Out with the old & in with the new!

BOL! That's not a very nice way to put it, but the good news is Snapdragon found a home!

She's going to be living with some friends of Mom's. They have 2 other dogs and we know she's going to do great there! Best part is we'll be able to see her all the time.

The other news is, we got a new foster!

This is Myrna. She's a 3-4 month only terrier blend. Normally we don't like taking young ones like this, cuz Mom works 20 gazillion hours a day and obviously babies like this need to go out often when they are being potty trained. Our bestest neighbor, who also fosters, asked us to take this one in though...and promised to come over multiple times a day to let her out!

We don't think we'll have her for long. She's super sweet and great with the cats. Pups like that go like wildfire!

Snapdragon has blossomed!

This little girl...the one who was skin and bones when she came to us, with a broken jaw has really come out of her shell

When she first arrived, she was scared of everything! The cats, the car, the leash...and most of all...ME!

But now look at her. We are bested buds and love to play and rough house.

I personally think she's training for a position as dental doggie.

But she's sassy and not even afraid when I roar at her!

Sometimes I just gotta put her in her place. Make sure she remembers who the boss is.

Mom doesn't especially like it when I do that...but little Snappy is never worse for wear.

Snapdragon's update

Snapdragon ended up having surgery last Monday, and staying over night at the vet.

Mom was a bit upset when she got the email from the rescue saying the vet decided against repairing her jaw, deciding to remove the broken piece instead. How was she going to look?

Mom imagined the worst, her entire lower jaw missing...her tongue always hanging out, but the rescue assured her Snapdragon was going to be able to eat and drink without a problem.

Did the vet make this decision because it was cheaper to remove the jaw than repair it? Would the decision been different if Snapdragon had been owned by a family instead of being a rescue? It was a very upsetting day.

As we drove to pick Snapdragon up Tuesday evening, Mom tried to prepare herself for the worst. She was such a sweet dog, it wouldn't matter what she looked like, right?

Much to Mom's pleasure and surprise, Snappy looked amazing! We could hardly tell anything was wrong with her. The vet ended up just removing the broken piece, which was basically her right lower canine and one or two teeth next to it. Phew!! We were so happy for Snappy!!

She'll be with us for another few weeks, first her jaw has to heal and then she'll need to be spayed. There are already several applications for her though, so we are sure she's gonna find a wonderful family!

Snapdragon!

Even though we weren't quite ready for a new foster, this girl just kind of fell into our laps...almost literally!!

Our most favoritest neighbor across the street also fosters for Second Chance Dog Rescue, and someone in the neighborhood must have known it because last Friday she walked out her front door to find two scared pups in her yard. They were skin and bones and one of them (the black little girl) had a horribly broken jaw.

Male

Female with broken jaw

these two were very bonded!

She was on her way out and didn't have anywhere to keep the pups, so she took them to the nearest animal shelter and was going to put a HOLD on them so nothing bad would happen to them and the rescue could get them later. Unfortunately, the animal shelter said they would immediately put the little girl to sleep because she was in 'inhumane' pain due to her broken jaw. Well, my bestest neighbor would have none of that, so she worked her magic with the rescue and got the little girl into the vet for an exam.

X-rays were taken, pain meds & antibiotics were given, and then Mom got a call asking if she could take the girl in. Of course Mom couldn't say No!

So, the little girl became Snapdragon and our official foster. She got a bath and some food, and when Mom was checking out her jaw she noticed her teeth. They weren't puppy teeth at all! This girl was actually about 9 or 10 months old and not a puppy after-all!

She was terrified of everything that first day. Me included!I tried to tell her I was a nice boy, and Mom kept saying she was so proud of me cuz I just backed off and ignored her once I knew she was scared of me.

After about an hour she started relaxing a bit. She was still terrified of the kitTONS, but who wouldn't be? Especially Fergie...she is never very nice to our new fosters.

She loosened up even more over the weekend and seemed to not even notice her broken jaw. She even tried chewing on one of my bones, but that creeped Mom out so she quickly took it away from her.

Monday morning she had to go back to the vet and possibly have surgery to repair her jaw. We'll tell you more about that in another post!

As pretty as a Poppy!

This little gal came to stay with us last night. Its been 3 weeks since Cassie moved on to find her forever home, and Mom's been keepin her eye out for another girl that would fit into our household.

Since the house isn't big, we can't take on too big of a dog. Plus, I've gotten to be kind of a butthead with certain big dogs. Typically boys more so than girls, but I'm always a gentlemen with the little ladies so that's the 'profile' Mom typically looks for.

In addition, they need to get along with kitTONs. That's not always easy to tell since these are all dogs that are being pulled from high kill shelters where they have no exposure to kitTONs, but for some reason Mom can usually tell from their eyes. She looks for a dog with 'soft' eyes, no intense looks. So far that seems to be working pretty well!

Poppy is ~8 months old and is already spayed, microchipped & fully vaccinated. At first, she wasn't sure what the small fluffy things were, but she quickly got accustomed to them and learned they were pretty much "OK". Even Fergie kitTON seemed to like her!!

She'll be staying with us til she gets adopted, but Mom doesn't think that will take long. Just look at that face!

She's kinda filthy, so she'll be getting a bath tomorrow and we'll find out what her true colors are. She looks like she's kind of beige, with a few apricot spots. It will be fun to see what happens when the grime comes off!

Welcome Poppy!!

Sassy Cassie

Our latest foster came to stay with us last Monday. We weren't really planning on getting another foster right away, Mom likes to take a little break after each foster. She loves taking them in and saving them from certain death, but they do disrupt our schedule and Fergie kitTON is never very happy while the fosters are here. She really needs to learn to go with the flow better!

But then, our favorite neighbor Adelle emailed Mom with this little girls picture. She's only a 12 week pup so Mom didn't think we'd be able to help...she works full time and puppies need to go out often so they can be potty trained quickly!

Neighbor Adelle agreed to help out by coming over and letting her out several times a day, or even better...taking her to her house and letting her play with Adelle's crew during the day.

This has worked out fabulously cuz when Mom comes home and goes to pick her up she's exhausted! Just like Mom likes em! BOL!

She's a crazy little girl, but we get along great! The first night she stayed with us we played bitey face so much Mom wouldn't feed me dinner! She says I have to rest, relax and be mellow for at least an hour before or after my meals and since we were playin non-stop that never happened.

To be honest, I was having so much fun I didn't even notice!

Don't worry...I know I look vicious in these pictures but she sure can hold her own! Plus, Mom says I've been super good with her, playing very gently even though the pictures make it look otherwise.

One thing's for sure, this gal can play hard & then she crashes just as hard! Silly puppy!

Meet Charlize

Meet Charlize, our newest foster.

She's just the cutest little thing. Probably about 6 months old or so and fitting in quite nicely.

She is the expert head tilter...even at such a young age! Impressive, huh? BOL!

She came from a local shelter, picked up as a stray so we don't really  know her story.

She's super sweet though, and really likes me so that makes her OK in my book!

She's getting along great with the kitTONs too. She barks and growls a little at Fergie kitTON, but Fergie is a bitchy growly diva herself who always has to smack the new fosters around a little so she deserves ut,

We think she'll find herself a forever home super quick. Hopefullyt that's the case cuz she's already squeezed herself into Mom's heart a little and she hasn't even been with us for 24 hours!!

New foster dog, Cady, needs the power of the paw!

This is Cady She's a 4 year old spaniel mix and our latest foster.

She's also got some sort of sickies going on. The betterinarian isn't sure what it is but said she was A Neem Ick. I don't really know what that means, but Mom said its probably why she's so lethargic.

Mom's gonna start her on some medicines tomorrow and hopefully that'll make her feel better, but she sure could use the power of the paw right now...so if you could send some healing thoughts and share this with your furriends it would be greatly appreciated.

Putting on the Rouge!

Check out this cutey! She has a permanent smile, and is our latest foster dog...her name is Rouge! All the poodle type doggies that come into Second Chance Dog Rescue get French names.

She joined the household on Wednesday evening, and so far seems to be adjusting pretty well. Fergie kitTON is not being very nice to her. Fergie is always a diva when a new dog comes to the house. She gets growly and hissy, and will even chase the new dog and smack them. Rouge isn't standing for that though, and gets fiesty herself when Fergie is nasty. Its a little stressy for Mom, but things seem to be settling down after about 24 hours so she's hoping another day or so and the household calm will return.

She's not thrilled with staying in her x-pen...and makes LOTS of racket when she's in there, but hopefully she'll learn to settle down. She's only had 1 accident in the house so far, so she seems pretty potty trained too. She's super sweet and loves to cuddle. I'm kinda jealous cuz Mom keeps letting all these small fosters sleep in bed with her...and I'm not allowed to! Something about me hogging the bed! As if!

There's an adoption event on Saturday...hopefully she'll find a paw'some home right away!

Au Revior Nice!

Silly girl!

Nice decided the lower spot on the cat tree was a good place to hang out. It provided her with the perfect lookout spot to peek out the window.

And it kept her out of the way of my big oafy feet. She got really tired of having to curse me out cuz I'm not very good about watching where I step.

I think she looks kind cute sittin on the cat tree. 

 

Unfortunately, she won't be back cuz she was adopted by a super nice lady this morning at an adoption event! Woohooo!! Au revior Nice! We will miss you but are so happy you found your forever home!

Oui la la!

Finally....we have a little culture and sophistication in our house! BOL!!

This pretty little girl came to stay with us yesterday. The latest of our foster dogs, Nice is a French Poodle. Mom says she was named after a beautiful city in France...a long long way from Sandy Eggo.

So far she is fitting in rather nicely. She's a little timid of me, but definitely not as terrified as our last foster Arlana.

She still hasn't figured out the kitTONs yet, but as long as they leave her alone she leaves them alone, so all is good on the kitTON front as well.

Nice will be staying with us until she finds a permanent home. Second Chance Dog Rescue picked her up from a shelter on Tuesday...it was her last day there, so they literally saved her life. They think she's about 1 year old, and she's super sweet. She has a little case of Kennel Cough right now, but should recover nicely.

She'll get spayed on Saturday and then will be ready for a forever home. Hopefully she'll keep up with our record of quickly adopting out our fosters!! She sure is cute, so Mom thinks she'll go pretty fast. Wish her luck!