April 2025 Dogs
Category Archives: Pets
Chop and Drop Gardening Ensues
I love it when Snoopy crouches like this as he’s engaged in chewing on something like he is here (a twig). I saw foster Jonah do something similar today in a sort of copycat fashion, but I didn’t have the camera ready in time. Snoopy is quite the character and loves visiting his previous home, which will soon enough be his permanent home again.
The contractor had me put a ton of potted plants up in the tiers but it was getting a little messy, especially since I didn’t have access for a few months. I’m always impressed with the height of some of the plants that I barely touched. The succulents grew so tall and leaned over in some cases from their sheer weight. I pruned a bunch of them and put them in positions that will hopefully stabilize them.
We did even more gardening at the house under renovation today, clearing a major path and really ticking up the chop-and-drop method that I have come to love, which is optimal when you have curious animals stepping on the clippings. Shea really got a workout shoveling some of the erosion, so he certainly earned the desserts he’s picking up at the store right now! We went with Snoopy and Bonnie and the foster dogs wearing their “Adopt Me” vests because we thought we’d go to Wardlaw Dog Park afterward, but they had such a great time exploring in that yard, and we were so tired after gardening that we just came back to relax at the rental.
March 2025 Dogs
Snoopy giving visitor Moxie the cold shoulder:
Cat on a hot tin roof:
New Foster Jonah!
New foster Jonah from HSNB is available for adoption. This very sweet and adorable wired-hair terrier mix adult has been with us for a few days and is a joy to have around. He plays with our other two fosters, the litter mates Calvin and Hobbes, as well as Snoopy. He’s growing on Bonnie as well, and I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before he wins her over.
Video compilation of Jonah’s first days while we foster him and his interactions with Bonnie and Snoopy and the other two fosters, Calvin and Hobbes.
Grooming Zorro and Peanuts 2025
My friend Jeannette brought over two of her dogs to get groomed. Zorro was moving around too much for me to take pictures of him after he was groomed, but in this video you can see him and his father, Peanut, who now have their summer cuts ready to go.
Lazy Sunday at Rental
Calvin going for a ride around more than once on the top of the garden chair and over my shoulder.
This video starts with foster Calvin and blind Bonnie on the hill and ends up with new foster PeeWee on my lap. He is settling in well as he just needed a break from being crated at the shelter. What a beautiful doxie mix he is! Available for adoption right now at HSNB!
PeeWee Visits for a Spell
“Auntie Mei! Thank you for paying for me to be groomed out of your own pocket before taking me to my new foster daddies Shea and Joe! They say I smell like a rose!” – Foster dachshund PeeWee in Vallejo is available at Humane Society of the North Bay. He came in with another dog from a family that could no longer take care of them and the other dog has already been adopted.
PeeWee getting to know the backyard:
Visiting Perrito in Twin Peaks
It was wonderful to see Perrito (Perry) fka Miso thriving in his new home after Shea and I dropped off three senior fosters at Muttville In San Francisco today, which was bittersweet. The house of fosters is a hell of a lot quieter now. Our former foster Perry, who we had earlier this year, is living it up in Twin Peaks. My camera phone really sucked, but part of it was because Perry was so excited to see us after initially barking to protect his new dominion.
Last video with Three Muttville Fosters
Here is the content on Muttville’s site for these three fosters (Iris, Lilibet and Miller):
Shelter Volunteers Visit Fosters
Super volunteers Mei and Adrienne came to visit some of our foster dogs who are going to Muttville next week. Iris, Miller and Lilibet will all be going to San Francisco and will find new homes within a week or so based on their incredible adoption rates.
