Lucas

Update from Lucas's foster home -- Our cleaning person came today, so David had picked up the stuffy toys from the living room floor where Lucas likes to lay, and put the toys into the basket.  I just realized this, so I took Lucas (who you will recall is blind) to the living room and pulled four stuffies and a few other chewy toys from the basket for him.  He was very happy, and I went upstairs... as I came down a minute later and looked in the living room, he was heading back from the basket with a different stuffy, apparently I didn't give him his favorite-of-the-moment, so he went and found the basket to get it on his own :)

Laura

And Her Name Is....

Thanks to everyone who made name suggestions. The name game is fun to play and I have noted some great new names to add to our list.

Little girl now has a name, but not one of the suggested names. Yesterday I noticed that she is wearing a necklace. Yes, I know lots of border collies have a collar, but this one is thin, extremely symmetrical and circles her neck very evenly (you can see it in the photo below)...she also has a little diamond shape spot on her neck over the 'necklace'...so, her name is Holly, as in Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany's. I think it suits.

Featured Foster or Foster Feature!

Sheila

Sheila came to us through cooperation with another rescue. A family of dogs had been left behind when their human family moved. Neighbors stepped in, contacted rescue and helped get the dogs into caring hands. Largely unsocialised, the transformation occurred (as it does with all dogs) and two of the three dogs have been placed. Still waiting for her perfect forever home is Sheila:

Sheila is a sweet young border collie cattle dog cross who has really come a long while at her foster home.  When she first arrived she was afraid of everything and everyone!  She desperately needed to gain confidence.  It has taken some time, but she is a completely different dog.  She interacts with my pack with a lot of confidence.  She entices them to play now, and gets along great with all of them.  She also gets along with the two cats.  She greets humans with confidence as well.  She no longer runs and hides.  She no longer stays in her crate all evening,  she prefers to hang out with the gang now while were watching tv, usually falling asleep snuggled up to my feet.

Sheila has an incredible recall, considering her rough start in life.  She takes correction well (must be given softly).  Sheila is house broken and crate trained.

Sheila absolutely loves running outside!  She is most happiest when she’s playing chase with my other dogs, and will do best living in a home with other dogs.  She is incredible fast, and can outrun all of my dogs.  She is very athletic and can jump 6 feet in the air from standing still.  

Sheila has not been exposed to children so will not be offered to a home with young children residing in the home.

If you have a kind heart and some patience for a sweet young girl, then Sheila is your gal!

Sheila will do best in a quiet home with strong human leadership and a solid dog leader. Training and socialisation will be important to her continued growth and development.

Out of Many, One

One week after the sadness of the passing of seven of the August 8 pups, one remains. Little Riggs is not out of danger, in fact, to complicate his health issues, he now has a sore on his tummy, but our vet remains cautiously optimistic. Every day that Riggs continues to fight is another point in the survival column.

Riggs is now in foster where he hangs out with the big dogs...

and here he is resting after a rough day at the office, receiving fluids and running tests.

Meet Sheila!

Meet Sheila.

Sheila had a rough start. An on-purpose breeding of a pure bred border collie and a pure bred cattle dog, her human family abandoned her entire dog family when they moved away, leaving all of the dogs in a box kennel.

Fortunately neighbors saw what happened, fed the dog family and helped to move them all into rescue. Sheila came to MABCR and is now in a foster home with a foster dog family.

Sheila is shy, but is getting better. She has come to the farm for Yappy Hour and played with the other dogs, and greeted people when asked.

She thinks running is grand.

She also loves the way the sun shines on her coat and makes her red glow.

Mostly she loves hanging out with her foster family waiting for treats!

Sheila would really like to find her forever home. Can you help? 

Foster Update: Snaggle!

Snaggle Update – 10/8/10

Snaggle is a great little dog!  We’ve had him in foster care for several days.   He has adjusted amazingly well to our home and lifestyle.  He is great with the kids (ages 4, 8, 10 and 13) and our dog.   He is very playful and loves to be with people.  He will let you pet him forever and falls asleep while snuggled next to you.  At night, Snaggle settles into his crate and goes right to sleep as soon as the lights are turned off.   He sleeps from 10pm until 7-8am without a sound.  He is housebroken and walks nicely on a leash.  Snaggle rides well in the car and has travelled with us wherever we can take him (PetSmart, baseball practice, school drop off, etc.).  My kids just adore him (and so do I!). His brown eyes will melt your heart! Whoever gets this little guy will love him forever.  

now the Terrorists..er Puppies

I had forgotten how much fun getting up at 6am Mon - Sun was and want to thank them greatly for the refresher course.
No they are a delight and endlessly entertaining. They are pretty much house broken except for the occasional mis-communication ending in an accident. Both if in the ex-pen or crate will bark and cry if they have to potty. They are little tornadoes flying through the house and steal every toy in sight dragging it back to the "Troll Hole" aka the ex-pen for further inspection.
They have discovered cats and I am totally amazed at how tolerant Chaos is with the frequent face washings she gets from Lila, letting the pup know enough is enough with a gentle clawless tap on the head. The other two cats prefer distancing themselves Spike simply hisses in disgust, and C.C. heads for the hills or meows (whines).
They have a natural sit when they come up to you and have discovered the joys of chicken on doing so. Outside in the field they will follow as you walk off leash and are pretty good on leash. L is the more athletic and daring she figured the stairs going up and down on her own, B is a little more tentative and took some convincing that YES you can do it.
They now happily stamped up and down on their own. L is definitely the leader and will initiate wrestling sessions, despite her smaller size usually coming out on top although B gives as well as he gets They have in the the style of 99.9% of puppies, yet to meet a stranger. They already dash happily through a tunnel at full length in the back yard.