Hi everyone! It's me Chip here! And it's the Valentine's Day so I thought it was appropriate to bring up matters of the heart here. You see, just recently, my heart contained two things -- love and worms! But after a slow recovery at aunt Mo's house, all worms are gone. I didn't see them walk away, but the dog doc said they are gone and I like to believe her. After all, who likes to have worms in their hearts. Ewwwwww! Anywayz, I am worm free and so now I can run and romp and play again!
And listen to this! I have a new foster home to share my love with!!! And it's the bestest!!! Just imagine, I now live in a place called Vermont and I have my foster mom and dad all to myself! That means extra snuggles, extra belly rubs and most importantly, extra ball throws! The only thing missing is a forever home, but I bet there is one out there somewhere!
Anyhow, I've been keeping myself mightly busy. You see, I got myself a new job. My job is to teach my foster parents all about border collies. They have never lived with a border collie before, and so I have to explain them the basic border collie rules like "toys are more important than food" and "its easy to forget to pee when you are playing a ball" and "there is never enough dog toys in your lap at any one time". Teaching humans is hard work, let me tell ya!
After all the hard work, I needed a little vacation, so I decided to take the V day off and visit my friends Mollie and Murphy in New York. And it's been quite the adventure, let me tell you. Especially today. We woke up early and then we dogs got to go in the car while uncle Eric put these funny looking throwing sticks on the roof. They call them skis. And off we went to do this funny thing called skiing. I really liked it. At first I thought the sticks were for throwing but it turns out, the crazy humans put them on their feetz so they can slide better. Anyways, here I am skiing.
I think I am doing a better job than uncle Eric, don't you think? I tried to tell him that it would help if he took the funny looking sticks off his feetz but he wouldn't listen. Anyways, they said I did really well. The only time I started pulling to the side was when the other dogs that came along were wrestling and I wanted to join them -- it was so not fair that I had to be on a leash and Mollie and Murphy didn't! Anyways, I am feeling little tired now, so I think I will go and take a nap! Hope your Valentine's Day is as good as mine! And find me a forever home already! Love, Chip xxxooo
Hiya, hiya, hiya, hiya - I'm Jack! Jumpin' Jack if you want to call me that! See me here? I came into rescue and had to get "tutored" and they also took off my two funky dewclaws in the back!
but look at me now - I'm ready to go go go go go go go!
I'll be up on the site shortly! Watch this week! Love, Jack
Here is our boy Roosevelt playing ball. He would really like to chase after the other dogs. The great news is, that he gets his cart from Eddie's Wheels on the 18th!! It'll take some training and rehab, but he'll soon be able to join in all the border collie games!
Hi all! This will be my last post as I now have my forever home! I wasn't sure what was going on today when my foster mom said "let's go for a ride!" I thought, oh now, not another vet visit! I love people but could stand not to see a vet for a while! Anyway, in the car we go for a pretty long ride. Longer than any I have ever taken! I didn't get sick this time as I normally get nervous riding in the car. You know, you never know where you are going to end up when you get into one of those things! (no, I don't have to wear that nasty collar any more!). When we arrived I made sure to put my scent everywhere outside, then I saw Brown Dog, I recognized him last week when some people came to visit me. Brown dog is cool, he's about my size and is a beagle cross. I know, he's not a border collie but I won't hold that against him! Then I got to meet Giggles, a bigger black and white border collie who is older and much more stoic. That's OK, Brown Dog and I will have lot's of fun romping around together!
We went into the house and I was terrified to go in because right away there were stairs that go up and stairs that go down. The ones that go down looked real scary as it was dark down there. After some persuasion, and patience from all the humans, I finally got up the courage to come in where I was lifted up to the main floor. (I'm still heeling you know)
After a little bit, there was one other family member I got to meet. He poked his head out a back bedroom door and looked a little unsure. Funnly looking dog if you ask me. I kept hearing the humans say he's a cat. Not sure what that is, but he seems pretty cool. I worked my charm and it didn't take long for the little guy to join in all the fun! (Something tells me he's the boss)
I feel so relaxed here. So now I figured out I have my forever home! Its been a very busy day for me. Thank you everyone for all your support through my foster and for helping me get better. I am not a hundred percent there yet, but I know my new mom and dad will make sure I am back to my old self soon enough! (Giggles happens to be very camera shy!)
I got up this morning and thought it was just going to be another regular day in the life of a foster dog. But it turns out...I GOT ADOPTED!! My foster mom drove me to my new home nearby and a TREASURE HUNT of food and toys awaited me. Then, I got to take a walk and play frisbee with my Forever Mom and Dad. At some point my foster mom drove away, but I didn't notice. I will be an only dog so I can get ALL the attention and love. I am so lucky I'll get to swim, take hikes and walks, and watch the birds outside on my new deck. So glad I waited a whole year for this perfect home! Here I am with my new family:
The coolest thing was that it's my New Mom's birthday today...she said I was the best birthday present she ever got! Signing off, Marsh (former foster dog)
This little guy is just 10.5 months old. He is new in rescue and he is a very special little dog. He doesn't have usable front legs. We are looking into getting a wheelchair from Eddie's Wheels for him and also into whether surgery can fix the one leg that is twisted.