OS HW- ACDX to be PTS 8/15!

{Ziggy sez 'whaaa'?}

As newbies, took us a week to figure out what some dog rescue forwards we received were saying...after a few weeks, things began to make sense. It would have been so nice to have a Beginners Guide to Rescue Talk. You'll catch on! 

(Breed)X - a mix, a mutt
OS - Owner Surrender
HW+ - HeartWorm Positive
HW- - HeartWorm Negative (and that's a good thing!)
PTS - Put To Sleep

DNA - Do Not Adopt (warnings about bad shelters/groups)

ResQ - Rescue
UTD - Up To Date (with shots)

And who knew that different dog breeds would have special abbreviations too?

ACD - Australian Cattle Dog

GSD - German Shepherd Dog

CHI - Chihuahua 

Dobie - Doberman

We're learning more everyday!

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We have Puppies!!!

Adeline, Roo, Annie (the sinking fluffball) and Arizona ZoZO are our first litter of foster puppies! They're going like hotfire - already everyone but Annie is spoken for. They are all adorable! Puppies are easy fosters too, especially these. They entertain themselves, sleep a lot, and only require us to go down to feed and clean them every few hours. And to play with them of course... Hard work that!

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Roomba, Roomba

. . . how we love our Roomba.

Roomba (You know, like the vacuum?) is our current one and only foster doggie. He literally only wants to be with you - 24-7. It's really hard to take his picture . . because he.will.not.get.out.of.your.lap. He could be president of 'Lap Dogs of America'.

I don't understand why he is still here!! He has been here for almost a month. But he is one of the most adoptable, most loveable puppy angels. He deserves to have a forever home sooon.

Roomba is made of AWESOME!

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Good Morning

This is Bill - pictures do not do his adorableness justice. Considering he looks really tough in this photo and he is really %100 teddy bear. He was especially emotionally hard for me. Mostly, because there is something about him that is much like my Bebe.

The first few days that Bill was at the shelter, he was heartbroken. I mean reeaallly depressed. Obviously belonging to someone.

Over the last few days he got better. With the help of some back rubs - Bill really loves back rubs. He also loved the 'sit' command. Very proud that he knew that. Would like to show it off all day. Everyday getting more and more lovable.

Bill was scheduled to be put down this morning. At the same time Mama got a call from a rescue group that wanted him - ah! First she called the shelter - no response. So rush, rush, hurry, hurry to find the Animal Control Officers cell number. Aha! Got it. The ACO had just sedated Bill and was about to give him his 'last rites'.

To make a wacky story short, the rescue group didn't take our Bill. Because, when he woke up (about 5 hours later - poor sleepy head) his real live owner had arrived to pick him up. And his little girlie too. So, happy Bill went home with his happy (but bawling) owners.

.THE END.

Moral of story:
1: Always, always check the shelter ASAP when you loose your pet.
2: God loves his pitty babies.

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Petfinder Scroller

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Dapples, brindles & calico

{Pied Beauty} 

Glory be to God for dappled things-- 

For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; 

For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; 

Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches' wings; 

Landscape plotted and pieced--fold, fallow, and plough; 

And áll trádes, their gear and tackle and trim. 

All things counter, original, spare, strange; 

Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?) 

With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim; 

He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change: 

Praise Him.

-Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)

We get quite a few 'dappled things' into the shelter here. This poem made me think of them.

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Spring Adoption Weekend

We were able to attend our first Adoptathon at Petsmart . . . it was amazing! None of the dogs had to go back to the shelter! None, none, none. They all found most wonderful homes and two found happy foster homes. To say the least ~ we are all on cloud nine. ;)

You can view some Happy Tail photos here. . . that is if Petfinder decides to be nice.

Even our Eliza found a home Sunday . . . Yay!! *sniff sniff* Yay!! We miss her like crazy. But feel so good about her new family. Not sure if there could be a better home for her! Aside from having her new Forever Parents, she will have two doggie playmates and a cat.

And they all lived Happily Ever After.
Huge thanks to all of the peoples who made this possible!

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