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)
