Another Reason to be Thankful

It's a few days past Thanksgiving, but I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has ever adopted, fostered, or loved dogs. I am grateful for everything you all do.

I want to give a special thanks to Zuzu's family. A little while back they donated some money to my fosters, and I just wanted to share a picture of all the loot! 

Lots of good stuff!  You can see from these videos what the favorite is.

Ruthie and Jett are obviously thankful for the bacon scented, durable ball. Tippy is thankful they stay out of his hair for a bit. :-)

And to close out this post, a picture of Zuzu and her cat friend Nelly, who until recently was an enemy I hear!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I know it's unseasonably warm out, but I bought the pups matching jackets to wear today, so I have to show them off.

A Mouse in the House!

One of the perks of living in the country is when the weather turns cold, the rodents move in.  Well, we had our first mouse sighting on Sunday.  I like to think the mice and I have a truce...as long as they don't steal my food and I don't see them, I don't mind them hanging out in the winter.  This little guy broke our truce.  I was sitting in the living room with the dogs, when all of a sudden we heard a loud noise coming from the kitchen.  Dogs freaked out.  I freaked out.  Did a quick head count to make sure I had everyone (I did).  Then went to investigate.  Found the little bugger behind the oven (he had set off a mousetrap, which made the noise when it hit the back of the oven).  I unfortunately do not contain the gene that allows me to kill an animal, even if it is a mouse who was trying to steal from me...so my plan was to scoop him up and put him outside (knowing full well he'd probably be back in the house before I was).  So I got a box (my first mistake), shooed him in (he was scared so that wasn't difficult), and started to carry him to the door.  Well about halfway over he worked up the courage to start running around and climbing.  I screamed like a little girl, mousey jumped out of the box, and ran for my bedroom.  Dogs come running because I'm screaming, mouse luckily changed his mind about going for the bedroom and came back into the kitchen...fortunately right by the door.  So I open the door and start shooing him out, Ruthie suddenly sees him and dives.  I scream again.  Mouse runs for the door.  I'm so excited!  He's leaving!  Ruthie dives again.  Mouse dodges the door and runs back to the oven, which is now pulled away from the wall and exposed a huge hole in the wall behind it, and disappears into the hole.  Ugh.  Ruthie ruined my plan.  But I patched up the hole to hopefully prevent this exact issue from happening again.  Find a new path to my food, you rodents!

Our First Snow!

This is the obligatory "first snow for the Southern dogs" post!

After a brief period of panic where I thought I ruined my video...I have managed to recover!
(I should also mention that I'm babysitting the bulldogs again, you'll see Chuy in this video.)

The first time went really well.  As you can see, everyone ran outside and frolicked for a little while.  Though you can see how eager they are to get in at the end of the video.

In subsequent times, Ruthie and Tippy act like they don't even notice the snow.  They run around in it, chase each other, and do their business like any other day.  Jett is a little more fearful.  He sees that white stuff and won't even go outside.  If I go out first, he'll follow, but he stays very close to my feet as if he's not sure what to think about snow yet.

Jett with some snowflakes

Ruthie with some snowflakes

Recap of the Adoption Event

I want to start out by saying thank you to everyone who came out...I think we had a good turnout!

My pack and I were sat directly across from Ace, who was so adorable and was a master at getting attention.  I thought for sure that no one would notice us with that cute face over there.  Seriously, if anyone is looking for a dog with a really great, funny personality...Ace is your man.

Even though Ace stole a lot of our viewers, we still had a decent amount.  Everybody got a kick out of Ruthie and her high energy.  Especially the kids.  People were amazed at how high she could jump, and a common question I was asked was if I thought she could jump over a fence.  I have a 4' fence in my yard, and she hasn't ever been close to jumping over it.  Even when she's motivated by something interesting on the other side of the fence.  Jett got a couple comments about how funny he is in his videos.  And two separate people thought he would make a good agility dog, based on what they've seen of him.  I have to agree.  He has the right energy, he's still young and very eager to learn, and he's a smarty pants.  Tippy had a few people come to look at him too.  Everyone was so impressed with how calm he was.  He also got some comments on his beautiful coloring (white with some cream undertones, if you are wondering).

So, if anyone who came out was interested in any of these three (or any of the dogs you met!), I urge you to apply.  I'd love to see every dog that was there on Saturday go to a good home!

Meet My Pack!

Fluffy Dog Meet & Greet

Sat. Nov. 14th - Noon until 2pm

Tail Waggin' Doggy Daycare

647 Industrial Ct., Hartland

262-369-8252

 

Check out the website to see which dogs are attending!  Tippy, Ruthie, and Jett will all be there!

Rochester Update!

I love getting updates on Chester (I called him Rocky).  I got this one in early October, but it slipped through the cracks and I forgot to post about it.  Thankfully his mom emailed me again!

This little cutie had a rough life for quite a while.  I am so glad he found such a wonderful home!  I just love seeing how happy he looks in all his pictures.  And he has a new sister that from the looks of it is a perfect fit with the rest of the family!

I think every time I do a Chester update, there's a picture of all the dogs on dad's lap.  So cute!

Such cute cuddle bugs! 

Happy puppies!  So glad they have such a wonderful family now!

Jett

My adorable little Jett-pack spent a lot of time playing by himself this weekend.  Not because no one else would play with him, he just wanted to play by himself.

Enjoy 4 solid minutes of Jett playing with a bug he found on the floor.

Now enjoy another minute or so of Jett playing ball.