Welcome, Gracie

Some of you want to know Gracie's story, so such as it is, I'll tell it.

Adam's been scouring the internet looking at puppies, reading forums and sites about dogs for sale at various prices, various breeds. He happened upon this dog, a lost dog. The dog approached a lady, a stranger, begging for attention, following her desperately. She was lost, probably deserted, which is sad. Don't people KNOW that dogs feel that abandonment just as much as humans do?

The lady cared for her for a few days, put up posters and flyers and canvased her neighborhood in a 2 mile radius, but no one claimed the dog. She, however, could not keep the dog because she travels for her job. If she didn't find someone to adopt the dog yesterday, she'd have taken her to the pound, hating to do it. But she found us!

First we thought we'd name her Polly, but after Adam looked at her carefully he said Polly just wasn't right. He decided on Gracie. She's sweet, gentle, loving. She knows commands like 'come' and 'no' and 'shake' and sit.' Julia took her into her room last night, and Gracie looked longingly at Julia's bed, asking, "PLEASE let me jump up there with you and sleep????" Julia said yes.
Today when Adam and I were out in the field doing farmy things, Gracie finally lay down, put her head down, and rested at last from all her stress and worry of recent weeks. I leaned down and petted and stroked her head and said sweet doggie words to her. After that, she followed me all day long. Adam's calling me a Dog Slave. Hahahaha!!
Being in the field was fun again. I'm sure Gracie doesn't know what a difference she makes, just being there. Beau doesn't follow. Beau wanders away and makes one worry that he's in the road. Gracie does what we call "following in the front." She walks in front of you and tries to guess where you're going. Do you have a dog like that?
Gracie won't be a house dog. She stays in the pasture fence, with an electric collar, and if we leave she'll be in Adam's barn office with her food, water, and a comfy chair. At night she'll stay with Julia. I think she'll have a happy life here.
We noticed she has a soft mass on her right haunch, on the back. And she has a hard mass on one of her breasts. So she may well have cancer. We'll be taking her to the vet soon, and we'll get these looked at. Regardless of what can be done, she will have a comfortable, loving home for her later years.