Dogs' Tales & Travels
I have some pet stories to share with you. For those of you not wanting to add more pets to your home, yet want to help with adoptions, transporting may be for you. Usually on a Saturday and/or Sunday, two to four hours of your time and vehicle can mean the difference of life or death to rescue & shelter dogs....Check out Chip's story in the bottom paragraph.
Agnes, my senior Lab mix who needs a home, is terrified of thunderstorms. During Thursday's storm, with the lightening cracks, poor Agnes trembled more than I had previously noticed plus hyperventilated. Little Margie came over, apparently checking on Agnes - she licked Aggie's mouth as puppies do to mothers. Later, I noticed her staying with Agnes next to the sofa - keeping her little caregiver eyes and paws on her senior friend. Anthropomorphizing? Perhaps - but Margie's actions were very deliberate. Sweet to see.
Lady Bug is a new addition to Silverwalk. She came from a rescue in Jefferson City, driven here by a very caring woman who fosters and transports shelter and rescue dogs. Ruth wondered how I was able to get the dogs to go into their crates. It is where they are fed. Friday morning, I was not moving quickly enough for Lady Bug. She came to me twice - standing on her hind legs, giving my arm a lick as I was at the computer. The second time I got it - time to eat for Lady Bug! I followed her into the dining room where she went directly into her crate, waiting, not quite like the Plant in "Little Shop of Horrors," to FEED ME. Now, Lady Bug doesn't like to stay in her crate when she is done but she knows where the goodies get handed out :). Lady Bug, too, needs a home. She is a "double Beagle." Someone loved her too much, rewarding her with food so she is now about twice the size she should be. She is on a diet, is housebroken and has me, too, well trained to her need to go outside, is quiet and likes to lay next to me in the recliner, which is where she is in the photo.
It does take a village to rescue and re-home dogs and cats. Saturday morning, I witnessed an entire village in one place as I took Chip, one of the semi-feral Beagle mixes here, to his transport meet-up. Alanna Downey, who runs Voice for the Unspoken, regularly transports rescued dogs north to rescues who have room as well as to breed rescues. Saturday morning, two groups of about 4 vehicles each, were transporting
about 40 dogs and puppies to increased adoption opportunities. Chip, by this evening, should be at Homeward Bound Rescue, a no-kill 501c3 rescue in Albertville, MN. A foster there, as I understand, specializes in feral dogs. Chip is well on his way to socialization but still needs lots of work as does his brother Monk, who currently remains at Silverwalk. Village, indeed - remember Ruth, who brought me Lady Bug? Ruth drove part of the transport for Chip's group. His transport made room for Lady Bug. Thanks, village!
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