Snoopy, Skye and Sonic were adopted!

Three of my four foster puppies have been adopted this week.  Only Bear is left, and he now has an application pending on him, so once he's ready for adoption in a few weeks, he has a home waiting!  Puppies are so much easier to find homes for than adult dogs.  I understand they're usually cuter than adult dogs, and it's kind of nice to raise them from a puppy so they don't come in with bad habits.  But they also have no manners at all.  Now that his littermates are gone, Bear has woken me up at 6:00 AM every day this week to tell me that he's ready to start his day.  He has food - he has water - he has a place to potty.  The only thing he wants when I drag myself out of bed is to be petted and then to go play with the other dogs.  How inconsiderate!  He never did this when he still had siblings to play with.  All of my adult dogs are civilized enough to sleep until at least 7:00AM.  But Bear doesn't seem to be learning good manners from my other dogs.  Only the bad manners, like jumping up and counter surfing, seem to be noticed by him.  It's a good thing he's so darn cute. 

I leave this morning for Silver Spring, Maryland, to tape Bear participating in the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet.  The show won't air until February, but I'm hoping they'll let me take some pictures to share while I'm there.  My husband is going to stay home and take care of all the other dogs, and hopefully he'll still be speaking to me when I return. 

Puppy Update

We had a pretty good weekend at PetSmart for adoptions.  All Paws had six dogs there, and received applications on four of them - not bad!  Three of them were my puppies - Skye, Sonic and Snoopy.  Hopefully they will be going to their new homes later this week. 

Bear is gearing up for his trip to Maryland this weekend, for the taping of the Puppy Bowl.  There will be 60 puppies there, so he'll have a lot of competition.  But he's been sharpening his puppy playing skills and practicing carrying around a mini-football that a friend gave him, so he is ready to go!

Update on my fosters - Part 1

Yep, it's time for another Foster Pet update, where I get to list all of the foster pets at my house, and you get to think I'm crazy. But it also gives those of you who want to know about a specific pet a chance to find out how they're doing, so I hope you like these updates from time to time. If nothing else, you can read this post and then feel sorry for my husband. Just remember, HE's the one who made me get a dog three years ago. Up until then, I didn't want a dog, and had been avoiding it as long as possible. So if he hadn't insisted on getting a dog, which led me to discover how many homeless dogs and cats are killed every day, which led me to want to help them, this never would have happened.

Also, as a special bonus, I'm going to include updates on my own pets. Aren't you excited?

Remi - My Great Dane, and one of the largest dogs in the city... well, maybe in our subdivision anyway. He is getting old for a Dane - he turns four this month! He plays less and sleeps more, and he backs down from little poodle/daschund mixes when they bark at him. But my wimpy 160 pound dog is still tough enough to bark at every person and bicycle and truck that goes by our fence - as long as they are on the OTHER side of the fence.

Noelle - My deaf pit bull mix is spending a lot of time lately with my husband Dave as he works on our basement. Even though I am the one who feeds her, pets her, plays with her, and takes care of her every need, she is so his dog. Okay fine, he feeds her and pets her and plays with her also. But that's only because she follows him around everywhere. Maybe she's trying to make up for the fact that she ate his cowboy boots one day last week when he wasn't home.

Lizzy - I call her my child-eating border collie. I'm sure THAT will help her get adopted. She's settled into our house great - which is good, because I have a feeling we will have her for awhile. She loves to play with Noelle, and she listens very well and always just wants attention. It's only when strangers come in the house, or when she sees children that she goes nuts. Minor issue, right?

Skye, Sonic and Snoopy - My foster puppies went to the vet this week and got spayed/neutered. They can't get adopted yet though - even though I had already dewormed them once (remember this?), when they checked at the vet they found the puppies still have hookworms, whipworms, roundworms and coccidia. Somehow I wasn't surprised. So they're stuck with me for another week at least.

Bear - As I mentioned yesterday, Bear is going to be traveling to Maryland with me in a couple of weeks to take part in Puppy Bowl VI. Anyone interested in going with me? We'll only be driving 28 hours in three days with a small puppy in the car. It should be fun!

Chenille - It turns out my sweet, loving deaf Pomeranian is about 12 years old! The shelter originally said she was six years, and I thought she was a little older than that, but not twice that age. I guess it will hurt her chances of finding a home, but senior dogs find homes all the time so hopefully she'll still be adopted. She's so sweet - she's happy just to sit on my lap and be petted.

Dodger - This funny looking guy (sorry, but he is) is starting to settle in to the new routine. Both him and Chenille get canned food instead of dry food and all the other dogs get jealous! He has a very loud bark for such a little dog, and he's not afraid to use it. But he's also playful and friendly, and he does well with the other pets. Even Noelle is getting used to having him around. He's another dog that likes to sit on my lap while I type on the computer. Unfortunately my lap already has a waiting list with the cats and Chenille, so he has to take turns which he doesn't really like. Hopefully he can soon find another home where he will get all the attention he desires.

That's it for the dogs at my house. I'll post an update on the cats tomorrow, so maybe it won't look like I have quite so many. It's worth a try.

Introducing Snoopy, Skye, Sonic and Bear

Yesterday I took in four new puppies.  They were covered in fleas and had so many worms that they were coming out everywhere.  They vomited worms for 8 hours after I dewormed them, poor things.  Today they're feeling much better, and after their deworming and flea medication, they look much better too!  If you want to see really gross pictures of what I got to clean up, click here.  But I'm warning you, you really don't want to see them. 

So I'll show you pictures of adorable, clean puppies instead! 

This is Snoopy.  He's my favorite.  My husband named him.  He is sweet and cuddly and always just wants to crawl on my lap for petting. 

Next is his sister Skye.  She looks a lot like Snoopy only she has brown ears.  She's my favorite.  She's got the cutest little bark, and even though she's the smallest, she was the first to step up when the other dogs came around and bark at them to let them know she wasn't afraid. 

Next is my favorite puppy - Sonic.  He looks like he might have some German Shepherd in him.  The mom of the litter was said to be a Spaniel/Border Collie mix, and the dad was unknown.  I have no idea how big these puppies will get, or what all they're actually mixed with.  But that's part of the fun of having a pure-bred Mutt puppy - waiting to see how they turn out! 

And last (but definitely not least) is Bear. He's not my favorite. He is too cute and cuddly and roly-poly to be my favorite.  I hate it when my favorite puppy or kitten is the first in the litter to be adopted, so I am definitely not making this one my favorite. 

And just in case you clicked on the link to the really gross pictures, I'll leave you with one more picture of Bear to try to make up for it.