Saturday, October 23, 2010

Wyatt Goes Home!!

And he's off! Wyatt arrived at his new home today.

This was Wyatt in August two days after he was found - you can see all his ribs, his hips and all the sores from his skin infection:



And this was Wyatt today with his new mom, Sherry:


He's got a great new life ahead of him and a full dance card today - people to meet, doggies to play with!

Sierra remembered him and they had a play session right away of course.


I sent him off with the last of his meds, his squeaky toy collection, his kibble balls, and his little purple bunny that he still carries around even though he ripped out the stuffing long ago. Stevie came along for the ride and got to meet Sierra too.

The house is eerily quiet now. But good luck to Wyatt - and Trixie!

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Wyatt Meets His New Family

Wyatt got to go meet his new family today. He'd already met his new mom, Sherry, several weeks ago but he hadn't met his new companion dog yet.

Here she is ~ Miss Sierra :)


Sierra is a 10 year old pittie girl. Don't let her age fool you- she has tons of energy! We took Wyatt and Sierra for a walk to get them acquainted. Sierra wanted to play right away though Wyatt was being a little shy. He warmed up after a little bit and we took them back to Sherry's place. Wyatt got the inspection of course:


And then they got down to playing!



Poor Sherry kept getting used as a prop. Wyatt just climbed all over her. He even managed to hop on the coffee table and then slide right off onto the carpeting.



They got in some serious play and had a great time. Sierra wasn't sure she wanted Wyatt in her kitchen at first but she relented and let him in.  A good time was had by all and Wyatt and Sierra have been napping ever since at their homes.

Wyatt gets to go home with Sherry and Sierra October 23rd. He's being neutered this week and then his sutures have to heal. After that- it's 24/7 playtime for Sierra and Wyatt :).

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Sunny Side Up





Wyatt sunning himself on a nice fall day.

Looks like a different dog from the day he was found - 15 lbs heavier, skin infection gone, anemia gone- all better :).

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Trixie Goes Home!!!

Yes you read that right- Trixie has been adopted !!! I certainly wasn't expecting that this morning when I left for the lab rescue adoption day!

Trixie hadn't been to an adoption day in a couple months as none were close by and she was still pretty scared at the last one - too scared to move off her blanket or stand up for folks. I've been working a lot with her on her fear of walks. I took her to Petsmart earlier this week and she did fine. We had to stop a few times and just let her lie down til she felt confident to walk again but she made it. I took her to Dogma for a bath yesterday afternoon and she walked right in and right through the store (we'll excuse the slight delay and confusion when she was confronted with two barking dachshunds who scared her a bit :) ). Today I thought she'd do much better than last time but I wasn't expecting just how well she did.

Trixie walked around almost the whole time! She greeted all the other dogs and sniffed all the hands held out to her. She walked around the parking lot, albeit a bit skittish, but otherwise walking like a normal dog. She actually perfered staying outside with the crowd rather than inside on her blanket. I was stunned!



And kids - she had crowds of kids around her half the time and she didn't mind at all. She really enjoyed one of the groups of girls who were with their grandfather. The grandfather would turn out to be her adopter :)


After looking over all the labs and test driving a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge came back to look over Trixie again. Their daughter and six of their grandchildren came along to help with the choice and it was down to Trixie and Sugar. Sugar pulled too much on the lead and the Rutledges thought she might be too much for them to handle so they tried out Trixie. And she walked beautifully with them! She followed them both around on the lead and walked gently with them- her tail even came up and she really seemed to like them.


And that was it- they picked Trixie! I sent her on her way with her collar, her leash, her blanket, a new pack of chewies, her favorite squeaky toy, and almost a few tears. I hope she does well- she's such a sweet special dog.