A stray dog was bound and determined to become a member of a Michigan senior living facility, breaking out three times of a nearby animal shelter and jumping fences to visit the nursing home.
Everyone wants to be in a place where they are needed and desired. People want to be somewhere and with someone who values their skills, gifts and talents. Much like human beings, animals also want to be where they are valued and loved. This seems to be especially true for one stray dog in Michigan.
In a clip posted on YouTube, residents and staff of the Meadow Brook Medical Care Facility mention how much Scout has meant to them. As one staff member remarked, Scout wanted to be at the care facility. The animal knew he had a purpose.
“And he did this [broke out of the shelter and snuck into the nursing home] three times, “Marna Robertson, the facility’s administrator, said. “And at that third time, ‘I said something, something is not right here, and he wants to live here. He wants to be here.’”
The loving animal has brought normalcy to the residents. He gives those living at the facility a feeling of being at home.
“Having a dog in the household is more like a loving home environment,” Jennifer Martinek, household coordinator, said. “So, what would normally feel like an institution, it feels more like a home with a pet.”
Scout seems to possess a sense when one of the residents is hurting and nearing the end of their life. The precious animal spends extra time with those in pain and needing comfort.
One woman, Shirley Sawyer, one of the facility’s residents, recently lost her brother. Scout seemed to understand what her brother was going through and knew the end was coming.
“Scout spent a lot of time with him [her brother Bob],” Shirley said. “He would lay down in his room or on his bed. And just, I think it made Bob feel more comfortable to have him there.”
Following Bob’s death, Scout seems to have understood Shirley’s loss and that she was hurting following the loss of her brother.
“I think he spent a little more time with me than he did before,” Shirley said. “Cause he’ll come in and just lay down for maybe half hour or so and then he’d leave.”
What a precious animal who obviously cares deeply for the residents and the staff.
Genesis 1:21 “And God created great whales, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.”
h/t: GodUpdates