New Home for Carter Dog

For about seven years now, my wife and I have been happy grandparents to a granddog, whose name is Darlin.’ My oldest daughter, Megan, recused her from a Nashville shelter when Darlin’ was eight months old, and she has been a much-loved member of our family ever since. She’s a great dog and truly loves her mother and her G-Mommy and G-Daddy. We cherish every visit she makes at our house.

This spring, Megan noticed that her next-door neighbors were keeping a dog all day long outside in a crate much to small. Megan was heartbroken by seeing the dog day after day in such conditions and eventually decided to act. So, one day she gathered up some cash, knocked on the door of the house, and offered to buy the dog. The neighbors accepted Megan’s offer, and suddenly we became grandparents to Carter Dog.

We got to meet Carter shortly afterward and found him to be a large, happy, and rambunctious, ten month old puppy who loved to play and be loved. In fact, he pretty much demanded total attention constantly. I was hard not to like him, but he was a lot of dog.

Now looking for a flash bracket.

We soon learned that Megan had planned to take a month long cross country trip, eventually visiting our other daughter, Amber, in Seattle, and that we would be needed to keep the granddogs while she traveled. My wife, Debbie, and I are both school teachers, and summer is usually when we get the hell out of town. However, we agreed to help out, knowing that we also could do some much needed home repairs while we kept the granddogs. However, it soon was clear that Carter was not a perfect fit, as he needed lots of space, especially outdoors with a fence. It was Megan’s original intention to find Carter a new home eventually, but naturally, she had become attached to this goofy dog. After talking it over with Megan, we decided to try to rehome Carter.

I created a Facebook post and some Craigslist ads with photos I had shot using my newly-acquired Rolleicord Vb. I really want to get handy with this camera that is so different from all the SLR’s I have used in my life. I used some Kodak Ektar 100 and processesed it at home using the Unicolor C-41 kit from the Film Photography Project Store. For the indoor shots, I used  a Vivitar 252 flash unit, which has its own PC cord attached. I didn’t have a way of mounting the flash to the Rolleicord, so I simply handheld both the camera and the flash, not knowing at all what the results would be. Actually, I was really pleased with the results, and I am looking for a flash bracket for the Rolleicord.

We had Carter for over a month before we took him to his new home. Wouldn’t you know it? I found that I, too, had fallen for this lovable goofball. I think of him every day and truly miss him. However, I know he is happy in his new home and being loved by the couple who are his new parents.

I urge you to take photos of your pets, or your grown children’s pets. You will never regret having them as treasured reminders of these furry family members.