It's a Special Needs Foster Season

Do you remember Pebbles, the puppy that arrived from Puerto Rico with bad hind legs?  You can refresh your memory, or learn about her, here and here.  She was super, duper special needs and she's been uh-dop-ted by a pretty special mama that loves her to the moon.  

Our next foster puppies were three American Bulldog puppies that were all deaf.  They didn't know they were deaf, which was fortunate for them since their barks were ear piercing.

This is them on their ride from the AWS, all snuggled together.  Unfortunately, we learned quite early...they can't travel in a crate without pooping every.single.time!  Stinky!  

They didn't have names, so my mama and papa and Auntie Wendy got to name them.  Papa named Blanca, she was the biggest of them all and the most bulldoggie looking.

Auntie Wendy named Ivory.  She was the middle one...not too big and not too small, just about perfect.  She had a little bit of black along the edge of her left ear.

"What do you mean it's all my fault?"

Ivory is the reason the tall fence had to be put up so quickly; she was the first one to climb over the short one.

Mama named the pipsqueak Pearl.  She was just darn cute.

Here I am saying "hi" to Blanca.

They stayed with us for a couple of weeks because they got sick and couldn't get spayed when they were scheduled. They had lots (and lots) of nasty diarrhea, so had to visit the vet at the AWS.  That visit took about two hours because they were concerned about Parvo, a very serious disease and often fatal to puppies.  Thankfully, that wasn't the problem.  They came home with medicine and a very messy crate. ;o( *sigh*

Once they started feeling better, every one got a bath.

Ivory

Blanca

Pearl

They learned very quickly when it was time to eat.

They all got to run and play outside of their kennel several times a day but sadly, it was really super cold for most of the time they were with us, so they didn't get outside except for a few minutes during the whole two weeks.

Blanca and Pearl playing tug

My mama called them the three little piggies and she loved taking pictures of them all snuggled up together in a pig pile.

Ivory, Blanca, Pearl

They went back to the shelter yesterday and all got a bath before anyone interested in uh-dop-ting them could see them because they were covered in poop!  All three had new homes by the end of today.  YAY ;o)

Happy life little piggies!

Until next time...Sir Titan of Nottingham CGC TT

Salt and Pepper

These two little ones came to stay with us for a few days without names, so we called them
Salt and Pepper.  They were pretty sickly with upper respiratory infections and very skinny.  There were six in the litter and my papa said the other four were twice their size.

Mama and papa gave them medicines twice a day and fed them four times a day to fatten them up.  I don't think they weighed more than five pounds.  I heard they were very easy to care for but I didn't spend much time around them...the "littles" make me nervous.

They came on Wednesday and are going back to the AWS tomorrow.  They are going to the Paws 'n' Stripes program at the prison, where they will get one-on-one attention and obedience training, teaching them to be the best puppies ever!  After their six week en-car-sir-a-shun, they will be available for uh-dop-shun.

She has ears like the Flying Nun

Pepper found the only sunny spot!

They didn't slow down very often and mama had trouble getting their pictures.

Until next time...Sir Titan of Nottingham CGC TT

Dillie and Dovey...Southern girls visit Nottingham Fosters

These two lovelies came to us from somewhere in the south.  They are schnauzer mixes and they are super cute and sweet.  I'm a little envious of their cute whiskers.  They arrived here on June 3rd and will be with us for a couple of weeks before going to a very special uh-dop-shun event on the 17th.

Dillie

Dovey

They should be super easy to house train because after they eat, mama and papa take them outside and they pee and poop within minutes and there is very little mess in their kennel.  

My mama and papa are in love with them.  Dovey loves to chase the ball and she already knows to bring it back.  They think she would make a great Flyball participant.

They also really like my Kong toy...MY Kong toy.  Good grief, I cannot leave them unsupervised for even a minute.

These puppies are among my mama and papa's top five favorite foster puppies and they are really going to miss them when they leave.  As for me...I will have MY toy back, full of puppy slobber.

While I was having sir-juries, they got to go on a field trip to Wendy's!  It's not fair...I like Wendy's, too and I didn't get to go.  Booooooo

Until next time...Sir Titan of Nottingham CGC TT
Woof

The Irish Puppies

Jameson, Paddy, Patrick and Penny came up from the south to stay with us for a few days, before they get homes of their own. They were part of a litter of eight but my mama (being the smart one) said four of them could come to our house.  There are two boys and two girls.

They were supposed to weigh five pounds but they seem a lot bigger than that, although no one has bothered to weigh them.  My people are slacking.

They got to spend lots of time outside, chasing each other around the pen, eating sticks and leaves, getting bitten by those darn black flies and barking at me for no reason.  My mama says they just want to play but I don't have much interest in playing.  

Everything was going well until my mama and papa went to the gym and out to dinner but someone forgot to lock the gate on the puppies pen in the cellar.  If my mama had her phone and didn't get so mad when she opened the door and found them running around the cellar, she would have taken a picture.  What a mess!!!  Poop and pee, brooms laying everywhere, an open bag of dog food (explains why they weren't very hungry), a spilled container of laundry detergent and so on.  They were bad puppies but I bet they had a really good time making such a mess.  

Anyway...they arrived here on Tuesday and my mama is taking them back to the shelter on Saturday so they can get uh-dop-ted.  They will make some families very happy.

Good luck Irish puppies.

Parker, wearing the black collar

Penny

Paddy

Jamison

Penny

Here are their "mug" shots from the AWS website...

Jameson

Paddy

Patrick

Penny

Until next time...Sir Titan of Nottingham CGC TT

Woof

Spending the Night in a New Home

The puppies were packed up and taken to the PetSmart Adoption Event this morning and they were all adopted.  That means they are all sleeping with their new families tonight.  

Frank

Steve

Ashley

Sarah

Jesse James

And that's what it's all about!

Until next time...Sir Titan of Nottingham CGC TT

A Litter of Five

My mama says "it sounded good at the time".  We have five new foster babies here at Nottingham Fosters.  They came all the way from North Carolina, which is really in the south.  I'm not good at directions, but that sounds crazy.

Anyway, they arrived here bright and early this morning and they were very stinky.  I smelled a couple of them and it wrinkled my nose, so I passed on the others.  Not their fault, they rode all the way here without any stops, so they kind of had to go in their crate.  Whew-Eeee!

There are two girls, Ashley and Sarah and three boys, Frank, Steve and Jesse James.  They might be some kind of hound mix.  It was so nice here today, they got to spend the whole day in their outside pen while my mama and papa worked on firewood.  I wasn't that interested, so I wandered around the yard and took naps on my pillow.

They played and barked and ate rocks and sticks, then they wore themselves out and took a nap, too.

Apparently Ashley is a loner

Four stinky puppies

Maybe she got chilly because she decided to join the warm puppy pile.

Five stinky puppies

Mama says they are getting a bath before they come in the house.  haha, they're getting a bath...I don't get baths, I don't like them.  "huh? what?"  I might have heard something about a bath in my future, someone says I stink, too.  Whatever...

Until next time...Sir Titan of Nottingham CGC TT

Let's Name the Puppies

Although my mama and papa called the puppies Chloe and Daisy, they thought it might be fun to collect donations to the AWS Strut Your Mutt fundraiser in exchange for getting to name a puppy.  The requested donation was only $15 and yet there were NO takers, until my awesome Auntie Wendy and die-no-mite Uncle Dan stepped up with $25 donations.  THANK YOU for being so generous!

Since it's most polite to introduce ladies first but both of the puppies are girls, I'll introduce Auntie Wendy's first.  Meet Daphne (formerly Chloe and Miss Independent)!

Next, Uncle Dan's puppy...meet Daisy (formerly...Daisy), weird, huh?

 

Thank you again for making such a generous donation to our fundraiser!  

Until next time...Sir Titan of Nottingham CGC TT

 

The Dee Puppies

It's always exciting when new puppies come to Nottingham Fosters.  Today, three Doberman/lab puppies arrived.  They are only 6 weeks old and all look alike. 

 

My papa brought them home in a super large crate because he didn't know how big they would be but they aren't very big.

There are two girls and one boy, his name is Diesel but the girls don't have names yet so my mama named one Chloe and my papa named one Daisy.  They are like eye-dent-ick-l twins, very difficult to tell apart.  Well, Diesel is easy to eye-dent-if-eye cause he's a boy but the girls are super hard!  As luck would have it, Chloe has a cowlick on the back of her neck.

Here I am getting my first getting-to-know-you sniff.

They checked out the yard for awhile and then, just like babies, they got tired and took a nap. 

 

Puppies are funny, they run around, then they sleep, then they run around more, then they sleep.  AND, they like to sleep in the silliest places.  Their favorite silly place was right under my mama's and papa's chairs.

Most of the time, the three of them hang out together but the one my mama calls Miss Independent isn't afraid to check things out on her own and find her own space.

More to follow!

Until next time...Sir Titan of Nottingham CGC TT