Pictures of Jake, Noelle and Remi

I wanted to take some Christmas pictures of my fosters for the website. So I tried to take a few today, and they did not turn out at all, but I thought you might enjoy seeing some of my failed pictures!

First, here is a picture of Jake, the lab/border collie puppy who is staying with me for a couple of days. He's about five months old now, and he's so big! They're expecting these puppies to be between 50 and 70 pounds when they're done growing - I think Jake will probably be closer to the 70 pound mark.


Here is a picture of Jake with a Christmas tree on his head. Poor dog looks miserable! I gave up on getting his Christmas picture pretty quick, because I felt sorry for him. :-)

Next, I tried to recruit my husband to help take a picture of Remi, the newest reindeer! You can see Remi saying "When will this be over?" and Noelle, down at the bottom of the photo, saying "What's she doing to you?!"

Next is Noelle, also trying on the Christmas Tree hat. She was more interested in eating it than wearing it, so that didn't work out.

And finally, here's a picture of how most of my morning went. I was working from home, and even though I put the dogs through a lot trying to get cute photos, they love me anyway. So much that it makes getting much work done very difficult! I spent most of the morning trying to type around Jake's head, and keep Doobie from blocking my vision of the keyboard. It was challenging, but I enjoyed every minute of it!

I hope you have a very happy Thanksgiving!

New Puppies

I brought home a puppy yesterday. You may have heard me talk about the cute lab/border collie puppies that we have available for adoption. We (Heartland Humane Society) started with 9 puppies, and we still have 7 of them waiting to find homes. Their mom was a yellow lab and the dad was a border collie. The puppy I brought home is from this litter. His name is Jake, and he is the best cuddler ever (except for maybe Noelle). He just likes to curl up next to me on the couch and lay there for hours. I'm only keeping him for a few days, and then he's going on to another foster home, but I'm really enjoying having him here while I can. You too, can have your own puppy, to adopt or just to foster! Apply online at http://www.hhsrescue.org/, or e-mail me for more information.

I am going to be bringing home a different puppy next week. Duncan (I'm naming him after my niece and nephew) is a little chocolate lab puppy. He was picked up as a stray and no one came for him. Another volunteer told me about him, and we went to see him together. He's at a rural animal control - in an outdoor pen that is falling apart. He had no food or water, no toys, no other animals or people for company. He has been all alone there in the cold for a week now. I feel so awful for him. The volunteer I went with is going to pick him up today and get him dewormed and vaccinated. He'll finally have some human attention, and medical care, and somewhere warm to sleep tonight!