Introducing Snickers

This is our new foster dog --- a little 7 year old yorkie/maltese mix that weighs 5 pounds and is named Snickers. She was surrendered by a breeder. She is very friendly and playful, but her teeth are rotten. Next week she is going in for a dental, and I imagine that she will need some of them extracted. At least she will feel better without the pain in her mouth!

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Cee Cee's Adoption

Little Cee Cee was adopted tonight, and we could not be more pleased. She will have a little girl to play with her, plus a work-from-home mom and dad. They already love her, and we are thrilled that she found such a great forever home!

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Baby in the House

This is our newest foster --- Cee Cee, a tiny four pound puppy. We think she is a chihuahua/dachshund mix. She is adorable, but hubby was not amused when she cried all night last night. She is swaddled in a baby blanket on my lap as I type this, so he can get some sleep.

She loves exploring in the yard and playing with Mya. Can you imagine how the grass must look like a forest to her?

So cute and sweet! I doubt we will have her very long.

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A Rewarding Rescue

Believe it or not, a dog arrived in rescue today inside this taped up box. We've been trying to pull this dog from an animal control shelter in Kansas for almost a week. The animal control officer labeled the dog as "feral", "mean" and "wild" and cautioned everyone about getting bit by the dog.

We opened the box, and Velcro cautiously peeked out. I'm sure he was scared to death of what this new adventure meant for him. In the past he had been picked up as a stray, kenneled in an animal control shelter where they power washed the kennel with him in it, because he was too "mean" to move to another kennel, given to a foster home who took one look at him and dumped him at a vet clinic because she didn't want to get bit, and then finally transported to us in this cardboard box.

Then he bolted for freedom!

Once he figured out that we were in the pen with him, he tried to hide in a corner and wouldn't even look at us. Such a scared puppy!

We got a slip lead on him and sat on the ground and coaxed him with food. He only took one bite, even though we could tell that he is malnourished.

Eventually we were able to pet him and scratch his ears and put a real collar and leash on him. Doesn't he look "mean" in this photo?!?!

After about an hour, he started cautiously approaching us for attention, and he started eating out of the dish of food that we gave him. Such a sweet puppy, whose only issue is that he is scared to death, and no one took the time to show him that the world is not all scary.

What a gorgeous puppy, and what a great save! He was going to be euthanized, because he was labeled "feral" and was biting everyone. Neither one of us got bit a single time. Amazing what a little love and patience can do!

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