A dog is often said to be a man’s best friend. For one guy from New Jersey, his rescue dog has evolved into something much more.
After being turned away by three different shelters before arriving to the Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge in Oakland, New Jersey, in early 2020, Sadie, a 100-pound German Shepherd, was finally accepted. Sadie was quite apprehensive, and she felt particularly awkward around guys.
“Our shelter is a kind of last option for dogs that have been abandoned,” RBARI Executive Director Megan Brinster said in an interview with CNN. In terms of finding homes for these kind of dogs, we’ve grown rather adept at it.
“We were under the impression that Sadie would wind up in a female’s home,” Brinster said. We knew it was an immediate match as soon as we brought Brian into the room to meet her. “She was all over him,” she said.
Sadie returned to Myers’ house in early October. After three months of bonding and training, Myers and Sadie were able to become close friends throughout the pandemic’s quarantine and seclusion.
In an interview with CNN, Myers said, “We were able to get through all of her (anxiety) concerns.” “She is a fantastic dog,” says the trainer.
On the 18th of January, Sadie demonstrated exactly how extraordinary she is.
After recovering from Covid-19 earlier that month, Myers woke up one night to go to the restroom and felt her legs give out from below her. “I fell to the floor,” she said. “It was a terrifying experience.”
The distance between my bed and the wall was so little that I couldn’t even reach my telephone. It occurred to me while lying there on the floor, ‘How long will I be trapped here until someone comes to discover me?'”
Sadie, sensing that something was wrong, rushed to Myers’ side and began licking his face and displaying other symptoms of worry.
To comfort her, I began caressing her. As soon as I put her hand on her collar, she began dragging me across the room, where I was able to grab my smartphone and call for assistance.
It was a bittersweet homecoming for Myers and his faithful buddy after spending almost three weeks at a rehabilitation center together.
“She was leaping all over me, licking me, knocking my mask off, and all I could think was, ‘I adore this dog,'” said Myers, who plans to create a children’s book about Sadie in the future.
The one thing we are certain of is that the sentiments are absolutely reciprocal between both parties.