Columbo, but when the event ended, and he climbed into a volunteer's car to head back to the adoption center, he seemed to be okay with that.  He knows he's not a dog for just anyone, but he's a dog for someone.  And he can wait until that person comes along.  Someone who's been looking for a dog just like him.  They'll be every bit as special as he is.

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If you're the person Columbo has been waiting for, please email ascott@embarqmail.com.