Linda took our foster dog Calvin to Cuddle Club last week and he was wonderful, although a little surprised to be separated from his littermate Hobbes for even an hour or so. I’m glad he was able to bring some joy. Calvin and Hobbes are still available for adoption and are a wonderful bonded pair for anyone interested through HSNB.org.
Shea visited the house under renovation again today when he was out and about. To my glee, the three sliding doors went in, as well as a lot of the windows.
Fosters Lilibet and Miller will be going to Muttville later this month, but I’m sure glad we got to spend some time with them and gave them a lot of outdoor time when we could since they weren’t getting out as much as possible at the shelter given time constraints and such a need for so many animals to be adopted. I love seeing Miller look and navigate like a real dog without all that matting!
Lilibet can be clumsy and assertive, but she also has a tender side. She is cuddling with both Calvin and Hobbes at different times here and there’s a precious picture of Calvin resting his head on her. Meanwhile, Miller is enjoying his new matt-free body by stretching himself out on the bed and couch.
Men’s row this morning had views of the women’s team boat again. This first shot of coxswain Tori Lin is my favorite this year so far. She was in this position naturally, but I made her pose this way again for the effect.
Bonnie and Snoopy joined us at Steve and Greg’s to celebrate Steve’s 58th birthday. We didn’t even know that it was also our friend Christian’s 35th birthday. Happy birthday gents!
First full day with Miller and Lilibet. We still have fosters Calvin and Hobbes and of course our permanent residents Snoopy and Bonnie.
Update from Miso (now Perry) who is doing well in Twin Peaks, San Francisco.
Was able to take pictures of the women’s team from the men’s boat. The strait was very choppy so the Skills boat stayed in the marina.
After very frustrating delays, we swung by the house under renovation when a neighbor advised us that they were putting windows up finally, which includes sliders. I’m so relieved. Some of these pictures I took by putting my camera over the fence and had to look at them afterwards. Even the half circle above the front door is installed!
Here are pictures with our other foster dog we met today. She is probably a Corgie mix and an even older senior than Miller. She is also obviously much lower maintenance when it comes to grooming. After some sniffing with the others, she managed to snuggle in the dog bed with Snoopy.
I’ll probably call her “Lilly” for brevity. These are the pictures from her adoption profile.
Here she is greeting Lil Man at the shelter:
I heard about two senior dogs at our shelter (HSNB dot org) that could use some home time, including one that desperately needed grooming. The soonest Miller could be groomed was three days away, so I offered to at least do that. Having recently transferred one foster to Muttville and with another foster adopted out recently, we decided to meet Miller and Lisibet today to at least give them a break from the shelter. “Lily” is even more senior than Miller.
These are before, during, and after pictures of Miller, the most matted dog I’ve ever groomed. Shea was super helpful and was in charge of the bath with his homemade soap!
BEFORE:
DURING:
AFTER:
This was the appeal for Miller to be groomed:
This was Miller playing with Lil Man at the shelter before I met him: