Meet Lucie

For the past month, Beau and I have had a house guest in the form of the sweetest black dog ever. Her name is Lucie, and I have served as foster parent to her for Carolina Animal Rescue and Adoption. Around the first of June, Abbey from CARA called me wondering if Lucie could come stay with Beau and I in our backyard. Lucie is quite the athlete, full of energy, and was getting cramped up in the shelter. I jumped at the chance to have a guest for the summer for Beau, who had began to get restless in the backyard all day while I was at work — and began digging holes everywhere and tearing things, like my porch and garden, hose up.

Lucie looks to be about a year old and has been spayed. Her shot record is up-to-date and she has no health problems that I am aware of. She looks like an Blue Healer/German Sheppard/lab/border collie mix. But it don’t matter what she is. She’s very cute and loving, showing no signs of aggression whatsoever toward dogs or people. Abbey said she lived her first 9 months of life in a home with a family with kids. So she’s used to that. And she is housebroken from what I can tell.

She has been a pure joy this month. She is so much more loving and better behaved than Beau. I love my dog, but I wish he would act more like Lucie some time. Unlike Beau, when she fetches the frisbee, she brings it back and actually sits it down at your feet. She knows several commands and is well-behaved in the house as well — when Beau leaves her alone.

But she is too athletic to be cooped up in a backyard all day, and I don’t have the money to adopt her outright. She needs an owner who loves to run and be outside all day with her, or at least a big farm to run on by herself. If you are interested, contact me at owens@sanfordherald.com. I’d hate to see her go, but I would be happy if she found a home with people who love her. If not, she can just stay with us.