Monthly Archive:: February 2014
First Day Home
I don’t know quite what I expected from this first day with our new dog, but I certainly hadn’t expected it to feel quite this… peaceful. This pup is calm and gentle and friendly; he leash-walked like a pro, he cooperated during his first sink bath, and he hasn’t made a peep yet – not
Category: Dog
“Gotcha” Day
Today’s the day Richard and I finally get to meet our new pup and bring him home.
Category: Dog
Things to Buy…
Here’s a partial shopping list I brought with us to PetSmart the night before “Gotcha Day” – the day we were to pick up our new dog: • Crate with padded liner • Warming pad • Leash and harness (Tony says Voyager or Four Paws) • Fish oil (add to food?)
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Foster Mom
I spoke at length with Keri, our (almost) new pup’s foster mom and adoption coordinator in Louisiana. Keri had lots of advice for me and had answers to all my questions. I scrambled to take notes and keep up with her. “Now barking and whining is all about attention and it’s best to deal with
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Anticipation
After nearly two weeks on the road – some of it work, some of it pleasure – this morning Richard and I are departing Savannah and heading for home. Bubbles began his journey home today, too; I check my watch and imagine that by now Rescue Road Trips has picked up from Keri, his “foster
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Frog Dog
Finally inside PetSmart for the first time ever, I take in the vastness of the store; aisle upon aisle of food and collars and bowls and toys; the “end caps” display grooming supplies, training videos, travel crates and other pet essentials. The sales floor is loaded with sales associates in blue polo shirts – seemingly
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PetSmart
“PetSmart is like Home Depot for pets,” my friend Hannah says as she pulls into a parking spot outside the giant store. I have never before set foot inside a PetSmart, and my heart rate quickens as I see people walking in and out of the store with their dogs on leashes. Even better, today
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Size Matters
I don’t have a clear idea of Bubbles’ size – a sense of just how large or small he actually is, how much room he will take up in my lap or on the seat beside me. I’ve visited Bubbles’ web page a dozen times to study his three photos, but while they give me
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Long Distance Mutt
And just what is this Mutts4Resue outfit, anyway? I figure I ought to know a bit more about this organization that put Bubbles on my radar so I go to the homepage and learn it’s a group of volunteers dedicated to saving homeless dogs who’ve been abandoned or surrendered to high-kill shelters. “Our mission is
Category: Dog