The Monster of Druid Hill Park #dogs #VEDA/VEDALA 16.08.08 | #withcaptions by @paulidin

Gasp! It's me!

But there's the real Dru!

Well done

Melissa asked on the comments of one of
my previous vlogs this month,

if I've told the story of Dru, how I got
Dru. And I probably have but it doesn't

hurt to tell it again.

It was August 2004. It had
been a little while since I lost my

previous dog to heartworm disease.

I was missing having a dog in my life so
I started looking on various pet

adoption websites and craigslist and I
checked in with my girlfriend at the time,

Carrie, with photos of the dogs that I
liked and she liked a few of them but

then I send her a photo of this dog,

this one, and Carrie said, "Oh! This,

this is the one. You should get this dog!"
The photo came from a craigslist ad. A couple

had found this dog in Druid Hill Park, a
part of Baltimore. She was tied to a post

covered in cuts and bruises and they
were doing interviews with people who

are interested in adopting her.

They already had a few dogs, which is why they
couldn't keep her for themselves. They had

her set up in the kitchen and were
interviewing people.

Apparently, most of the people who had come to
check Dru out had been met with

growls and snaps and just general
disapproval from Dru.

But when I came in and I sat down and I
just waited, she came over to me and was

very friendly with me! She had been named
Druidzilla, the monster of Druid Hill Park,

but to me she was always just Dru.

I feel like the fact that of all the people
came to interview to adopt her,

she came to me and was friendly with
me, means she kind of chose me instead of the

other way around.

When I adopted her the vets suspected that she
was about a year old.

She had not been spayed yet, so that was the first
thing that we did. The life expectancy

for a dog like Dru is probably about 10
years, so I've been very lucky and i hope

that i keep on being lucky for a while.

I've already won!

Dru!

[laughter!]

so that's my vlog for today, all about
Dru, today. Even have a shirt with Dru

on.. on it!

Leave me some comments about my adopting
Dru story down below or tell me

anything that matters to you, because I
want to know what matters to you.

Thank you for watching my dog vlog today,
here at the end of the video is where I

always say:

Tomorrow

will be even better!