Both Nash and Sierra were adopted and went home in the same few days! We just never know how the timing will be with adoptions so in this case we ended up with a week with no foster dog and because our personal dogs, Birdie, Jenny-Boo, Skip, and Liza are such terrific sports about sharing their mom, dad, and personal space with all the foster dogs we wanted to really make it a week of doing special things with our dogs to thank them for everything they do to help us help the foster dogs. Each of our dogs brings something to the table in teaching us how to be better dog parents and in teaching the foster dogs how to navigate a multi-dog home.
AND don't forget Theo the cat! He is instrumental in our fostering en-devour as I will explain below.
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| Theo is the cat litmus test for our foster dogs. If the foster dogs can't get along with Theo then they get the "no cats" button on their petfinder post. Theo is a very dog savvy cat he deserves a big thank you for his dedicated work. |
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| Ahhhhh Jenny... my little senior girl. Jenny teaches foster dogs the art of avoiding. She will avoid avoid avoid when they try to engage her and if they don't get it after all that she lets them know with a quick correction. She also teaches foster dogs that they can be resilient and heal from any tragedy they have endured as she has endured probably the worst of any of our personal dogs and we are happy to say she is doing great now! Jenny also LOVES to go for walks and hikes and she teaches foster dogs how to stay on your people's heels at all times and just go with the flow. Thank you Jenny, you are a wonderful teacher to us all. |
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| Thank You Birdie for teaching us that deaf dogs rule! Also for teaching
those male foster dogs what true love really is (Birdie hasn't met a
male foster dog she isn't smitten with), and for keeping all the dogs in
line by teaching them what a strong female is all about! |
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Skip is very good with foster dogs. He doesn't cause them any
trouble at all. He even shows them how to fetch a ball, but he doesn't
like it when they horn in. He lets them run after him or with him but
would rather be the star of the "fetch the ball show". He also will play
with foster dogs now and then and he teaches the younger more exuberant
ones that more distinguished dogs like himself like to wake up slowly in
the morning and don't like young whippersnappers in his space until
after breakfast, this is something all puppies need to learn. Thank you
Skip for being who you are and teaching us how to advocate for our
dogs!
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| Thank You Liza for teaching all the foster dogs that Min Pins and Rat Terriers are not the same. Liza shows them all that trusting humans and getting pets is a very good thing. Liza also makes sure to supervise all play between dogs in the house and calls them out if things get too fun. Liza you are a funny girl and we love you! |
Update to our foster free week! Liza and Birdie got to do an official NoseWork class. They were super stars and will continue sniffing in class for three more weeks!
All the dogs got to go for a Hike, blog post to come....
Skip got to have momma all to himself for a whole day at a T-Touch workshop for senior dogs. Stay tuned for his adventure.
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