Busy busy busy busy busy.....

It's really funny. People that truly are dedicated to animals and somehow manage to find time and energy that never existed before seem to find each other. It's a wonderful thing!

We've added an amazing groomer who also is keeping the dogs walked and the kennels clean and the ICU spotless for us! I have no clue how in the world she does what she does. She can bathe a dozen dogs in the time it takes me to get ready to bathe one. Every one of our dogs fell in love with her instantly. Duval who's afraid of everyone and Diva who's very shy were instantly head over heels for her. And she's got an amazing hubby that even comes along to help out when we're busy too. On top of everything else they're doing for us, they're also fostering kittens and have fallen in love with, and are planning on adopting, the momma terrier we pulled from the shelter.

We were contacted by another amazing lady who offered to foster a mother lab and her newborn 8 puppies. They were supposed to go to a rescue up north and we had a temporary foster all lined up for them. Saturday rolled around and the transport never showed and the foster couldn't keep them any longer. We asked if this foster could take them until we got another transport together and she agreed. When the transport failed to pick them up again she offered to keep them as long as needed so they could join our program and we would know they're safe. After taking them in she offered to take the puppies we have as well. On top of the fostering she's doing for us, she's raising 6 children and going to college to get her PhD!! The girl is a super hero, I'm telling ya!!

It seems like we've finally kicked the kennel cough virus. What a nightmare. Coccidia seems to finally be dead. We're slowly but surely emptying the ICU room. We've got a couple that still have an occasional dry cough, but the hacking and heaving is over. Phew!

Randy has come back to us. His adoptive mom said he never relaxed in her house. Her daughter said a family friend's little boy was over a lot and liked to tease him and scare him. She kept telling him to stop but he didn't. Sounds like Randy may have been tormented a bit. Yesterday the kid had him backed into a corner and wouldn't stop. Randy growled and the kid kept it up. Left with no other way out he snapped and scared the little boy. The daughter said he never got close to making contact with the boy, just got close enough to scare him into backing off. But the mom was freaked out, so back he is. He was thrilled when we pulled in the driveway and he saw John. His tail didn't stop wagging all night. He and Diva were still playing this morning.

We'll be bringing him to adoption events to re-socialize him and let him see that not all kids are that way. Such a shame, as he's one of our dogs that was happier with children and other dogs than he was with adults. We're just hoping that the torment hasn't left him terrified of all children.

We've added a guest book to our website. It's still in the early stages of design, but it's up and running and ready for your input!

Tomorrow is our 4th of July party at Petco. We'll be having contests and raffles and all kinds of fun games with prizes. Bring the kids along. We've got a coloring contest just for them!! Only a few dogs will be in attendance. We're trying to focus this more on the people that are dedicated to responsible ownership and thank you for being so wonderful! The few that will attend however will be:

Gomer and Andy, of course
Sarge (we have someone coming to look at him so he may get adopted!)
Pierre, the scottie - this will be his first event!
Connor - he's just waiting for someone to come along that wants a boy to play ball with!

Not sure on the others yet, but stop in and find out for yourself!