Aiden

On December 20, 2025 the time had come. My husband and I headed to Bussum to meet the newest member of our family for the first time, our Aiden. A few weeks earlier, my husband and I had sent an email to Hope For Dogs Europe with a whole story about who we are and that we would really like to adopt a dog. We had already looked around at all the photos on the site, but choosing a dog from a picture is something we find difficult. Fortunately, that same evening we had a very nice telephone conversation with one of the ladies from Hope For Dogs. We talked about our family and that we have 2 young children (1 of 3 years old and 1 of now 6, but then still 5 years old). So it had to be a dog that could be around young children. Aiden soon came into the picture and that happened to be one of the dogs that we had seen on the site and that we were interested in. When we were told that Aiden loves water and can play in it, we knew for sure. Our children also love water and we can already imagine that they will soon be able to play with water in the garden in the summer. During the conversation we made the choice to go for Aiden. Hope For Dogs indicated that we could think about it for a while, but that was not necessary. In the weeks between the conversation and Aiden's arrival, we were kept very informed about Aiden's well-being and if we asked for a photo or video, the ladies of Hope For Dogs were never too crazy to send something. It was so very pleasant how the contact with the ladies of the foundation was and still is. On December 20, 2025 the time had come. My husband and I went to Bussum. Luckily we were able to get a babysitter for the kids, so that we could let Aiden get used to us after the trip. Everything went well and when we could finally hold him in our arms it felt very familiar. Once home, the meeting with the children also went well. We had explained to them as best we could in advance that they had to be very calm and that Aiden had to get used to it first. This went fine. They were curious about Aiden, but actually gave him plenty of space and let Aiden approach them as much as possible. This has resulted in the children already having a very nice bond with Aiden. They really are brothers. Aiden prefers to sleep between them on the couch or play with them. We can really only say that the ladies of Hope For Dogs really know what they are doing and how to match a dog. We are extremely grateful to have adopted Aiden into our family and we wouldn't miss him for anything. It is a fantastically gentle, smart and grateful dog with its own character who loves children. And we love him! 🤎🐾 This is how we found Aiden for the shelter: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1FhWnukwGR/?mibextid=wwXIfr