Mabel's Cross-country adventure!

Question: "How do you get a dog from a foster home in Charleston, SC to a foster home in Chicago, IL?"

Answer: "Once again, you rely on the kindness and hardwork of a selfless group of strangers."

For those that don't know here's how it works. Everybody drives about 1 hour, so for Mabel that was 15 different legs on Saturday July 19th and Sunday July 20th, plus one overnight stay at a volunteer's home in Indianapolis, IN.

Michelle and I were worried, very, very worried, that Mabel would freak out with meeting so many new people and being passed off to a new stranger every hour for 15 hours. She, again, surpassed all our expectations and was an absolute treat with everyone that she met. These photos are of her travelling through NC on Saturday.

Mabel's amazing vanishing leg wound

When Mabel first arrived at Michelle's we were all pretty sure that she would need a skin graft on her leg wound. On July 17th 2008 she had her last surgical consultation in SC and Michelle reported that the surgeon told Andrew, "You must be feeding her super food, because I have never, ever seen a wound like that heal so quickly and without assistance in my life. It would be stealing money from you to do surgery on this dog."

So yay, Mabel doesn't need surgery, her kennel cough is gone and she is ready to start her journey to me in Chicago. I am more than excited to meet her finally, and have had butterflies of nervous anticipation in my stomach all week.