PetSmart Adoptions Agency Success Story - Sonya

Driving through Detroit, Diana spotted a white dog covered in filth and roaming through garbage. “Something told me that she wouldn’t survive there,” she says. Diana, Vice President of Waggin’ Tails Dog Rescue knew a rescue when she saw one.

Michigan Samoyed Rescue welcomed the stinky white foundling. Heartworm and starvation had taken their toll: we counted her ribs. Still, “everyone came under her spell,” said Lorraine, who, with husband, Kendal, and their two dogs, were her devoted foster family.

Meanwhile, a broken-hearted couple who had recently lost their beloved Nika began looking for a new Samoyed to add to the family. They called 50 shelters and rescue groups, weekly, daily, whatever was recommended. They found this girl on the Web. She was older than they wanted; so I suggested they adopt a younger sister later. They drove four hours one-way to meet the creature who’d survived the streets of Detroit two months or more.

Her new daddy lay down on the floor day after day, wrapping her in his arms so she’d know she was safe. Now, she charms clients and deliverymen at work. At home, Sonya “SweetPea” Cecchetti slumbers . . . on the family’s cozy down quilt.