on a day when we could all use something good to think about.

May your pup continue to have those tail-wagging dreams for a very long time!

hell is about to break loose.

The last couple of years he was blind and deaf, but he still was happy enough to wag his tail in his sleep -- and most other times, too.

I am so glad your puppy has reached nirvana..you give him a happy, warm, safe home in which to love and be loved.
Good on you!

We got our flat-coated retriever at a rural shelter. He had been there most of the first year of his life, adopted out and returned multiple times. He was so pitiful, we couldn’t leave without him, even though he was terrified. For many months, we weren’t sure he was really happy in his new, spoiled dog life, but after about six months, one night he was sleeping stretched out on the sofa when he suddenly went belly up, tail wildly wagging, and one front leg straight up in the air, like in a fist pump. My husband and I both cried. Seven years later, it’s a nightly occurrence, but it still catches our hearts. How far he has come, how lucky he is, how much we adore his crazy self.

Mine probably wouldn't have made it through a second owner. Took a lot of training and love, lost a few precious possessions along the way, but it paid off in the long run.