Adoption Update: LADY!!!!

Lady is doing wonderful, she very much loves the attention that she gets from all of us. 

She is playing at least 3 times a day with her ball. We have smaller balls in the house that we are trying to get her to play with. 

She loves her doggie bed. 

She has not bothered with Charlie our Nanday conure, I really have not given her time by herself yet with just Charlie though. 

Lady loves car rides too. I love how she just puts her head on you to be loved. 

She greets all of us with her singing when we come down stairs in the morning or when the boys get home from school and work. 

We are all very much in love with her.

Victoria

Holy Cow, I am Seeing RED!!!

For years and years I have told applicants "yes, red dogs are lovely, but they are not common in rescue." 

Not common? 

Well, they never have been, but today MABCR could be known as the Red Dog Rescue! 

We have five!!!

Another funny note, 4 of the 5 are female...also uncommon. I suppose we are the uncommon Border Collie Rescue!

Lady

Sheila

Wren

Zoey

Wes

In memoriam: Lady Kaake

A little over four years ago, Sarah sent me an email about an older BC/Australian Shepherd mix that she was getting ready to bring into rescue. And that was the beginning of what was my most challenging, and most rewarding, relationship with this girl. When she came into our home, we learned she was an alpha dog, marking her territory as does a male, with the very singular philosophy: The best defense is a good offense. Her manners with other dogs were shaming, and she wasn't very friendly with people either. But she and I struck a chord together. Somewhere, deep down, I knew there was a delightful personality. With much love, much work, and a near constant reminder of who the head dog really was (ME!), after her first year, she relaxed and was a joy to have around.

Though never very affectionate, she was my constant companion. In our second year together, I had a major health challenge and she was by my side the entire time. I can also give her a huge credit as motivation to press on during my rehabilitation. She was an urban dog and didn't like being left out in a yard to do her business. So we walked at least 3 times a day, sometimes for a couple of miles. She was my confident; she knew my heart because on those walks, she heard my prayers and was my sounding board.

Up to her last days, she still tried to intimidate other dogs, but over the years we spent together, I learned she was fine with them as long as she could tell them she was the boss dog. Her defensiveness had vanished and she loved to be around people, even our toddling granddaughters. The transformation in her was a great joy to my heart. She had this peculiarity to gaze at light refractions, so she was always looking up at some light moving along the wall, ceiling, whatever. We tried playing with a laser light but soon learned that it left her absolutely neurotic ("Where's that red dot? Huh? Huh?") so we had to put that aside. She loved to ride in the car with me as we made our trips back and forth to North Carolina. Every 9-12 months, she would test the waters to see if she could be the leader of the pack at home, but after a couple of attempts, she'd figure it out again and settle down. The first part of her life was rough, but in her later years she found peace in a loving home. As a dear friend mentioned, it's hard to have our dogs leave this Earth before us, but it's an opportunity for a new friend to find a loving place to call home. Lady was a great joy and will be missed...a lot.