Do I have a story for you!!!!

Well a lot has happened since the last time the the Lady and I spoke with you..A whole lot!

Last Thursday at about 10:15 AM I went outside with my foster sister's Tiny Emma Stone, Mollie Maie and that Dude Jake.  The Lady was watching from the door..she asked me if I wanted to come in...

I said "No thanks goin to hang out here" 

Can you say big mistake HUGE!

The Lady went back to her desk for just a few minutes and when she came back I was GONE....Just like the new movie..Gone Girl

 

"Like this monster came in the yard and scared me and I scooted right out under the gate.."

Next thing I knew I was running down the most scary ally in the whole world and these HUGE MEAN DOGS where barking at me...

" Hey you come over here and I will eat you" 

" Yeah you silly little girl I don't think you belong out here"

I didn't know what to do but RUN!!!

" So I ran like a thousand miles...everything was so strange and so scary and so big and so mean and so scary...did I say scary all ready? " 

In the mean time...like five minutes later the Lady started to look for me and she was crying and calling me and starting to get people to help her find me.  

People in Chicago and New York City and Hartland Wisconsin started posting on Craig's List and Lost Dogs Wisconsin and Riverwest Neighborhood on Facebook and Calling the Police and Calling the Humane Society and the Lady was crying and she had like a million flyers made and she was putting them up everywhere and crying and going door to door and asking everyone to help her find me and crying.

"There were cars like everywhere and I was lost and I couldn't find the Lady or Mollie or Jake or Tiny Emma Stone and I was so scared...So I hid under a car that was parked on the street."

Then at about 3:00 PM this nice Lady was going to get her daughter from school and she saw me and she called on all these angels to help me.

When the angels came it took about five of them to get me out from under the car!  And they were so very nice to me they took me out of the cold and they gave me a bath and some food and they keep telling me it would be OK and I was so scared!

Now the angels started posting on Riverwest Neighborhood Associations Facebook page that they had found a little white and tan Chihuahua that was the nicest dog they had ever met...And the Lady, remember was out putting up flyers and crying and going door to door.  But remember she had people in Chicago and New York City and the Whole Wide World monitoring Craig's List and Lost Dog Wisconsin and Facebook.  It was our upstairs neighbor Ali in Chicago (she goes to school there two days a week) that called the Lady at 6:30 and said 

"I think the Good People in Riverwest found her!!!"

And the Lady cried 

And everyone from around the world stated to rejoice and the Lady went home and posted pictured of me on the Riverwest Facebook page so the angels could be certain she was my Foster Lady and then I went home to the Lady and Mollie and Jake and Tiny Emma Stone.

Now the moral of this story is NEVER EVER EVER go outside without the Lady...It was all the fault of the Lady...bad Foster Mom..

I will NEVER EVER EVER RUN AWAY AGAIN Because the Lady goes out in the yard with me and she chases all the monster away!

So forever family I am waiting for you to come and take me to my forever home.  I am so very very cute!

Say good-bye and Say hello

Hello Fans
Going to take a quick minute to say a fond farewell to our friend Jasmine / Wynnipeg Jones! On Sunday Linda and Dave came and made our friend a permanent member of their family

I have myself a home

Say good-bye!

I would like you all to say hello to our newest pack-member Ms Yolanda, who we call Yo-Yo 

Yo-Yo is great with all the dogs, Tiny Emma Stone, Mollie and Jake...she is also very good with Gema the cat.  We took a quick walk last night after she arrived and she did pretty darn good on leash.  She slept with me last night and we have only had one accident in the house... We will continue to work on that.  

She is very playful and plays well with Tiny Emma, and entertains herself with toys too!  She likes to sleep in a chair next to my desk, or behind my chair on the floor.  She is really little...smaller the Gema the cat, but Gema is a big ol fat cat!  She is brave in the yard and so far a really good girl.  Yo-Yo has a cute little under-bite...

Just wanted to get some info out there on our newest little friend and let you know she is so very sweet and very funny too...So if you are looking for a new family member to your home for the holidays Yo-Yo Yolanda would love to be your Holiday Girl!

What very big eyes I have...

And such a cute face

Just a bit of a thing Yo-Yo Yolanda is

Me and My Kong hangin behind the Lady's desk chair

Yup got myself my berry own seat 

So there you go, stop back and get to know me better...

I'll be waiting

Yo-Yo Yolanda and the Lady 

The Resilience of Dogs

The true and honest resilience of dogs never ceases to amaze me.
Little Jasmine(who I have fondly re-named Wynnipeg Jones just because it fits her so fine) is a wonder. 

She calls me Wynnipeg Jones one of those fine girls from Bama!

Wynnie for short cuz I am

Short!

Tomorrow it will be two weeks since she arrived.  She had lived with some kind of pack with some kind of backyard breeder.  She was dumped in a shelter with 3 of her pack-mates.  She stayed for a bit with one of the saviors of the south waiting for a ride north.  

She was just starting to settle in there and the next thing she knows she and her friends are in and out of cars for two days heading north.  

When she arrives here she is promptly bathed by strangers and the next thing she knows she is separated from her pack and then a new stranger picks her up.  

I couldn't even get her to come out of the crate to me. I had to tip it and slowly pull the towel she was on out.  She was so scared she was just shaking. 

I put here in a sweater and take her out in the cold into yet another car for another hour ride.  Next thing she knows she is meeting three new dogs...two are just huge and one is very bossy and kind of silly

Jake the Giant 

 

Sweet Mollie Mae 

 

Tiny Emma Stone that other fine girl from Bama!

And she gets to meet one crazy cat..We hang out for a bit, go to bed, and she is very relieved to learn she gets to sleep with me. The next day she starts to learn the new routine and rules. 

She's learning to potty outside, starts on basic commands sit, stay, off, and to walk on a leash. Fast forward two weeks. 

Jasmine Aka Wynnie comes when she is called, most of the time...

Sits nearly every time she is asked for a treat or for her dinner. 

Understands that off is off the bed, off the sofa, off when she is jumping up on my leg...

She is so good on her leash and I walk Tiny Emma Stone, Mollie, Jake and Jasmine Aka Wynnie and on most days I also have Stella our neighbor that comes here for doggie day care.  

She has leaned that her place on the walk in up in front of me with Tiny Emma Stone and Stella if she is with us, while Jake and Mollie follow behind.

  

She understand "wait"  we wait for another pack-mate to smell or pee, we wait at each corner. 

She understands "over" because we are such a large pack when we meet people coming down the city sidewalk we move "over" and we "wait" for the people to go by.

  

We have had only 4 maybe 5 potty accidents in the house and not one in the past four days!  

Don't ya just know it

Me and Big Ol Jake tonight after our walk

And to think this dude scared me!

Not no more! 

RESILIENCE: She is happy,  she is smart and she will make someone an incredible darlin' companion, she'll give ya love and understandin' that darlin companion!

The Lady