The house is quiet.

It's strangely quiet in our house. No puppy whining to get out of her crate, begging us to let her out to go pee. No puppy playing with Bella last night. No cute little barks when she can't get off the couch or the bed. It's quiet, which is nice, yet solemnly sad.

We met with the new parents yesterday and we probably overloaded them with too  much information (lucky for them I wrote everything down). After we said our goodbyes, Gerr took the crate out of the kitchen. He couldn't bare to see it. I felt the same way. I let out a good cry and we treated ourselves to a good dinner at Terrapin Crossroads-which was amazing and I had the best Rotisserie Chicken! This place is a must try and splurge! (a bit of a background this is Phil Lesh's restaurant, they even have a venue!). Dinner was a good distraction and was filled with so many tasty bites, that i really got to escape from my emotions for an hour. When we got home, i couldn't stop tearing up; my next distraction had to be Buffy.  I got a picture of Delilah this morning. She's such a cutie.

It's going to be a while before i can mentally and physically do this again. Fostering an animal is hard work, especially if you already have a couple of furry children yearning for your attention. Of course you can't control fate and if it happens that we need to foster another pup, we will. Emotionally, it's hard to let them go, even when you've worked so hard to find them a home.  I feel like the last two weeks were a blur. I made so many phone calls and sent tons of emails and tried my best to find a good spay and talked to some great organizations. Hard frickin work. I think i just want to foster....all of the other stuff is friggin hard. Sure I made some contacts and I will definitely help them if they ever need it, but there were times that the waiting was agonizing.  Waiting to find out if someone can help get a spay or a post online etc...I just wanted this to go fast since the pup is so young and it's easy to adopt a young dog. 

ok, i'm talking too much about her...She's gone to an amazing home! With two great people who even called me later on and asked if i was ok? Who does that??? I'm very thankful they did. She's going to be happy. I can feel it.

Well, this was one of the last pictures i took with her. It was after we picked her up from her spay. Practically unaffected by surgery.

On the way to get her, we planned on going to the shooting range, but we were interrupted by a dog on the expressway. The male dog was scared, yet he was friendly and really loved getting attention from us. We called the police and Gerr even picked up the pup and put him in the back seat. We gave him over to the cop and put the pup in the back of the cop car! Didn't need a leash or anything. 

Poor guy. I hope his owner got him or at the least someone save's this boy. Seriously sweet dog. Sigh. We're hoping he's ok. 

Well I gotta boogie. Have a great day all.

Sometimes good things do happen...

I may have found a home for the pup, who i've named Delilah. now comes the hard part, finding a place that will get her spayed ASAP.  I called the couple this morning to make sure they're still in. I mean, this is a puppy with puppy dermatitis, she already has an ailment which i can only pray will go away with the treatment. We'll see though. I hope this is her home, because they've already done so much work researching and talking to trainers. I like people who are proactive and doing their research.  I can only pray they call me back with a whopping YES. I want to get the puppy fixed and hand her over to them, so she can start a brand new life with two caring people.

When they left the house yesterday,  I broke down in tears. This is hard work. I have tried my best to not get attached to her. I gave her a name because she needed one, but i tried not to make it a name I would name my own dog.  I've tried to limit my kisses and affection, but that's just not possible. I feel she needs it since she's so young. I watch her and Bella play and I can see that Bella loves her little buddy. It's also quite cute to see them lay side by side on the couch after they've tuckered each other out.  I know that having her go to another home is the best thing for her. My dog needs me.

I would love another dog one day. I think the safest thing to do is wait a year and make sure Bella doesn't get something else. How about a year of NO SURGERIES????   Help us out Higher Power....I'd also love to be in a house too; my own house. 

I hope this adoption works out. Once i hear from them, i will go on my search to get the pup fixed.

Here are some pictures for everyone to enjoy.

I'LL BE BACK TOMORROW. HOPEFULLY WITH MORE NEWS.

I want to thank www.thedogshack.org and www.coppersdream.org for helping me, advising me and assisting me with the goal to give this puppy a good life. Seriously these two small organizations have really helped me. By just offering to help me and advising me and offering to put up a listing on petfinder or even accepting the pup as part of the rescue; all of their words encouraged me. Everything they've said, offered...etc...has made me more compassionate. I hope in the future I can help them. I want to. 

By the way, the following two dogs need homes:

Bonzo

and jolie

they're both at the dogshack and they need homes.  

Thanks for reading.