This Just in....Chevette Update!

I got the best update from Chevette's (now Milla) adopters and also some video. As you might recall Milla and Jake, who used to be Sammy, are fur siblings. This link is a video of both Milla and Jake playing in the sun. They are so cute together!

Milla and Jake's mom writes:

Things have been going great with Milla.  I dare say she is perfect.  A real dream come true.  Gary is head over heels with her.  He calls her baby and princess all the time.  I'm surprised Milla even knows her name since he rarely calls her by her name. LOL  Everyone who meets her loves her.  I recently took her to the groomers to get her nails trimmed and I spied the groomer giving her kisses when they were all done.  Aawwww!
 In this clip Milla has made herself comfortable on the dining room table in the clean laundry. :)

The Slippery Slope of 2012

When I started volunteering for New Rattitude as Adoption Coordinator I had decided that I could also volunteer to "petsit" any dogs who needed a temporary place to stay until their permanent foster spot opened up. Sometimes a foster parent was on vacation when her foster dog was transported to WA or their previous foster dog might not have gone home yet and so I might have been needed to just hold on to their next foster dog for a few days until the spot opened up. I always made it clear that I was not going to be able to foster AND do the AC duties. My choices of what I was able to do have always been respected by our state coordinators and other NR volunteers. In 2011 there was a couple of times where it made sense for me to officially foster a couple of the dogs we were temping so I decided I better become an official foster parent just in case and so began the "fostering light" decision. LOL Well I had been told that fostering light could be a slippery slope but I held to the decision that I was not going to foster full time. Fast foward....one thing led to another and we proved the theory of the slippery slope and into full time fostering we slid. We could not be enjoying our selves more! It began with Gauge and we haven't come up for air yet. And in January of 2013 we will have not 1 not 2 but 3 foster pups, and I mean puppies! My husband and I look forward to 2013 full of fostering, and ACing, temping and pet sitting adopted NR dogs when their people go on vacation at times too! Yup the slippery slope is real and it is quite the fun ride!!!! We are so blessed to be able to help these dogs along their way and although each dog has a special place in our hearts and saying goodbye to them can fell a little weird at first, it is all worth it to know these deserving dogs have the life they should have had all along. Second and sometimes third chances do exsist and our lives are fuller for knowing and loving these dogs.

Luke was our first official foster boy. We fostered him before starting this blog.

Here is Luke with his sister Leia The cool think about this adoption was Luke and Leia are siblings and they were able to be adopted together, given a special circumstance by NR for an adopter to adopt 2 dogs at the same time. They have  fabulous home in Alaska where they both continue to sleep together and run on the beach and are dearly loved by their people. This is such a happy story.

Because each dog were in separate foster homes and before being in rescue had never been apart, they had really been missing each other, this was their reunion before they were put on the plane to make their way to their forever home in Alaska. It was such a great morning watching them reconnect.

Gauge the first time we met him, he now enjoys boating/fishing and going for walks in E WA with his human companion who adores him.

Mingus (right) with our dog Birdie, he now lives in Seattle and actually has a fan club and is a shop dog where he will never be neglected again. His mom knew what he needed and boy did she provide it for him, lots and lots of human and dog interaction, coupled with her love and devotion to him.  He is a happy boy.

Oskar was with us the longest time, 6 months, but we didn't mind at all having him as part of our family until his mom came along. He got to go on a plane to OR for Christmas and meet his human grandma who also adores him. He has a big extended family now with dogs and even a bunny. We could not be happier for Oskar and his mom, who is a special special woman who loves black dogs and she has made all of Oskar's dreams for a forever home come true!

Oskar and his big brown eyes.

Little Vespa the tri-pawed sweetie, enjoys life with her two wonderful moms and fur sis Elphie, in Renton, WA. Vespa shows everyone that tri-pawed dogs are not disabled and she has a special place in her mom's hearts and we could not be happier for her.

Vespa and Elphie on their mom's bed where I hear they like to play and play in the pillows!

Chevette, what a doll. This congenial little sprite is now enjoying her forever life with Jake aka Sammy who is a NR alumni and his parents in E WA. 

Chevette Meets Silver Then Goes "Home"

Today was Chevette's big day! She got to go to her forever home. We took her as far as CleElum, WA where Silver's foster mom met us to take her the last leg to meet her new forever family. When we got to CleElum it was 22 degrees and there was quite a bit of snow. I was worried little Chevette might be too cold. LOL

Chevette loves the snow!

I mean really loves it!

I was trying to hold her back so she wouldn't get too cold.

Face plant! LOL

Hello mom look at me!

More sniffing snow

Looking for sweet Silver

Here I am!

What a doll Silver is and she is available for adoption. You can see more Silver on her foster mom's blog http://yapitude.blogspot.com/

Chevette Has Been Adopted!

A big announcement! Chevette has been adopted. This little sweetie has lived up to her name as she has zoomed into foster care and the hearts of everyone who has met her. She will be zooming back out and into her forever home in time for New Years 2013! And that's not all! She is going to be the little fur-sis to New Rattitude's alumni Jake (aka Sammy) and we could not be more thrilled for this awesome puppy girl! She will be going home on Sunday and Becky who had been Jake's foster mom will be helping to transport Chevette for us to the Eastern side of the state! She is looking forward to meeting Chevette! Happy Tails to all involved, especially Chevette!

Jake is patiently awaiting his new fur sis...

Chevette smiles because she has been adopted by a wonderful family!

Chevette Gets To Walk on a Trail

Chevette just loves walking on the trails we take the dogs on. She is loving this leash thing now because she gets to go so many fun places! It was hard to get pictures because there was so much to smell.

Jenny and Chevette

I put her up here and she was nice enough to pose.

Walking like the big dogs.

So much to take in...

Chevette the Social Butterfly

Chevette got to go to the pet food store and do a little more socializing. As you can clearly see she was the hit of the store! We got to talk a lot about rescue and New Rattitude!

That box of Honest Kitchen smells familiar!

Treats make everything good...

Hello!

Photo op...

She actually was enjoying being in these fuzzy toys.

Everything in this place tastes good enough to eat!

Brave girl...

Whatcha got there nice lady?

More yummies! SCORE.

Yes I will allow this touching in trade for those yummy treats you gave me :)

Just tryin' out this cool car seat

I should be a model, wouldn't you buy one of these cool car seats if you saw me in it?

Chevette Goes Belly Up!

The first couple of days Chevette was with us she was understandably not sure about us when we would reach out to pet her or pick her up. We have been making sure to go slow and to let her warm up to us so that we did not break the trust we were working on developing with her. A couple of days ago she looked so cute cuddled up with Jenny, when I got closer to her she stayed in the bed and then she did the amazing.....

When I came downstairs this is what I found. Chevette and Jenny sharing the bed. Notice the tail blurry from wagging.

When I bent down to touch Chevette this is what she did. Gave me her full belly......trust is a beautiful thing. I love her little smile.

Chevette *Goes* in The Snow

Just a quick post. Chevette got to walk in a light dusting of snow the other day. She took it in stride as you can see :)

It smells different out here today.

gOOOd gIIIRRRl....

Chevette and Her Tail Teaser

Chevette is her name and  the Kyjen Tail Teaser is her game! This girl can not get enough of the tail teaser. She likes to chase is on the ground, jump for it when it is in the air, stalk it, pretend like she is ignoring it only to catch it when foster mom is not paying attention. She played with it a full 40 minutes, then she settled down again for a little nap.

Tug!

Nom nom nom

Enjoying her catch...

This girl can jump! All 4 legs are off the gorund

The hanging tug...

Action shot...

This was so funny. I keep the tail teaser on a hook out on the front porch and Chevette grabbed the tail and tried to pull it back in the house.

Come on tail teaser let's play some more!

She doesn't give up too easy!