Percy's Origins - First Foster

      Percy was our first foster. His owners gave him up when he was just 10 months old. We got him in March, 2011. Percy weighed 90 pounds and was almost as tall as Hoover who was fully grown. Percy was very playful and snuggled a lot. He followed Hoover around a bunch and acted like he was a long lost friend. He was also very funny. One day when I was leaving swimming pratice at IU with Percy, I tripped. I was luckily not hurt. Not until Percy acted. He plopped right on me and I'm not sure he was playing with me or protecting me. I have a feeling he thought,'MAN DOWN! MAN DOWN!!!' My parents laughed about it(some parents) and a couple of college girls worried over me.

Percy's first day

    Percy also liked a toy spider Hoover had. He liked it so much he tore off all the legs. Today we call it the legless spider and Hoover still plays with it.  This was just the FIRST of many of Hoover's toys destroyed in our foster career.
     In April, 2011, Percy was adopted after one of my soccer games,in U.S, or football, in the rest of the world. My mom cried a bit as he looked back when he drove away with his new family. She's a bit of a wimp. Percy now lives far away with his family and new sister, Dakota. He also pulls a sled in the winter. Happy holidays!

Sleeping with my backpack

At the soccer game

Percy getting ready to leave

Percy pulling a sled

My first foster dog