A family shared the beautiful moment their 18-year-old dog who has lived quite a life, in the wild, on a farm and now as an indoor family member, finally saw the ocean for the first time and took everything in. Sarah Ramos, from Boise, Idaho, wanted to capture the special moment for her dog, Chase, as their family have been taking notice of his old age and the time they have left with him. It was Sarah's sister, Tiffany, who found Chase on the side of a road, bleeding, having been run over. Tiffany and her mom, Joleen, nursed Chase back to health, realizing that it was likely he had been a wild dog for his entire life. The pair had seen one of Chase's brothers near their farm a few months earlier, thinking they were wolves, and over the year and a half that followed, Joleen comforted a dog who disliked men, ball caps, brooms and the sound of trains. While Joleen wanted to give Chase a better life, he was also not suitable as a farm dog, Sarah said, so she offered to foster Chase as she moved in with her now-husband, Victor, until he found a permanent home. But the couple soon fell in love with the Samoyed Husky-golden retriever cross and decided to make him a permanent member of their family. Over the years that followed, Chase, now a "true North End Boise spoiled dog," was taken on hikes around the surrounding area – but he had never seen the ocean. When Sarah and Victor previously headed off on vacation, they would leave Chase with friends, but over the past few years they had decided to start taking him with them and their six-year-old daughter, "never knowing what day will be the last." For an upcoming trip, a 10-day stay on the coast of Washington State, the family rented an Airbnb and knew it would be the perfect time for Chase to finally set eyes on the ocean. On March 14, off the coast of Moclips, Sarah captured the moment as Chase stood by the ocean for the first time, taking everything.
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