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 

  

Thankful for the Opportunity to Foster

Hello Fans

Wow I can't believe that it has been one full week since I got to the Lady's house.
I am really coming along...
I can walk on my leash without too much silliness, I get a bit frightened by cities buses. Those things are really big and noisy, went I get scared I either come to a complete stop or I try to run and that Lady just says...

"It's OK...easy...It's OK" 

But as soon as I see that the rest of the pack, Tiny Emma, Mollie and Jake are cool then I settle down again.  I really love the walks we take.   

I only have had four accidents in the Lady's house going potty.  It's really cold here but I'm working hard to teach the Lady when I need to go outside and then shake off the cold and do my business outside.

I sleep with the Lady, Gema the cat and Tiny Emma Stone every night and we get up very early and the Lady gets dressed and we go outside and every morning I go potty, good girl that I am. 

Yesterday I met the Lady's Mom and Dad, and I liked the Dad guy a lot.  We watched football and I really loved sitting on his lap.  I was a bit more unsure of the Lady's daughter and her friend cuz they are kind of noisy and I don't like loud voices too much.  But I really liked the special dinner we got.  We had a bit of cheesy potatoes mixed in with our dinner and that was very cool,  

I have also learned to "sit" and I do the coolest trick .... dancing on my back feet for treats..I love treats.  Jerky and Chicken are my favorites and I will work really hard to get them. 

What a very very good dog

Paying very close attention

My most special trick 

I am very gentle taking my treats too

Everyone waiting their turn

So there you have it, I am a very good dog, I'm  really really little only seven pound of wonderful dog!

So forever family I just waiting with the Lady for you to come and meet me and take me to my Forever Home.

Jasmine LeeAnn