Camp Cocker Rescue Foster Team

05/11/2023

Golden hour on this last dusk before we change clocks tonight and have early evenings. A beautiful 78* and a gorgeous Freddie!

01/11/2023

Happy Halloween! Love, Lion Freddie!

22/09/2023

Foster Freddie is oh so happy that it's Friday! He knows foster mama and papa take him on adventures all weekend 🤩

18/08/2023

This is sweet senior pup, Freddie. We call this window our "foster window" where all our fosters gaze out wondering if their forever people will ever find them. Our own personal dog never ever did this, but 100% of our foster dogs have, which is how the window got its name.

Freddie is a dream. We absolutely love having him in the house. But we know he deserves a home of his own. In the meantime, we love spending time with this perfect gentleman!

https://www.campcocker.com/freddie

17/08/2023

Did everyone see the puppy DNA results Camp Cocker posted?!

I think we all guessed right that these puppies are 100% cuteness ;)

16/08/2023

Puppy socialization time!! Though puppies can't put their feet on the ground until vaccinated, it's extremely important to expose them to every day life safely, and that's where these pet strollers come in very handy!!

These silly pups do so good on their morning walk! 🤩

15/08/2023

Happy tongue out Tuesday everyone!

Aren't puppy tongues the absolute best!!? And an you believe how big Cookie's puppies are getting?!

17/07/2023

Sweet Freddie is such a good boy! Before this heat wave hit, we took him out to lunch with us and he was a perfect companion! He was so well mannered and sat so nicely, even though foster-mama forgot his little mat to lay on. Oh no!

Everyone was so taken by this sweet, quiet, well-mannered pup. Freddie is super easy to fall in love with. It's finding him an active home that understands his strict heart healthy diet, lifetime of meds, and potentially shortened life span because of his "broken" heart that is tricky, but he is SOOOO worth every ounce of effort.

Love you Freddie!

16/07/2023

Cuddle monkey alert!! Freddie wasn't bothered that we were up and about cleaning and couldn't be his lap. He found the pillow and cuddled away. He is such a sweet boy!

https://www.campcocker.com/freddie

09/07/2023

Freddie is SO PERFECT! And simply because nothing can be truly perfect, this wonderful boy has mitral valve disease :/ He still is projected to have a handful of years left, but it will undoubtedly pose a challenge to adoption.

But here's hoping someone will take a chance on this perfect puppers and love him just the way he is!

Love you Freddie! 😍

29/04/2023

Sweetest Nellie Belle just had a vet check up. Two weeks ago, this little one had a mass removed from her throat, cherry eye surgery, a dental, a and a biopsy on a little oral mass.

She has been in her "party hat" for two weeks, and here we are, stitches out, pre-bath enjoying the lovely evening breeze!

We enjoy fostering Nellie Belle SOOO much, but we are incredibly saddened that no one wants this "perfect" dog, just because she is a senior :/

But we make sure to tell her every day just how beautiful, lovely, and perfect she is! 🤩

15/04/2023

Poor grandma Nellie Belle had a big day with FOUR procedures 🤕 Nellie Belle had her dental with only 1 extraction (yay!), but her cherry eye surgery will likely cause some bruising, and the mass removal from her chin/throat area was also a bit involved.

After those three planned procedures, the vet noticed a little mass on NB's lip, so she got a little punch biopsy and stitches there too 😪

Please keep Nellie Belle in your thoughts as she recovers from this BIG day 💜

12/04/2023

Nellie Belle is oh so cute with her hair that has grown in after treating some simple allergies. Nevertheless, NB is getting groomed today in preparation for her next big surgery on Friday.

Grandma Nellie will be getting a mass removed from her throat, cherry eye surgery, and a dental! Eeek, that's a lot! We want to make sure she is comfortable, and shorter hair can help with that! But I'll let you in on a little secret. Nellie Belle is adorable no matter what her haircut looks like! 😍

10/04/2023

Sweet Nellie Belle loves a casual stroll through a park, or anywhere, really! This sweet pup is a dream on leash, is loving, friendly to all, and all around perfect.

But so many people are unwilling to take a chance on a senior dog. It is such a shame, because she is that "perfect" dog everyone dreams of, she is just not the "perfect" age 😪

Maybe someone out there will recognize that grandma dogs need homes too, and will take a chance on this lovely gal 🩷

https://www.campcocker.com/nellie-belle

06/04/2023

Nellie Belle, I don't think that's how you do yoga! 😴 Hehehe!

25/03/2023

The sun is finally out! Worst winter in CA for many years, even decades! But Mrs. Nellie Belle is ecstatic to be in the sunshine again!! 🌞

21/02/2023

Nellie Belle is an absolute dream in public. She loves to be with her people, meet new people, and meet new pups! And she doesn't make a peep. She is always the best behaved pup around.

How on earth did this gem lose her family?! She might actually be the perfect pup. ♥️

Nellie Belle has her next surgery scheduled at the beginning of March. Please keep your fingers and paws crossed for a smooth surgery and a speedy recovery! 🤞

27/01/2023

Sweet Nellie Belle is SUCH a good girl. She is all love, and no drama.

We are so lucky to be fostering her until she finds her forever home.

This little one has some upcoming surgeries to get her all cleaned up from a life of neglect. But you would never know it from meeting her. She is a happy gal who loves life!

27/01/2023

Anyone in the greater Los Angeles area that wants to learn more about fostering, we are here for it!! ♥️

Who wants to GIVE BACK and be of service?

Do you live in the general Los Angeles area?
Have you been thinking about how you can support animal rescue?

Camp Cocker Rescue is looking to welcome new foster home volunteers! Fostering is NOT easy, it is inconvenient, you have to potty train and work on other issues to help prepare a dog for adoption. Fostering requires a great deal of patience and flexibility on your part.

Foster home volunteers do it for the love of giving back to the dogs we rescue. This is a no-strings-attached one way gift of your time to the dogs you will be fostering.

People often say "oh I could never foster, I will get attached". If you can reframe your perspective and instead view it as "I am dog sitting for a friend's dog, I cannot keep this dog, it will get adopted and has a future forever home".

You will be of service, being part of that dog's rescue journey to help prepare the dog for adoption. Sure, you will be sad when the day comes and the dog gets adopted. But guess what? There will be another dog needing your nice foster home and you can start all over again, to change the life of another homeless dog!

Status of Camp Cocker dogs looking for foster homes as of right now.

We have four dogs with Rover sitters (we pay about the same per day, per dog as we would if the dogs were in a boarding facility).

Those dogs are:

Bagel - he had orthopedic surgery on his fractured leg on 12/22/22. He is doing well now, will need eight week post op x-rays at the end of February and needs to get neutered at that time. Bagel was rescued from the Riverside, CA animal shelter. Bagel might actually be mostly potty trained - what a surprise bonus that is!

Coco - one of the puppy mill dogs from South Korea. She is struggling to get the hang of potty training (most of our South Korea dogs struggle with learning to go on grass, and either prefer to potty on cement or potty indoors). Coco needs to get a dental at some point, not urgent. Depending on where she ends up finding a foster home or finds an adopter, we will sponsor her dental.

Bonnie - also one of the puppy mill dogs. She was in a foster home and is losing it tomorrow (her foster parents experienced changing work schedules and can no longer foster her). Bonnie also struggles with potty training. She had a dental last month with several extractions. Tomorrow she is getting an oral fistula repair surgery (to close up the area where one of her extractions was). She is also getting a half of a mastectomy tomorrow. She is going to be going to a Rover sitter tomorrow, until a foster home can be found.

Mary - also one of the puppy mill dogs. Mary is getting adopted on February 20th (so this is a short term foster home need). Mary has one remaining tooth that needs to be extracted and we are trying to get her scheduled for that extraction. Also struggling with potty training.

Minnie and Mabel - two three to four month old mixed breed puppies that we committed to in December. They were rescued by some good samaritans. They are not potty trained and do not know how to walk on a leash. We are taking Minnie and Mabel into Camp Cocker on Saturday. As of right now, we have no foster homes for either one.

Ideally, we would like to find a foster home for each one so we can split them up asap. Littermate syndrome is a real concern and they are at that age where if they remain together, it is going to affect their confidence building. They are very timid and shy dogs, but people and dog friendly. They both need to get spayed as well.

If you want to share about these dogs on your own social media, please refer anyone interested in becoming a foster home volunteer to read the foster home process at:

CampCocker.com/fostering

In general, it is easier for us to have our foster homes be somewhat local to the Los Angeles region.

All of these dogs are also available for adoption (except for Mary, who has adopters committed to her already). Adopters do not necessarily need to be in the Los Angeles area. Serious adoption inquires please be sure to read the adoption process at:

CampCocker.com/adoptionprocess

Thank you for spreading the word!

18/11/2022

It's our sweet Loretta's last night with us (in her foster home) before going to her forever home tomorrow. She just figured out the teepee is all hers ♥️

This teddy bear come to life is one of our favs. We are going to miss her soooooo much.

Thank you for letting us spoil you these last 2 months 🐶

Happy tails Loretta! 😁😭

11/11/2022

If anyone in the greater Los Angeles area has been curious about fostering, now is the time! We are here for any questions you may have. Don't be shy! :)

04/11/2022

Blind dog plays hide and seek.
Shhhhh! Don't tell her it isn't big enough! ♥️

Sweet, blind Loretta has found herself a forever home that she will be traveling to in a couple weeks! This amazing couple had a blind dog that passed away recently, and they understand that blind dogs deserve love too!

We are so thankful for people who take chances on perfectly imperfect pups!

We have truly fallen in love with Loretta and came very close to "foster failing" (aka adopting her ourselves). She is a true gem of a pup!

We are so happy she has found a forever home for her golden years ♥️

20/10/2022

This boy has been on cuteness overload today! 😍

Linus is a young, fun, energetic, healthy pup. I can't believe he hasn't broken the internet with adoption applications!

12/10/2022

Who can resist that face?! 😍

10/10/2022

Linus is the cutest, silliest puppy monkey! He may be somewhere between 3 to 5 (?) but in many ways he is just a puppy.

This boy was rescued in terrible condition. It appears he was likely neglected in a concrete or dirt backyard, and hasn't had many "normal" social experiences a dog his age should have. Grass was foreign to him, the groomer said his front nails looked like they had spent significant time digging on a hard surface, he was WAY malnourished, and was left to the fleas to feast on him. He has been afraid and barked at many household items, like mops, boots, leashes, squeaking toys etc. But this remarkable resilient pup quickly adapts to these foreign objects and experiences! In just a week he has gone from being afraid of the leash to being sooo excited by it. He is so easy to walk on leash now too. What a quick learner! You CAN do hard things Linus!

Linus is also very playful, and still very mouthy like a puppy, likely because he didn't have mama or littermates to correct his mouthy behavior. We are working in it, but he would probably do best in a house without young kids who might be frightened by a dog putting their hands in his mouth.

He is truly loving and wants every person and dog to be his BFF. He will wiggle with his whole body when he sees someone, and he will sing a song to let you know he wants to go meet the other pups he sees ♥️

We are so thankful that Linus has quickly adapted to being in a home, and that he has been so brave with all these new experiences that are now old news for him!

Whose the goodest boy?! Linus is!

https://www.campcocker.com/linus

09/10/2022

Gorgeous Loretta is totally blind and can't see how pretty she is, so we tell her every single day just how beautiful she is! 😍♥️

05/10/2022

Sweet Loretta here!

Isn't she ADORABLE!? This little lady gained a puppy-monkey foster brother who is a wild love bug. It makes us appreciate how PERFECT Loretta is even more!

Loretta is fully house trained, and low maintenance. She LOVES being pet and will turn into mush in your lap, but she is also more than happy to do her own thing.

The best thing? When you walk in the door, she makes you feel like a million bucks! She gets sooooo happy to "see" you again, her little wiggle butt goes a million miles per hour. ♥️

https://www.campcocker.com/loretta

23/09/2022

Sweetest blind Loretta is slowly mapping out the house. Her sense of smell and hearing are very good, so she has been getting around pretty well.

We are thrilled that she hasn't had any potty accidents in the house and appears to be potty trained. YAY!

Just more good things going for this gal 🤗

19/09/2022

Sweet Loretta may be blind, but she has 473,839,293,957 other things going for her! She is just the sweetest, quietest, gentlest, cuddliest yet independent, all around well rounded puppers. She was an angel in the bath, she shares her food and toys nicely....there just aren't enough words in the english language to describe all her wonderful traits!

Nevertheless, being a blind doggy makes her harder to adopt. And microchip records have her at potentially 8.5 to 9 years old. (The shelter estimated 14 years of age, but they just guess, and she definitely seems much younger than 14!)

However old she might be, she deserves every bit of love that comes from a true FOREVER home. Until she finds that (🤞), we will love her and spoil her like the very good girl she is!

https://www.campcocker.com/loretta

12/08/2022

These two are so funny! They love heights!

They have been with us 24 hours and little Luigi has struggled to settle. He looks to Winnie for comfort and follows her around. If she stops moving, he feels like he can settle ♥️ But these pups just lost their home, were scavenging on the streets, and then at a stressful shelter 😥 They earned the right to be a little confused.

But both of them seem most at ease when they find a bit of elevation. They found their way up onto the fireplace and mini ottoman all on their own 😍 How cute is that!

11/08/2022

Newbie alert!! These two just busted out of the shelter today! They seem to have bonded in the kennel and are very cute together!

Stay tuned for more updates on Luigi and Winnie!

24/07/2022

We are temporarily watching Teddy while his usual foster family is tied up, and oh boy what a treat! This boy is such a gem! It's unbelieve that Camp Cocker doesn't have hundreds of applications on this fella!

He is perfectly imperfect like all dogs are. He probably would benefit from a home with a doggy door and he seems happiest if he can have a potty break less than every 4 hours or so. Aside from that, his temperament is BEAUTIFUL! Playful, happy, yet mellow. What more could you ask for?!

https://www.campcocker.com/teddy

24/07/2022

Sweet Robbie is in a trial foster to adopt home! On his last night with us, we gave Robbie a bath and had a family cuddle session.

This little one won our hearts ♥️ We won't soon forget sweet Robbie bear, the dog that loves everyone and wants nothing more than to cuddle!

Happy tails cutie pie!

25/06/2022

Sweet Robbie got groomed today! And he won the heart of the groomer in an instant! He melted into her lap upon arrival, and was a sweet gentleman through the whole grooming! He even started snoring at one point 😂

Good boy Robbie! You were so brave!

25/06/2022

Sometimes it's hard to believe Robbie isn't a doll 😍

21/06/2022

Who is the most loving dog? Robbie is!!

This sweet boy loves nothing more than cuddling in his people's laps.

When said laps are occupied by evil work laptops (🤪) he gladly lays next to you and stares at you lovingly while you work 😍

19/06/2022

Another Robbie "pupdate"!

Robbie's culture results came back and it's such a good thing that a culture was taken! Robbie has several bacterias at play at his infected a**l glad rupture site, and neither of his antibiotics are able to treat one of the more stubborn bacterias which is resistant to both drugs! 😬

Robbie's meds have been adjusted and we anticipate his wounds will start healing even better now!

Robbie can come out of his sterile x-pen, he no longer needs daily warm water bum soaks, and after about 3 more weeks of meds we hope he will be 100% back to normal! Woohoo!!

THANK YOU to everyone who sent Robbie well wishes! ♥️

16/06/2022

Robbie "pupdate"!

Oh Happy Day! After a solid week of not walking, Robbie has pep in his step once again!!

Robbie walked himself outside for potty breaks, was full of smiles and tail wags, twirls, and he has even wanted to play and give kisses all day! ♥️ We haven't seen his spark for so long and we are so glad it's back!

We hope this means the infection is starting to ease up and he is on the mend! 🙏

We are not out of the woods yet, so please keep the healing thoughts coming! Thank you ♥️

13/06/2022

Another Robbie update (the puppers with the largest satelite dish in the world!)

Poor Robbie was still feeling miserable this morning, and he started bleeding again 😭

We rushed him back to the vet, and they confirmed his initial wound is infected 😪

Robbie had to be sedated AGAIN so that they could clean up the wound, and take a sample for a culture to figure out why the antibiotic he is on is not working. He has been kept in a pretty sterile environment on x-pen rest so the doctor's guess is something in Robbie's makeup is causing this infection to grow even though he is on antibiotics. The culture helps identify the best course of treatment going forward.

Robbie is now back onto pain meds (he was on an NSAID before, but they added a stronger drug to this) and he has a second antibiotic to take. This could take 4 weeks to clear out.

Also, this second visit cost 4x the initial visit! That's a double ouch for Robbie and the Camp Cocker Rescue funds! 😬 But Robbie is so worth it, and we hope Camp Cocker supporters agree 🙏

This poor boy is the sweetest and doesn't deserve all this pain.

Please send good vibes Robbie's way. This little one needs all the help he can get in the healing department. ♥️

11/06/2022

Robbie update: Sweet little Robbie is still not feeling himself after a scary a**l glad rupture this week.

His appetite is good, which is a good sign, but he's not really been interested in walking around or being his spunky, happy self.

We can't wait for this little dude to heal and be enthusiastic about life again!

Today is his last day of pain meds, and he has 5 more days of antibiotic treatment. But something tells me he might need a little more help with pain management beyond today. We will keep an eye on him and return to the vet if we see him still feeling crummy tomorrow.

🤞 For this sweet little pup!