In comes Whiskey!

Saturday I got up at 7AM, fed the goats, cats and Chester.  By 8Am I was on the road for a 3 1/2 hour drive south to go pick up the puppy that had been on the road since Thursday morning.  "Bruno" who we had renamed Whiskey was coming all the way from Arkansas to meet me and for me to bring him all the way to Northern Vermont. What a trip for a 14 week old puppy!  On the way I stopped at West Lebanon Pet and Aquarium to get some toys and a collar and leash for Whiskey, and got some new toys for our crazy kitties too.  Its an awesome store, I love the bird room but didn't have the time to look around I had an appointment to keep!

I was back on the road after a 1/2 hour  and got to the park in ride in North Londonderry, NH about an hour later, an hour early so I got out the Jeep and started walking around the parking lot. It wasn't much long after though that more cars were turning up and people go out holding leashes and collars, the questions always. "you waiting for a dog?" Then, "where is yours coming from?"  After pacing around for an hour finally I saw the truck coming into the parking lot.

As soon as the truck and trailer pulled in a crowd gathered to line up to meet their new friends.  Can you believe this trailer was full of dog crates?  They come up once a week...

It actually made me cry just thinking about that fact when they drove in...

They opened up the door and even though you can't see him , my puppy was in the top left hand crate.  I had to wait my turn though.

It was pretty sad to see older dogs come off thinking that if the rescue organizations hasn't found them more than likely they would of been put to sleep. This guy had found a great new home!

So many puppies!

His brother comes next!

getting ready to go home!

 Another puppy , still waiting for mine!

So cute!

dogs everywhere, just makes you feel good to see them getting homes!

awwwww

Makes you wonder what the dogs are thinking...

Now where am I going? 

Oh but he'll be really happy now..:)

made me feel so good to see all these dogs find new homes. If you are thinking of getting a new dog its a really rewarding way to get one. Go to Petfinder.com and get started.

Before long it was my turn and when I told them which puppy it was they said "oh him!" I think he barked the whole way from Arkansas! " since he has been hear I've hardly heard him make a sound so I think he was just excited he was coming to live with us. :)

yep we love him already, but sure takes a bit getting used to a puppy...oh the joys of housebreaking!! :)

On a further note lots of people have been asking me how Whiskey ended up being at a shelter. On February 14th, a fellow came in to the shelter and surrendered him said he found him wandering through his yard and didn't know who he belonged to. He was pretty small at that point being only approx. 10 weeks old at the time.  He is a Golden Retriever has a sweet temperament and we love him already.

A new life comes

     After the last few weeks, loosing our Dog Bandit, rehoming our dog Yukon and my husband heading off to work almost a month early this season  I knew this 2400 square foot house was going to  seem emptier then ever.

  I started thinking about my daily hikes in the woods ( after the snow melts) and realized that Chester our Shitzu was going to have a hard time keeping up. He likes walking with me but he is apt to stop part way up the mountain and just sit there and either wait for me to pick him up or turn around and go back to the house, I often find him sitting in the porch chair when I get back.  I don't think he is a mountain dog more a couch dog. Oh but I love him, ( as I type this he is curled up on the couch next to me snoring with all four feet in the air)

     Now of course the goats love going for hikes and they keep up really well the follow me everywhere and if I run they run, I stop they just stop and eat till I move on again.  But they don't offer my much security , neither does Chester.  Now Yukon I felt safe with .... Yep, I knew  before we rehomed him that he would leave a big hole in my heart and a big empty space in our house.   I knew I needed to do something about that.

     I went on a search, my Daughter  had adopted a rescue shortly after we moved here to Vermont.

Good ol Ollie , he looks to be a Lab cross of some sort. He is a sweetie and we all love him.  So Anders and I talked about it and decided we would look for a puppy that we could train from the start to respect the goats and could give me a little more security than Chester but a little less that Yukon. There are so many rescue organizations around and its so sad that there are so very many dogs that need homes.  The numbers are staggering.

I found this one site Golden Huggs  which is local to Vermont and I found a few puppies who could fit the bill there. I filled out the application and luckily since our family had adopted a rescue before we got in the fast track. She gave me the phone numbers to call and talk to the different organizations where the puppies were. One was in Arkansas the other I think was in  Tennessee . By the time I got off the phone with Kathy at Wynne friends of animals I had already decided.  She asked me if I wanted to drive down to meet the transport or if I wanted to pick up my puppy in Burlington. There was no way I would miss meeting the transport even though its a 3 1/2 hour drive. So tomorrow Saturday the 19th I am loading up the new dog crate and driving down to welcome the newest member to our family.  I am bringing kleenex I remember how when I went with Melissa there wasn't a dry eye in the crowd of 50 or more people as we watched all the dogs come out of the transport and into the arms of their new loving homes.

So watch for pictures and a story about that adventure later...
Meet Whiskey who is coming from Arkansas...