possibly having to bring their baby home while Dom was still there , Jodiene and Josh sprung into action . Baby dolls were bought , cribs were put out around the house and they “ practiced ” having a baby in front of Dom so that he could get used to having him or her around .
As if finding out that they were expecting wasn ’ t surprise enough , on August 28th , five weeks early , Jodiene went into labor and gave birth to a beautiful , healthy baby girl named Hannah .
After a couple of days in the hospital , it was time for the new family to go home and for Hannah to meet her fur siblings for the first time . Anxiety was high as no one could predict what Dom would do . Would he be disruptive and act out ? Bark ? Forget all of the good behavior he was taught ? And , on the top of everyone ’ s minds - would he try to attack baby Hannah ?
turned to anxiety and dread … what It was decided that Dom would be were they going to do with Dom ? placed in a new home , but not just any home … Josh and Jodiene made it their Now , we all know them … people mission to find him the BEST home – who have animals and love them one with a family ( with no children , until something major changes in of course ) who knew his limits and their life : kids , a move , a new job that how to handle him . They began the takes too much time or just the general search immediately because even “ I-don ’ t-feel-like-dealing-with-themanymore .” Frowning upon those types their new baby was arriving , Dom was
though they had eight months until of people , Josh and Jodiene were faceto-face with this exact situation . Of place . Weeks went by , months passed ,
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course the safety of their newborn fliers were posted , friends were asked baby was first priority , but what about to spread the word , rescue groups Dom ? Didn ’ t they have a responsibility were contacted … nothing . No one to him too ? After all , he had come was willing to accept this beautiful so far from the crazy dog that he boy – he just had too many “ issues .” once was , and now , was he going to be uprooted from the home he loved Jodiene ’ s due date of October 1st was again ? looming and Dom still had not found a new home . Faced with the reality of
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It was as if Dom knew what was about to happen . Like he knew that something special had just come into his life . Dom was gentle , curious just like the other dogs , but above all , gentle . Josh and Jodiene saw that Dom wouldn ’ t leave Hannah ’ s side ; he slept on the floor next to her crib , sniffed her occasionally to make sure she was ok – he even notified Josh and Jodiene when Hannah would wake up or cry . He saw to it that no one messed with his baby sister … it was his job !
Dom , the homeless , once aggressive , hyper , manner-less Pit Bull finally had his dream job … being Hannah ’ s guardian .
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