{"id":806,"date":"2015-02-01T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T14:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abbingtongreen.com\/blog\/nicks-notes-2-1-2015-ambers-story\/"},"modified":"2015-02-01T14:07:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T14:07:00","slug":"nicks-notes-2-1-2015-ambers-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abbingtongreen.com\/blog\/nicks-notes-2-1-2015-ambers-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick&#8217;s Notes 2.1.2015 &#8211; Amber&#8217;s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong><br \/><strong>Amber&#8217;s Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>I was driving home from work one day on highway 95 in Boca Raton Florida, and noticed other cars with their break light on.&nbsp; There was a small puppy in the middle of the highway, so I pulled over to the side of the road and called her to me.&nbsp; She came running, frightened and shaking into my arms.&nbsp; I put her on the floor in the passenger side of the car.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ObqxvnnF9-A\/VM4vGtskv2I\/AAAAAAAAAXs\/2Ez-GQ_tObI\/s1600\/IMG_3955.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ObqxvnnF9-A\/VM4vGtskv2I\/AAAAAAAAAXs\/2Ez-GQ_tObI\/s1600\/IMG_3955.jpg\" height=\"320\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;She was so small, and her head looked too big for her body.&nbsp; I took her home to show Steve what I found.&nbsp; When we opened the car door she leaned over and threw up&#8230;..she&nbsp;got car sick.&nbsp; Steve and I both thought the same thing&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.we don&#8217;t need a third dog.&nbsp; <\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>I took her to our vet to see if she had a micro chip to identify who she belonged to.&nbsp; There was no chip, no collar or tag, but just a scared 4 month old puppy that was in good shape.&nbsp; We tried to find out who she belonged to and in the meantime named her Amber for &#8220;Amber Alert.&#8221;&nbsp; She loved playing with Cassie (Boxer) and Chance (Golden Retriever)&nbsp;in our yard and they looked after her too.&nbsp; Chance would tolerate her climbing and chewing on him and Cassie would play with her for hours.&nbsp; We knew then Amber had found her new home and she would stay.&nbsp; <\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Little did we know at the time we would end up losing Cassie and Chance a month later&#8230;.only 10 days apart.&nbsp; First, Cassie developed a brain tumor, went blind in one eye and started having seizures.&nbsp; Ten days later Chance started to moan when he would lay down.&nbsp; The vets determined cancer in his abdomen.&nbsp; Sad and heartbroken, we went home from the vet to be greeted by happy and lovable Amber.&nbsp; I truly believe things happen for a reason in life.&nbsp; That&#8217;s why I found Amber&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.she was given to us to help us through a sad time for both of us.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>But there is a very happy ending for all of us&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Amber in now&nbsp;4 years old and grew into a beautiful girl, no longer gets car sick, and is always happy and loveable.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7nd1wqxERNI\/VM4vbpHTigI\/AAAAAAAAAX0\/xljvCwxHhvI\/s1600\/IMG_1180.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7nd1wqxERNI\/VM4vbpHTigI\/AAAAAAAAAX0\/xljvCwxHhvI\/s1600\/IMG_1180.jpg\" height=\"320\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>She knows a few tricks and literally gives a hug.&nbsp; For those of you who know me, I like giving hugs too&#8230;..so I had to teach her.&nbsp;&nbsp; She is great&nbsp;when she meets&nbsp;guests at Abbington Green, and a few guests have even taken her for walks.&nbsp; She has adapted to the Inn lifestyle and likes to play when other dogs come to stay at the&nbsp;Bed and Breakfast&nbsp;in our&nbsp; Pet Friendly Suites.&nbsp; She is known as &#8220;Lady Amber Abbington.&#8221;&nbsp; Everyone who meets her instantly falls in love with her&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;and when you meet her you will see why.&nbsp; Amber is a part of our family in Asheville at Abbington Green Bed and Breakfast Inn.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-TXVp9huRaAY\/VM4v2-0WtWI\/AAAAAAAAAX8\/M1VGn4G1A48\/s1600\/059.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-TXVp9huRaAY\/VM4v2-0WtWI\/AAAAAAAAAX8\/M1VGn4G1A48\/s1600\/059.JPG\" height=\"320\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>All the best&#8230;Nick<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amber&#8217;s Story I was driving home from work one day on highway 95 in Boca Raton Florida, and noticed other&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abbingtongreen.com\/blog\/nicks-notes-2-1-2015-ambers-story\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nick&#8217;s Notes 2.1.2015 &#8211; Amber&#8217;s Story<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,49,13,19,14,48,50,9,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abbington-green","category-amber","category-asheville","category-bb","category-bed-and-breakfast","category-dog-friendly","category-lady-amber-abbington","category-north-carolina","category-resident-dog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abbingtongreen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abbingtongreen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abbingtongreen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abbingtongreen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abbingtongreen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abbingtongreen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abbingtongreen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abbingtongreen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abbingtongreen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}