Its Amazing What a Week can Do

So I have some good news and some even better news... best get started haven't I.

This time last week as I was noseying through facebook as per usual I noticed a dog posted by Flushdyke Kennels, she'd caught my eye before but having Chance I thought I best not offer to take her, a rescue will come along. After a week in the pound she was still there, I looked at the comments to see everyone from the rescue adoring her and decided to pitch in... 'I'll have her'....I think I may be slightly insane. But I got up early Monday morning to get this lovely old lady from the pound. She was nervous, as all pound dogs are, underweight and needed a good bath and brush but she seemed in good condition. I took her home to a rather surprised dad and gave her a good bath with furminater shampoo and then used a furminator on her... it's amazing what a good wash and brush can do. We decided to call her Foxy because she looks near enough identical to a fox and we've had a Foxy Roxy and a Vixen before. She was doing well but within a few days had started to show signs of kennel cough so isn't in the best condition right now. She is on antibiotics from the vet and if shes better on Thursday she will be having all her vet work done.... dental, microchip, anal glands, nails and of course neutering. 

So Foxy is an older lady (don't have an approximate age but I'd say 8+) and we think shes a corgi crossbreed. Her face is a little like a german shepherds/collies so take your guesses... shes a good old fashioned mutt and theres nothing wrong with that. She seems fully deaf so doesn't have recall, but she is very calm and well behaved. She is not fully housetrained but that can never be expected straight away, she is improving and seems to be getting used to day to day life in a home again. Its taken her a few days to destress and stop pacing around the house and she loves to curl up on the sofa and unlike every other foster dog sleeps downstairs on 'her' sofa at night. Although she does sometimes have accidents over night she will never wake you up and stays quiet all night. Foxy refuses to eat dry biscuits and will only eat wet food so is on a full tray of naturediet a day in hopes it will fatten her up. Can't say I've ever had a dog who will deny a dentastick until now! Foxy spends most of her days curled up asleep but if you move she will and she will follow you around with a look of love in her eyes. I'm sure she'll settle even more in time and I'll keep this page updated but for now here are some pictures

So the better news? On Friday Chance went to his *fingers crossed* forever home with a retired couple and their 13 year old crossbreed. Although he has just gone on a weeks trial I can't see him returning to us and the couple seemed very happy to have him join their family. I'm sure he will be so happy and loved in his perfect home :) 

Lucy, Foxy, Mr Binx, Tinks and Sal x

Beach Trip

Fostering isn't just about feeding a dog, giving him a shelter, that is just a tiny amount of what it is. In reality fostering is bringing a dog who can't remember the meaning of life and teaching them what it is all about. Teaching them life isn't all bad and everyone isn't out to get them. The other day we took Chance to the beach. We don't know if he's ever been before but at least now we can cross it off his bucketlist and Sallys who at the age of 12 has never seen the beach (what terrible owners we are!).

Although we have said in his new home Chance must not be off lead, we trust him and know that he will follow us around like a shadow and as far as it goes a beach is a safe place for a dog. There are only 2 ways to run, the other is the sea or cliffs. He didn't seem to fond of the sea, he avoided it at all costs but to see the smile on his face as he ran across the rocks... that kind of thing is priceless. He did have a moment where he went to explore the rocks by the cliff and decided it was time to play deaf with us but it didn't take much catching up to him to get him to follow us again. Sometimes we think Chance may be hard of hearing then other times he answers straight away so he is definitely very selective! At one point he was prancing around with a labrador off lead and when we shouted him he came back to us with a big grin on his face. Chance loves meeting new dogs. As long as they are calm and friendly he shows them a great deal of respect right back and does enjoy their company which is why he does need to be rehomed with another dog preferably. 

The longer Chance is here the more I fall for him, I don't want to keep him before anyone says I can't adopt another but I am starting to love the way he looks at me sometimes with his tail wagging then gives me a big kiss and growls back when I talk to him. I love the way he rests his head on my knees when he wants a stroke. I love how on a walk he shows that he can smile and that he has the happiest smile in the world. I love how happy he is now compared to when he first came. This is why I cannot understand why the right people have not come forward yet. He is what some people would call the perfect dog yet he's still waiting and will wait until the perfect home comes forward... not just any home but the perfect one for Chance!