Mexi-Dogs to DC

04/05/2024

Just a quick post to let you see how well Susie is doing. She's the dog who was found in a bag on the highway in Mexico. Now she's living the good life! Thanks Melissa!

22/04/2024

22/04/2024

Hi everyone,

It has been a REALLY long time since I posted, but I promise to do better in the future. In January, I fostered four really beautiful dogs from Buscando in Comonfort and took them to DC. It was a little bit crazy as I got very sick in SMA in late January and then decided to proceed with driving the four dogs to DC myself. (Big mistake). Anyway, Enrique and I drove to Neuvo Laredo at the end of January (it took us 20 hours as the highway closed down for 10 hours). After crossing the border, renting an suv, transferring the dogs, taking the car back across the border to Enrique, and then returning to the suv - the dogs and I started out across Texas.

I'm posting a picture of the four dogs lying quietly in a Motel Six - everyone exhausted. The problem was I got sicker and sicker as the drive proceeded. Joe (my wonderful husband) finally flew into Memphis and helped me drive the last couple of days or I don't think I would have made it - I collapsed with pneumonia when we got home.

Anyway, enough about that. We had four beautiful dogs with us: Susie, Canella (Cinnamon), Maggie, and Polly (Pon). (I gave them more English names to make it easier to post in the US sites.

Canella is a beautiful cinnamon colored girl who was rescued by the shelter with her litter of puppies. All her puppies were adopted at the shelter, but she was not. She is so beautiful and so calm - she would just watch the others racing around the garden and look at me as if to say, "What a bunch of crazies!" She was adopted by a wonderful couple in Pennsylvania who wrote me recently and sent me pictures. Canella (now Pippa) looked so beautiful and so happy. They told me that she is the most beautiful, wonderful, special dog ever! I think it was a great match for both!

Maggie (Pantera) was what I always called a "low key good time girl". What a happy dog! She is a beautiful black and white girl who just seemed so happy - playing with her toys, other dogs, snuggling with humans. Really a great girl. The happiest thing happened when I was interviewing families......a couple came to see one of the other dogs - they were looking for a playmate/sibling for their energetic dog. I suggested that Maggie might be a good match and it was! Maggie and their dog raced around my backyard playing and running and then Maggie would collapse in their laps for a few snuggles. It was great. I think it was the perfect match for Maggie.

Now Susie, ah Susie - a beautiful all black small lab mix. Susie was rescued by Buscando volunteers when they noticed a bag moving on the highway. Someone had taken Susie, tied her in a bag and threw her on the highway to die. Thank goodness they saw her. She has a bent right front leg (either from a prior break or when she was born), but that doesn't stop Susie from running and paying with all the other dogs at full speed. However, Susie was extremely shy with strange humans. She was going to need patience and love to come out of her shell. (Once she got to know you, she just wanted to sit next to you and love you). Melissa was the perfect adopter for her. A high school teacher, she lives alone in her townhouse and basically wanted to just shower Susie with love and attention. She wrote me recently that they are doing great!

Polly, beautiful Polly - she was the last to be adopted and there were very few people wanting to meet her. Then I was able to take the perfect picture of her and all of a sudden, after six weeks, I had three families at once wanting to meet her. She was adopted by an older couple who had lost their dog the year before and were just waiting for the right dog to come along. Their adult children and their families live nearby and Polly is going to have a terrific life with everyone loving and caring for her.

I feel I was extremely fortunate in the matches made for these guys this spring. I'm so happy to have found them such good homes. On to July when I'll be bringing a couple more up!

Tammy (pictures coming along in a little bit)

27/09/2023

Pictures of Kali - Allie pictures coming soon!

27/09/2023

Hi Everyone,

I haven't posted in a while, but now I have great news on both of the dogs we brought up in August.

Kali, the beautiful gray dog who was rescued off the street by our friend Beatriz in SMA, had a huge amount of interest. She was adopted by Sara and her family not long after we came up to DC in mid-August. Sara and her family lives in Harrisburg, PA in a neighborhood close to other dogs, woods and trails, a creek (Kali LOVES water), other family members and lots of other things that Kali loves. It is just the best place possible for Kali and we are so grateful to Sara for giving her such a great home. You'll see from some of the pictures that Kali has "landed in clover"!.

Allie (formerly Alondra) is just the sweeting, cutest puppy and so loving. But she's young and needed some adjusting to learning to live in a home. We were able to help her get ready for her forever family during the 2-3 months we had her first in SMA and then here in DC. Allie comes from Buscando Un Hogar Comonfort - the wonderful rescue group that we are now working with. They gave her such a great start in life and made the sweet dog she is. But she's young - loves to surf the kitchen counter for food, chew on things, etc. So we needed to find just the right home for her.

You may not know that adoptions are VERY slow in DC right now. We had very few inquiries about her until last week when we had three! On Saturday I took Allie to her new home - Bob is retired and lives in Baltimore and plans to basically be with Allie 24/7. Bob is a sweet guy who is very tolerant of "puppy behavior". He's perfect for Allie. And last night we got a great update on her:

She really panicked when you left, and wasn't right for the rest of the day.
But we slept together that night, and she's ok now.
I've never bonded with a dog like this. It's like we've known each other for years!
She is just the sweetest thing, and she already loves me so much.
Everything is going to be just fine.

So happy for both of them!

Tammy

18/08/2023

Hey everyone,

Just wanted you to know that last Sunday Kali, Allie and I flew from Mexico City to New York City's JFF airport. As usual, it was an adventure. One never knows what's going to pop up each time we do this. Enrique and I left San Miguel with the dogs about midnight Saturday night. When we got to the Mexico City airport, Allie (one of the dogs) had thrown up all over the inside of her crate. The Aeromexico staff looked at me sternly and said, "Clean up that cage or she can't go on the plane!". Trust me it took a lot of paper towels in the ladies room!

We landed in New York, made it through customs, etc. and thankfully Joe was right outside waiting for us. It took many hours to get home to DC through August, Sunday afternoon, New York and East Coast traffic. Finally made it home about 10 pm that night.

BUT the good news is Allie and Kali were fine and have settled in beautifully. Kali had many families wanting her and tomorrow, we take her to her new home a couple of hours away in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Kali is such a lovely dog - I know they are going to totally adore her. They own a used bookstore and who knows? Maybe she'll end up being the store mascot.

Allie hasn't had anyone appropriate interested so far, but everyday she is turning from a wild puppy into a nicely behaved companion. We will wait and one of these days.....the perfect family will come along.

We'll keep you posted, but for now, two more US citizens!

Tammy