Sunday, March 25, 2012

Funeral home director works to save dog that changed his life

Funeral home director Tom Dobies and his fiancee, Pam Montana,  with, from left, Rosie, Amber and Lucy, sit together as a family in their back yard in New Port Richey. 
Funeral home director Tom Dobies and his fiancee, Pam Montana,  with, from left, Rosie, Amber and Lucy, sit together as a family in their back yard in New Port Richey. By Bill Stevens. Rain pounded the roof of the carport where the scrawny black dog sought shelter. She looked up, soaked and sad-eyed, toward the employees at Tom Dobies' funeral home in Holiday.

"Looks like we got a new mascot,'' one of them said to Dobies.

"Like hell we do,'' he snapped.

Dobies had a dog when he was a boy many years earlier. It got hit by a car and died. Whether it was the pain of that loss or just that he got too busy building a thriving business, he never got another dog. He never wanted one.

And then he met this mutt, a Labrador mix with no tags, but with a gentleness that made her welcome. Okay, he said, maybe she can stick around until we can figure what to do with her...Continue reading...

1 comment:

  1. Sally and sam they were working at home .They worked to safe the life of dogs and change its life.so overall its good blog .

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