Patch's Adventures in Puppy School

chapter 16: Once a Pound Puppy, Always a Pound Puppy

Lucky walked down the street with Patch.

"Lucky, why are we going back to Shelter 17?" Patch asked his mentor.

"Because Flo wants our help," Lucky said, though they were going to the abandoned church now. "She wants her and her puppies to live in Shelter 17 now to hopefully get them adopted. She loves them and all, but they need real homes too and food isn't exactly easy for them to get. Our old friend Charlie used to say they're broker than the Ten Commandments." he then chuckled a little to that last thing.

"Well, like you always say, there's a pup for every person and a person for every pup." Patch said.

"Right." Lucky chuckled, then they went through the broken down church and climbed up the steps. He creaked the door open as Flo was lying on the floor, waiting for them.

Once she saw them, Flo got on her feet and came to them. "Oh, there you are..."

"Sorry, we had to get a little breakfast first." Lucky chuckled.

"Very well... Come with me, the puppies are so excited." Flo smiled and led them to where the abandoned puppies were.

"I bet they are." Patch said, knowing how excited he was after finding out himself that the Pound Puppies were real.

Flo came into one room. "Children... Uncle Lucky and Patch are here!"

The puppies turned to the two dogs, smiling to them and ran over to them, giving Patch a little puppy tackle.

Patch laughed as he was playing with the younger puppies. "Do they always do this?"

"Mostly when they want to make a new friend or play," Flo smiled. "We'll have time to play soon, little ones, we're going to our new home."

"Yep, to Shelter 17 to be exact the best shelter in the whole world." Patch said, saying the same thing Lucky said to him when he first arrived there.

"What's so special about it?" the pink puppy with a bow on her head asked.

"Just you wait and see, huh?" Lucky laughed a little.

The puppies looked curious and went out of their old home. The fat yellow puppy sighed.

"Come along, dear..." Flo told him.

"I'm just gonna miss that place..." the yellow puppy pouted.

"Trust me, when you get to Shelter 17, it'll cheer you up." Patch assured the yellow puppy.

The yellow puppy whimpered, but followed along. Lucky smiled back at him and continued to lead them the way to his old home.

It was a long walk, but they finally got to Shelter 17. Lucky and Patch looked around, then snuck into the shelter with Flo and the puppies.

"Get ready to enter the secret headquarters of the Pound Puppies." Patch whispered.

The puppies looked very interested and excited. Once they got to Lucky's old cage, Patch used his strength to make the opening. The puppies jumped inside the cage after Patch let them in. Once all of the orphan puppies, Flo, Lucky, and Patch were inside, Patch then used his strength close up his opening of the cage.

"Thank you so much..." Flo smiled to Patch. "You're really growing into a wonderful dog."

Patch smiled to her.

"Good luck." Lucky told them.

The opening to the entrance to the tunnels of the secret head quarters of the Pound Puppies was then shown to them. Things were going to look up for Flo and the puppies from now on. In fact, something even greater happened. After the Pound Puppies met Flo's puppies, the Pound Puppies offered to become parental units for the orphaned puppies.