Lillian's Tale: Through the Eyes of a Dog

By S.E. Chamberlain

A dog's eye view of rescue and life thereafter. Dealing with environmental changes during Covid lockdown, relocation after drama and living with a disabled human mom.

Lillian was a product of a puppy mill who was born with a deformity, and then lost her first human parents abruptly.

Her up and down life lead to adventures and eventual joy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Apr 11, 2023
• ISBN: 9798350901290

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Table of Contents

Cover

Prologue

Year 1 – 2018 – Life as a Puppy

Year 2 — 2019 (Part 1) The Rescue

2019 – (Part 2) Arriving at Her New Home

2019 – (Part 3) Football, Car Rides and Santa Claus

2020 – (Part 1) Lillian’s Second birthday

2020 – (Part 2) Summer

2020 – (Part 3) Fall

2021 – (Part 1) Lillian’s 3rd birthday

2021 – (Part 2) Winter in an Apartment

2022 — Lillian’s 4h birthday, the fifth year

Epilogue — Year 6

Acknowledgments

Copyright 2023 by Sherrie Eliese Chamberlain

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise with the prior permission of the copyright owner.

Printed in the USA

ISBN: 9798350901290

Prologue

    Lillian looked out of the window, wondering what in the world had happened. 

    As her fifth birthday approached, so many dramatic life changes had taken place that her small, but highly intelligent, brain could simply not process the situation.

    She looked out on a parking lot, but there were no cars. 

    She saw buildings, but no children. 

    There was grass that appeared the same as had been in her backyard, so long ago. However, she could not walk on it due to the vicious little burrs that hurt her paws. 

    It was all so confusing.

    Lillian, silky terrier was bred simply to produce revenue. But at birth, she had a very slight defect, which made her un-breed-able. 

    What happened after that is a little heartbreaking, a lot hopeful, and a way to look at things from a dog’s point of view. 

Year 1 – 2018 – Life as a Puppy

Lillian Grace Chamberlain was born on February 14, 2018, in Central Alabama as part of a litter of purebred silky terrier puppies. She didn’t know she was part of a puppy mill.

    Her mother’s only purpose was to have lots of puppies. As soon as Lillian and her littermates were weaned, they were taken away from their mother.

    Around three months of age, Lillian was put up for sale with an asking price of $2500. One by one her littermates were sold. Nobody took Lillian. Finally, after living for several weeks with no mother or siblings in a tiny kennel, fairly neglected, except for food and water, a nice older couple purchased her for the price of $1000.

    These were very nice people. Lillian loved them so much. They taught her how to be housetrained, and how to sit on her cookie mat to get treats in the kitchen.

    The man was kind and patient with his wife being loving and gentle. She was not as attached to Lillian Grace as the man