Riley

    Riley Biley is a beautiful Brittany Spaniel mix. The vet estimated his age at 5, although we thought he was much older when we found him. Here is this handsome boys story.

     One night, we were getting ready to lock up the bunkhouse and go to bed. I went to the front door to check if it was locked. The type of door knob in this house was the kind that always opened form the inside regardless of being locked or not, so I opened the door to twist the outside handle and check. When I opened the door, I noticed a dog curled up on our front rug. I immediately closed the door and calmly announced to the group that there was a dog on the porch. Without hesitation, I opened the door a crack and let him sniff my hand. Upon deciding he was friendly, I let him inside.
    A few people were nervous and told me not to let him in, but I blatantly ignored them and ushered him in the door. The temperature outside was in the 30s. This poor baby looked like he had stiff hips and took small, painful steps. His eye sight was poor and he was definitely tired.
   I put this baby (temporarily deemed "Bubba") in the laundry room and gave him some water and a tortilla with peanut butter on it (we were limited in dog friendly options). I called one of the kennel employees and let her know we had found a dog. We posted this sign on the laundry room door for the night.

    The next morning, I took Bubba out to go to the bathroom and I noticed he was a bit reluctant to stray far from my side. Soon after, Lindia and Bob (an employee and her husband) stopped by to pick up Bubba and get him settled in at Villa Too before we arrived for the day. Once we arrived, I made sure to run and see this precious baby.
    Bob began to tell us how he noticed this dog 5 miles outside of town heading in a few days earlier. A day later, he saw the same dog 3 miles from town. This poor dog traveled for days through the cold weather and showed up on OUR door step. Of all the places he could have chose, he chose us.
    Bubba had perked up since then and looked more like a five year old dog. His teeth were in decent shape and he was running around like nothing happened. He was still a little fearful of being alone, but overall he was doing great.
    Horse Creek names their incoming animals based on alphabetical order. "Bubba" was an "r," thus he was deemed Riley. Riley is apparently too boring for me to say, so I call him Riley Biley. Riley is now living comfortably at Horse Creek waiting for the day he gets adopted. His information should be on the website soon and hopefully he finds his forever, loving home.