No bad dogs

As Mrs. Woodhouse used to say: "no bad dogs".  And this is what we find from our foster-dog program.  It's so rewarding to get to know the different personalities of the dogs.  And each one is so very different.


We're on our fourth foster now with Madison (aka "Pixie"), right, on my lap while I use my laptop.  Our first was Leta (now Leyla), left.  Leyla is in a terrific setting in rural Connecticut with an older "brother".  Just look at the marvelous photo that her mom took of her.

Each dog that comes to our house typically has a week or two "settling in" period.  This usually entails some number of "accidents" in the house.  An exception was our second foster, Cooper (now Spenser), right.  He didn't need much settling in and never had an accident.  He's living very happily not too far from us with two boy dogs each twice his size.

Our third foster dog, Miley (left), was perhaps the one that needed the most settling in.  One of the more traumatic events that occurred when she was first with us was the time when we lost her in the woods in sub-freezing conditions.  See Yeah, Is It a Chihuahua?  But, like all the others, she settled in very nicely and was a very loving friendly little dog.  She too got happily adopted.  We're pretty sure that she had more Jack Russell Terrier genes than Chihuahua genes, though.

That brings me back to our current little cutie, Madison/Pixie.  She's really filled out since we got her (she was just skin and bone then).  She has a healthy appetite, though she doesn't like drinking water from a water bowl (prefers it to be mixed in with her food).  She's the most loving little dog, always wanting to be on a lap if possible or, at night, buried way down under the covers.  Her left eye is still something of a concern.  She's going to go back to the vet tomorrow to see what he thinks.  But it doesn't appear to be bothering her.  One of her  most endearing traits is that she just loves to be sitting in her bed in the sunshine.  We have to move the bed around to follow the sun!  She's the sunbeam dog!  For more photos, see Madison.