07/29/08

Our Adopted Dobies!

Ruby

Hi Nancy and Donna,
I just thought I'd send you a few pics from our trip to Cook's Forest last weekend. I've included a pic of her furry friends Claudette and Earl too, they had a great time together. Ruby is doing really well.
We are absolutely nuts about her. She is the sweetest girl! She is still a big chicken but she has come a long way. We go to the dog park regularly with her bratty brother Bijou to work on her confidence, but she still prefers people to other dogs. She likes Bijou even thought he he steals all her stuff and breaks it - sounds just like a real brother.
Hope all is well..
Thanks for everything!
Nicole
       

Bonnie

Hey here is Bonnie in her new home!

Nancy,
We love Bonnie, she is a baby doll.
Ken and Diana

Zack formerly Atticus
He is WONDERFUL!!!!! He's busy chewing on a big cow bone at the moment, I have a couple questions about the microchip registration and the AKC papers, I'll call you later in the week or next weekend, I have attached the pictures from yesterday and from today, feel free to share them or post them as a happy ending - THANK YOU!!

T. (aka Tres or Theresa)
 

Sadie now Salus

It took her about all of 10 minutes to make herself right at home. And only about 2 hours to be totally cool with the new name. The cats don't seem to be in any real danger, but she is relentless in her desire to play with them. She plays way too rough so I have to keep running interference. Peaches has only come out from under the couch twice and got pounced on both times, this dog is quick. Jasmine is too arrogant to let anyone come into HIS house without permission. He hasn't made any attempt to play, but is always out and about keeping an eye on things. He knows no fear. When we're inside it's pretty much like she has always been here. She is by my side every step I take. Sleeps behind me while I'm doing dishes. The whole time I am on the computer she keeps making me play tug and dragging me in my wheelie chair across the room. She is a character! I went to make up her bolster bed at the foot of my bed last night and when I turned around to show her I see she's already in mine waiting to cuddle. So she and both cats slept with me last night. No doubt this was meant to be. 
Outside is where she is a handful. Other dogs, kids, etc. She HATES being restrained or controlled when she wants to go elsewhere. She actually does an Air Bud maneuver with all 4 feet off the ground with a mid-air twist where she comes down with the leash in her mouth biting it to get free. She's already bit through my leather leash. I ran out to the Dollar Store early this morning and got a red nylon to match her stylish red collar. I'm hoping she is better at my parents where there are almost no neighbors and distractions - at least until she gets the basic rules and manners down. I have a nylon choke collar and no-pull harness that are on loan to a friend, but I just requested a quick return of both. If they don't help I will go for the prongs, but I want to try these first. I've got just under 2 weeks before the surgery to get her more under control. She is very smart but also very stubborn at times. Overall - she is great! Not perfect, but I'm confident that we'll work it all out. Patience, persistence & I'm more stubborn than she is. I started this message a little after 8pm. See how long it takes to write when you keep getting dragged across the room? But we are both having a blast!
Talk to you soon!
Patty and Salus
 

Uma

Nancy,

You're right! She's no more than two and still very much a puppy who is both making Sheryl laugh and driving her to tears at the same time. Yesterday, and this was ALL yesterday, she managed to steal all my shirts and socks out of the laundry baskets to carry around the house with her Sheryl had taken one of my shirts and put it on the back of a chair, only to keep finding it laying on the bed every time she left the room after 4 times, she caught Uma pulling it down. Then, we left for an hour and when we came back, a sleeve of saltines was gone, a bag of circus peanuts hidden under a sweatshirt on the bed, a small bag of chocolate powder mix torn open and spread all over the bed. Max and her played so hard that by 10, Max as pooped, but Uma was just getting started and literally pulled him off the couch to play some more even him being peeved and biting her didn't deter her. When Max wants bed, he wants bed but even there she had the bed rocking around us trying to wrestle with him, the woman is nuts I tell ya! nuts! lolol

Every morning she looks for the kittens, two of whom got adopted, and she finally met rocky who we dragged downstairs out of hiding, that went ok as Uma looked and sniffed and licked rocky was frozen in fear but I now know its going to work out fine. once again, Sheryl picked the right dog for this family! Now if I could just get Uma to move over in bed, she'd be perfect! and you named oh so well.

Rory

Hi Nancy,
I hope you remember me, I adopted Spice (now named Rory) from you two years ago. I cant believe how much time has passed! Just to let you know how good she is doing. Her and Roman are of course inseperateable. They sleep on the couch together, even though they have the option of having their own each night, and she is doing really good at the dog park with the other dogs. She was a little shaky at first last year, and now that it is nice out again we have been taking her and Roman down there and she has been playing with the smaller dogs. She also likes getting in the creek and wading around, though she wont go in past her thighs but she will run up and down the bank all day if she could. I have also included a few more pictures for you of Rory getting her daily belly rub! I told my husband today that when the time has come to get another one, we know where to go again because we are so blessed to have Rory in our lives! Thanks again and keep up the good work!
Rama

Nikita

Nikita is a Belgian Malinois.

We took her in to help out another rescue.

She's working out okay.  I have her in obedience training and she's doing well there.  I've been taking her for a lot of walks.

Chad
 

Mattie

Hi!

Thought you would like to see Mattie with her new best bud!  In this picture  Mattie is on top!

Barb

Luke

Nancy,
Luke is doing fine. We are all used to each other now. He still likes to
test us, but we understand it now. He has not gotten into anything at all.
We take him out on walks. Mikey gets him running around. The two of them
play really good together. He is a real good boy. I got the info you sent on the training classes. I would like to try to take advantage of them some time soon. Here are a couple of pics. Thanks for all. I hope you are having success with all the other puppies.

Dozer now Drager

Hi Nancy,

I'm kind of thinking he already knows what the spray bottle is. We were cleaning today and he didn't want any part of being near the lemon Clorox, nor the vacuum cleaner either for that matter. I guess I'll be doing it on my own still. He did claim a spot for himself on the love seat. I really didn't have a fair reason why the cats could do it and not him. So I got him his own blanket and he made himself to home. If your curious to how he's adapting to his new lifestyle, I've included a recent  photo. It would appear as if he's done this before...or perhaps he's just a quick learner.

We went to a KDKA Radio firefighter function today. I don't know what he liked best, all the attention he received, or the pepperoni roll breakfast...We're starting to get him beefed up! He's a big hit with most of the guys...Thank you again so much.

Bear

Nancy and Cyndy,

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you both for allowing us the opportunity to meet and adopt BEAR. Within two days he has made several people enormously happy. He is just

awesome! Although this morning I caught him tearing holes into Ben's bedspread. As soon as I said "Bear No", he stopped. Everyone at first sight is intimidated, but are one over once they get to know him. Even Adam gets the chance to walk him with me at night. My wife is still very leery that he will not destroy our house, but she can't believe how gentle he is. We have come home from an afternoon/evening and found the house just the way we left it. After conducting a complete inspection, she was amazed! Her first spoken heartfelt moment came yesterday when he was laying on the couch with his head on Ben's lap watching TV. Ben said he even caught her petting him. I think in time he will win her over, just like he did all of us!

Well I just wanted to give you a quick update and to thank you once again!
 

K.C.

We all went for a walk last night, Scott took these pictures. K.C. was very good on lead. We passed two dogs in our walk and he did not react to them. He just followed my lead and kept walking. Mind you these other dogs were freaking out and pulling there owners, I just made a throat noise at K.C. and we just kept walking no pulling or anything.
Thanks again for K.C. he is awesome!!
June

VINNIE

Hey Nancy!

I just wanted to let ya know how well Vinnie did last evening. We got home and he came right out of the car with no problems. We kept him outside for a little while and he didn't do anything, so we took him inside and had 2 accidents, but we took him directly outside after that. He and Ruby played for most of the night last night, and when we gave him a shower, Ruby was a little upset and pee'd outside the bathroom door, which is not like her at all. I think she was just mad at us. For bedtime, he went into his crate and Ruby didn't want to leave him alone, so we had to put a gate up in out bedroom and she slept on her bed, not even on ours all night! He ate well this morning and went outside already, no accidents yet (knock on wood)! He is already afraid of the spray bottle, and knows when he does something good, he goes right to where the treats are!
I think we lucked out with him! He's a great dog!
Thanks,
Lyndsay and Chris

STORMY/BELLA

Stormy now Bella, has got it made!

Stormy had been waiting for a long time for her new family to come and adopt her now

just look at this dog bed.

COOPER

ALBA

Here is a photo of Albatross and Annie his new friend.

RUBY

Hello Hello Nancy!
I wanted to send you some pictures to show you how happy our little miss Ruby is. Her and Lucy FINALLY took to each other and are now best friends (even though they both tend to get a little jealous of each other at times). She has been a wonderful addition to our family, helping with the recent loss of Jake. I also included some sweet pictures of him, since I know you loved him so much! Keep in touch!
Lyndsay and Chris

APOLLO

Hello everyone, we wanted to share some pictures. Apollo has the red collar; Carmella is in the light purple collar.  And then the two Jacks.. Bandit has the orange collar and Princess has the dark purple collar. As of this evening Apollo has been with us three days and he is doing great, he is becoming more and more comfortable with his surroundings, he wiggles his entire butt and gets all excited when we call him.  He is doing great with all three dogs and he has begun eating almost a normal portion of food.  He loves to play ball.  And he is a definite Velcro dog. 

Cindi

JAEL

Pictures of Jael. Thought you might like to see that she is happy.
Alison

GRETTA

I have started working with Gretta, In the 2 weeks I have had her I have found out a lot about her. She is very verbal and knows  what she wants. We laugh at her because sometimes we're not sure if she's just telling us what she wants, or telling us off. We call her "Lassie" when she is on a roll with "talking". I'm trying to get specific words for specific things to channel that barking so we both know what each other wants.  She reminds me of my last dog at two, he would test me when I was not expecting it, but settled down a lot by 3-4 years old.
Patti
 

RORY and ROMAN

Nancy! Its been a year but I hope you remember us. We adopted Spice (now Rory) from you and we have our male Roman. Just letting you know how great they are doing and what a wonderful dog she really is. She is just full of life, and in the past year has just opened up and is just a big part of the family. She acts like she has been here for years and keeps a big smile on her face everyday. I am sending you some pictures just to let you see how she's doing. I'm sorry about your loss, I read in the news letter we get :(. You are such a great person I know good things will come your way!

LOLA

We called her Momma, left at an out of state shelter this little girl is a pup herself. It is unknown what happened to her babies, but we think she misses them very much. Now in her new loving home LOLA is a very happy.

ARCHIE

This is Archie who I took in 2 yrs ago . He was extremely emaciated and blind in one eye due to glaucoma . As you can see now he is a happy , well adjusted boy who is absolutely beautiful, and no longer in pain or hungry. This is a perfect example of a dog who will be on a lifetime of eye drops but was excepted into a loving family that did not mind his "special needs".

Sedona

Sedona was found in the same house as Gunther, the owner who was a drug addict died and a while later the dogs were found. Sedona was very small and all natural (that means with tail and ears) when I got her she was a little timid but very loving. Her new owners love her dearly and Sedona is now called "THE WILD CHILD" She has grown up into a beautiful girl and has a new confidence about her....and is doing great! One day maybe her and Gunther will meet again! We are hoping at the Jamboree this fall!

GINNY

Ginny is a young female that came from a West Virginia shelter (Ginny is short for Virginia). This poor girl has been neglected in the past and acts like its the first time she has ever had someone actually care about her. She now has that special family giving her the time and care she deserves

ANDY

Andy a young red male that came to us from a shelter after being picked up as a stray and is about one year old. Andy had a really rough start in life, his left rear leg was broken as a puppy causing the hip joint not to form. He also has some nerve damage to his muzzle. Andy is now looking good in a new loving forever home.

Discarded for deformed and crippled feet, now in a loving forever home.

BOSWELL

He was rescued by Nancy. He will be 11 in June, we had him 1 1/2 years already. Thank you so much

Boswell passed away 11-23-2007

Please see his story on the "In Memory" Page

DOODLE

Doodle is enjoying her new home.

VAN and COCO

Last July, someone dumped Coco across the road from where I work, and the people there already had two German Shepherds, so they were asking around for a home for her. Sucker that I am, I took her home and Lori (my wife) immediately fell for her. The week she was dumped off was one where the Butler animal shelter was full and not accepting additional strays, so some real brave former owner probably just threw her out of his car. So there you have it!

GUNTHER and ADA

Gunther the red and Aerie the fawn where adopted from me. Gunther was found skinny and neglected in a drug adicts house, the owner had died from an overdose and 3 dogs where found a week or so later. Aerie is one of the 6 fawn pups relinquished to DPRPA, she is around 5 or 6 mo old now. I thought you would like to see a recent photo of the puppy (center) Gunther and ADA. Can you believe how they all get along? One bed three dogs.

BUCA

Buca is one of my rescues, he has a bad habit of eating socks. This put him in the hospital for major surgery one year on New Years Day. He survived but still has not learned his lesson. Buca was the Red Baron on Halloween and loves to swim.

  Buca the pool boy

  Buca King of the picnic table

BAILEY

Bailey is also one of my rescues. She was kept in an outside pen for the first year of her life and had many "issues" when she came to rescue. Bailey met Buca and they both fell in love at first sight. They are still best friends.

Bailey passed away 4-7-2008

Please see his story on the

"In Memory" Page

 Bailey as Darth Vaider

Bailey as Superman

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