Magnum's Story

If you have followed along for a little bit now you are aware of our growing farm and our gentle giant, Magnum. Magnum is a 2.5-year-old 70 Pound purebred Old English Sheepdog and he has brought us so much joy. And he came into our family completely out of the blue...
While cruising the facebook world I came across the adorable fluffy pet on a pet re-homing site. His owner was going through a divorce and had to move herself and her 4 kids into an Apartment so she could no longer take care of him. I sent the picture to my husband and we chatted about the possibility of having a dog for a day or so, then we decided to message his owner. She unfortunately already found him a home, we were a little disappointed but we moved on knowing it wasn't the right time or dog for us. Fast forward 3 months later to October and I notice that I have an unread message on my facebook page. I open it to find Magnum's owner messaging me about him again, asking if we were still interested as his current home wasn't working out. Ryan and I asked if we could meet him before deciding as we had worries of our own about him fitting in. We set a time and place and when Magnum jumped out of the car he looked ridiculous and nothing like a sheepdog, he had been shaved due to the excessive amount of Breyers in his fur. We spent around 45 minutes with him in a parking lot playing, sniffing, and getting to know each other. When our time ended and he loaded into the car and drove away we knew that he was the dog for us. We talked it over and decided to take him into our tiny condo for the next few weeks as we were still working on fixing up our farmhouse. Unfortunately, as remodeling projects go, a few weeks turned into a few months but he didn't seem to mind. He fit right into our crazy active lifestyle, he adored car rides and going on adventures as much as we did. We could not have picked a more mellow minded easy-going dog if we tried, it was meant to be. 
Now today he is a beautiful, energetic, chicken loving, pizza snatching pup who has filled our hearts with love and our home with tons of tennis balls (since those are his favorite). He has made great friends with the kittens and enjoys every single second spent outside doing zoomies in the lawn. I could not imagine our lives without Magnum, our fluffy, unexpected, rescue pup.