Adopter Updates

I wanted to give you an update on Tilly. She is doing very well and probably far more spoiled than she should be!

2011-12-06T12:44:16Z

How can you resist when you see that cute little face! I attached a picture of her as one of her christmas presents came today (don't tll her it's not Christmas yet LOL). She didn't know what to do when she saw all those tennis balls - they went flying everywhere! SHE NOW HAS ONE TO PLAY WITH AT A TIME :-)

She also loves to "play" with the cat - the cat thinks of it more as fending for her life but Tilly is very gentle with her. Our neighor out back just got a terrier (?) it looks like a mini airedale and her name is Pixie. Tilly and Pixie love to talk and run up and down the fence together. We walked them togther last week but Tilly could have cared less as she has many other things to smell while on her walk. LOL She of course loves long walks and we take her to Lake Erie once in a while... too many dead fish and other things to smell and roll on - arghghgh.

Her favorite past time is nesting. We will be watching TV and wonder where she is - so we get up and there she is curled up on the bed waiting for us! She sleeps right between us at nighttime and even wants a pillow - not to rest her head on but to bury her nose under :-)

She is truly a joy and we are so thankful everyday she is in our lives!!!

Thanks so much! Franne and Michael

Though I've only had Roxy in my life for a short period of time...

2011-11-28T13:23:54Z

she's already made a tremendous impact on my life (and her new friends'!). She's a spry 6 year old ACD, with lots of love to share. She's adapted well to an active lifestyle, and climbed the summit of Hunter Mountain with no difficulties! I feel so fortunate to have been paired up with such a sweet and bright ball of energy.

I look forward to sharing many more activities with her. I just hope I can keep up!

We are happy to report that Louie is doing great after one month.

2011-10-05T22:46:00Z

He loves to chew, cucumbers are his favorite, has even picked a few himself right from the garden. For a week now he has been sleeping on the floor in the bedroom at night, which is great since he is quickly outgrowing the smaller pen. This smart little guy has also adapted to the morning routine, and rarely has to be asked to go to his pen for breakfast.

His new favorite place to go for a walk in the neighbors freshly cut corn field where he and Maisie can frolic side by side, sniff the tracks of the animals that passed recently and find dropped ears of corn that he will pick up and do his "happy dance" with. The two of them together are typical siblings, best friends playing one minute than at each other the next, especially when "sharing" toys.

Louie is a great snuggler, loves everyone and everything, thank you for everything!

I'm just sending an update on Julie, who I adopted.

2011-10-01T15:33:01Z

She has been a great little girl from the day she came to live with me. Julie is just as loving and attached to me as my other two Heelers that I had. I just wated to say THANKS for bringing us together.

I want to thank you and all of the people who were involved in saving Gracie and sending her to me.

2011-08-24T19:51:25Z

I love this little sassy girl with all my heart. She completes my family. I am so proud of the changes that Gracie has made and that she is out of her shy little insecure shell. Thank you Karen and the ACDRA for the work you do. I know that it comes from your hearts.

I will send you more pictures in the fall and try to get everyone to sit still long enough....LOL Cleatus and the birds are inside. But the cat still rules.

Thank you for my beautiful dog, I can't imagine life without Gracie, all of the problems in the past were worth it...

Tucker and Kenya get along so well...

2011-08-04T22:26:16Z

Porter, Kenya and their new brother, Tucker.Kenya just wants to play with him all the time which is cute. Porter is starting to come around a little bit, he is still protective of me and Jason. Tucker is learning to handle Porter well. We have been playing A LOT of frisbee which helps Porter get his mind off of things and they get along GREAT- they each know their own frisbee. Tucker has also found a "safe" spot to him in our living room and loves to lay by the air conditoner.
Tucker has definately grown fond of Jason and is like his shadow. Other than that he is doing well and hope by the end of this week Porter will start to be more ok with him.

Elvis writes, "I have only been in my Forever Home for a short time, but I LOVE IT!"

2011-07-02T15:11:58Z

I have a HUGE yard to run around in, and I even have my very own area with a dog house that has a window. My new family is pretty good about sharing their toys with me, but sometimes they don’t want to share certain things. I guess that’s ok. My new family took me to the store to choose a new collar, and toys for me. I also got tags with their names on it, so everyone will know that they are mine. My Dad even bought me a new bed, even though they also let me have the chair by the window so that I can keep an eye on things outside.

The best part is, get ready for this, I have my very own little boy to play with. Jacob is great. I’m still training him, but he’s coming along quite well. One of his favorite games is chase. I LOVE CHASE! He waits for me when he goes up on his slide so that we can slide down together too.

We also play this game where he gets on his rope swing and I pull him. I love to cuddle with him and my new Mom at night time to hear the stories they read.

My new Family also includes a cat named Lady. Lady doesn’t really like me very much. I try not to chase her, but she keeps running away from me. How else am I supposed to get close enough to give her kisses? Lady is coming around slowly and I think that she and I will become real friends.

My Mom and Dad take me for car rides all the time. One of my favorite places is the dump. There are SO many smells to smell. But, we also go all over. They just took me on a very long car ride to someone’s house to visit. I was a little nervous, because let’s face it. Every time they put us rescue dogs in a car for a long ride, we usually don’t come back. But, they brought me back! I was so excited. That’s when I knew for sure that this was my forever home.

We all like to play ball together outside (I’m trying to teach them this game, but they don’t seem to be getting the hang of it very well). I try to show them that after you throw the ball, that your supposed to go get it and run around with the ball and bounce it in the air and roll it up and down the hill. They just throw it and stand there. I will have to keep trying with that game. Even if they never get it, well, that’s ok, since they don’t seem to yell when I roll in the mud or go jump in the beaver pond to play. They even bought me my very own pool to use during the day. They are pretty cool If I do say so myself.

I don’t really like it too much when they go off to someplace called “work and school”, but, they are really glad to see me when they get home and give me lots of hugs and kisses, so I guess they miss me too. Well, it’s almost time to eat. I better go. I hope you liked hearing about my new home as much as I like telling you.

From my forever home,
Elvis

The truth is she rescued us!

2011-06-12T16:03:47Z

I walk on the beach
She runs and plays exuberantly
They say “I haven’t ever seen one like her”
I answer factually “she’s a cattle dog”
The truth is “she is Heather and she is unique”
They say “where did you get her”
I answer factually “she is a rescue”

The truth is she rescued us

Shiela is doing great and I'm amazed at how smart she is.

2011-05-29T12:32:35Z

She was completely housebroken in a week and she learned how to sit and lay down by voice comands and hand signals in a day. We're still working on stay and come. She definitely needs at least one walk a day but we found out two is even better. We're taking her to the Scottish Games where she'll get to meet some sheep live and in person. I've attached a few recent photos of her, we think she's just the cutest dog ever.

She is the love of our life!

2011-05-20T13:04:32Z

Here is an example of the average day at the house - she just loves when "her sisters" come to visit! We took stock in a tennis ball company LOL and we play with her every day. She is the love of our life! She has gone to the beach a couple times and loves to play in the water (and tries to roll on stinky stuff :-) Every day we are blessed with a new joy in something she does. She tried to herd a chipmunk the other day and it WAS NOT HAPPY! It was funny though. Her coat has grown much longer and has gotten really curly - she looks so cute when she gets out of her bath (which she doesn't mind).