Kate Howard was having a harsh day until she a pooch meandered by her yard and “thudded down” on her grass. Kate was “getting a charge out of the daylight and the remainder of my three day weekend subsequent to coming back from the commemoration administration of a companion who kicked the bucket very soon” when the pooch and her proprietor halted at her home.
Kate, the overseeing editorial manager at the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, had quite recently moved into the home a couple of months back. She saw there was something inquisitive about the pooch. She shared what ended up being an endearing story on Twitter.
Today I was sitting on my porch, enjoying the sunshine and the rest of my day off after returning from the memorial service of a friend who died far too soon. A woman and her dog stopped at my yard, and the dog plopped down on my grass. 1/
— Kate Howard (@JournoKateH) October 15, 2019
Kate noted the dog was “charming”, albeit stubborn as the friendly dog didn’t want to move, even when her owner called for her. That’s when Kate heard the woman call the dog “Winnie.”
The dog was cute, a brown pitty girl with white markings. All dogs are perfect but she was particular charming. Her owner was trying to get her rolling again but she was staying put. She called her.
“Winnie! Come on!”
Her name was Winnie! 2/— Kate Howard (@JournoKateH) October 15, 2019
“Winnie?” Kate thought. She instantly recalled the puppy she fostered a year ago who was also named Winnie. She cared for the puppy and after Winnie was spayed and then put up for adoption, Kate continued to wonder about the pup. “I cried for three days after she was spayed and went up for adoption, worrying about whether she had found a good home,” she explained on Twitter.
This immediately registered because last November, I fostered a dog for the first time over Thanksgiving. She was a soft wiggly baby puppy I named Winnie. I cried for three days after she was spayed and went up for adoption, worrying about whether she had found a good home. 3/ pic.twitter.com/KDFiHKcGzG
— Kate Howard (@JournoKateH) October 15, 2019
Kate asked the woman whether the dog had the name Winnie when she adopted her and the woman responded “yes”. She also told Kate she had adopted the dog last November. “By then, I was practically leaping off the porch screaming. I FOSTERED THIS DOGGGGGG,” tweeted Kate.
I asked the woman whether she adopted Winnie with that name. She said yes, as she didn’t want to change her name and confuse her. I asked when — she said last November. By then, I was practically leaping off the porch screaming. I FOSTERED THIS DOGGGGGG 4/ pic.twitter.com/7OuMyodTvo
— Kate Howard (@JournoKateH) October 15, 2019
Kate filled Winnie’s adoptive mom in on all that had transpired when she fostered the dog and she learned that the woman had recently lost a dog. She had made it a point to line up to adopt Winnie as soon as she had seen a picture on the shelter’s website.