No Body wanted me

Hi my name is Sage. I’m a two year old Aussie that no one wanted, well until my mom seen my picture on Facebook. You see I have some problems and I guess that’s why my 1st human dropped me off at the dog pound. He just left me there and I was so scared. Every time someone would walk past my cage I would cower in the corner and pee all over myself.
When my mom seen my picture it said: Urgent Sage desperately needs a new family before Monday. That meant that if I wasn’t adopted by Monday I would be put down.
My 1st human tried to work with me teaching me to sit, stay, lay down and fetch but he kept me in a cage all the time because I am so hyper. I’m an Aussie, I needed to run and play but I never got to. When he would let me out I just did what Aussie’s do. Finally he decided to give me up to the pound.
I was at the pound for about a month. The humans that worked there were nice to me but I hated it. I couldn’t help myself cause I was so lonely and scared, I peed all over my cage when people would come and had to lay in it until they had time to clean it. My beautiful hair turned yellow and I smelled so bad no one wanted me after they seen what a mess I was. When they would take me for a walk I tried to run away, pulling really hard on my leash so they only took me out once a day.
Then one day this really nice lady came to see me. When they brought me out to meet her I smelled awful and looked awful, but she didn’t seem to care. The Dog Warden explained why I was smelly and ugly and she didn’t care. She sat down on the floor and told him to let me go, so he did. I ran in circles trying to hide but I didn’t pee. My mom just kept talking softly to me, telling me to come to her she would really like to pet me. Finally I decided to go up to her & see is she was really that nice. I smelled her and she had the smell of another dog on her. I was thinking maybe she is really nice, so I got really close to her. She ask me to sit down, so I did. She talked quiet to me, reached over & started petting my head. I liked her touch so I got closer & before I knew it I was in her lap & she didn’t care if i smelled and looked ugly.
She told the warden that she wanted to give me a try to see if I was safe around kids and if I was house broke…I was house broke but no one knew because I peed every time I got scared. She ask if she could foster me for the weekend to see how well I fit in with her other dog Darcee and all the kids. Normally the pound doesn’t allow people to foster but the warden said he believed that I wasn’t a bad dog I was just scared & he didn’t want to have to put me down. He let my mom take me for the weekend after they took me out to meet Darcee & we got along. My mom ask the warden to give me a bath & he did.
When my new mom took me back out the door I yanked the leash out of her hand & tried to run away..she yelled, No stop come here. I don’t know why I stopped but I did. I came back to her & she put me in the front seat of the van.
We went to her vacation home on an Island for the weekend. She took me to the beach to play in the water. I chased waves, played fetch and wore myself out.
I never peed on the floor or wet myself all weekend. I was still scared when other people came around and I snarled at them but it was a great weekend. I snuggled close to my new mom and played with Darcee. I decided to show my new mom that I was obedience trained too.
Sunday night we went home to the real house & I met moms grand kids.. I liked them they liked to play fetch with me. I really didn’t know how to calm down & accidentally knocked the little ones down.
When I snuggled up next to mom that night she told me that she was going to adopt me. I was so happy.
We went back to the pound on Monday so mom could make my adoption official. The dog warden was so happy he thanked my mom for saving me & waved the adoption fees.
I was so hyper that it was hard for me to settle down & sleep. when I did sleep I had really bad dreams, jerking everywhere & yipping in my sleep.
After seeing the vet he explained to mom that I was probably an inbred dog & that was why I was so hyper & sometimes out of control. He told her I was an ADHD dog. I have to take medication to help me stay calm, it helps me sleep with out bad dreams & jerking. I have damaged my wind pipe from pulling so hard on my leash so I have a harness now.
I’m really smart too..I have learned lots of tricks…but my favorite thing to do is to play soft ball with the kids..I’m the catcher. I love to play in the water hose too. I can do flips, climb up the slide and slide down. I still get scared sometimes but
My mom she is the best mom ever..she makes sure to be there when I need her…I’m so glad that she found me and didn’t give up on me when everyone else did.