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Here's the happy ending story of Scout (formerly Tonka):
Dear TLC Animal Shelter,
We're the Regenhardt's and we wanted to say thanks so very much for giving us another pet to love.
We just wanted to let you know how everything is going with our new puppy. On June 6 2007 we adopted a new puppy named Scout (aka Tonka...we changed his name immediately after we got him). He was only about 12 weeks old and at the shelter for less then 15 minutes before we came and picked him up.
And this is the story of how we got Scout (Tonka):
I had been wanting a puppy for some time now and knew that for my 8th Grade Graduation I just had to get one. So I begged my parents, promising that I would take care of the dog and take full responsibility for him/her. After much pleading they finally said yes. I was so excited I would finally have my very own dog. As soon as my parents said yes I started researching animal shelters in the Chicago area and finally came across TLC Animal Shelter. As soon as I saw it, I knew I just had to go; I knew that my puppy was there.
When I got to the shelter (it had been quite a drive... I live nearly 2 hours away!) there were no puppies there and I thought I'd made a huge mistake by going out there, but the people working there told me that they would be getting dogs in about an hour. So we came back in an hour just like they said and there he was, my puppy; my Scout.
As we were driving home with my new puppy, I was so excited I called everyone I knew and they couldn't believe it. And from then on life with our new addition to the family has been great. We are having so much fun with him (we're finally over the biting stage which seemed as if it were going to last forever.) He's nearly 6 months old now and growing so fast we can't believe it. He's losing his teeth and everything, it's so cute.
From the Regenhardt's to you: we say thank you TLC for giving us Scout.
