This young Black Mouth Cur was living in an apartment building complex that was under construction in December of 2020. She was being fed by a group of food truck workers that were present during the work week at lunchtime; they named her “Gypsy.” She won them over because she would let herself into the back of the truck when they arrived. When they were not on-site, Gypsy was left to fend for herself along a busy highway in a dangerous construction site. Several folks tried to catch her but the only people she trusted were the food truck guys. As luck would have it, a local rescuer went by to see if she was present during the lunch hour. Gypsy was hanging around the food truck as usual, so the rescuer went to talk to the food truck guys. She explained that it was dangerous for her and she wanted to try to find a home for Gypsy. After some reluctance, one of the food truck guys picked up Gypsy and put her in the back of the rescuer’s car. A foster was located and Gypsy had a safe place to go, it seemed. (that’s never the end of the story!)

Unfortunately, as things often happen in rescue, the foster could only keep Gypsy for the night. The rescuer called Kris and they both began calling around, desperately looking for a place for Gypsy to go. Ultimately, and certainly not ideal, Kris’ garage is where Gypsy ended up.

Gypsy was terrified of new people and shook uncontrollably when meeting anyone new. The option of transporting her to another state was discussed as a last resort, but in her current state of fear, it didn’t seem like the right decision. In the meantime, there was an insulated room in the Barber’s garage that was being used by Hailey as an office to complete her online college classes during the covid college shutdowns. Gypsy looked forward to busting in and jumping into Hailey’s lap every morning. She was fondly referred to as Hailey’s classmate.

Days turned into weeks with no adopters or fosters reaching out via social media and then the “freeze” of Feb 2021 in Houston hit. Gypsy couldn’t stay in the garage during a power outage so the decision was made to move her inside where she could snuggle in some blankets where it was warmer than the garage. She fully embraced her new inside life!

A few months later, Gypsy met her new best friend, Lacy. The two became inseparable and the decision was made to let Gypsy live out her days with Lacy and live as a sanctuary dog with the Barbers.