"please, might you have room for me...?"
We could have turned him away; this stray,
beleagured looking beagle. No doubt many others had. Certainly the home he'd once had did. But we aren't like the others;
we are Irving House and we always have room...it's what we do...
It doesn't take much, really,
because you see it isn't about space. It's about love. It isn't about an open door. It's about an open
heart. Like all who come to us, this soulful- eyed boy wasn't looking for someone to make room in their home, he was
looking for someone to make room in their heart. Sort of what we're all looking for, isn't it?
We
don't know where he came from and it doesn't seem anyone cares where he wound up. But we do know this one thing; along with
his bed and his ball and his blanket, along with his new home and his new 'leash' on life, he has all the love his doggie
heart can hold. And at Irving House that's a whole lotta love because it's what we do...
Whether he’s saving his beloved human, Matilda, from the clutches of a wolf
at Camp Weheechee or outsmarting crooks
in his own backyard, Bixby proves
himself to be one extraordinary canine.
Mystery, and a little bit of danger,
seem to just find Bixby and Matilda,
even in the most ordinary circumstances – and routinely at the urging of her
sister, Joyce, who is forever pleading with Matilda to lend a hand with her
son, Ryan, and his Cub Scout troop.
Whether raking leaves, catching a thief, picking pumpkins, or facing a
bully, Matilda, Joyce and the kids are
unwittingly ensnared in one adventure
after another, and it is up to Bixby to unravel the mystery and restore
order
to the day…until the next adventure.