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on of busy nothings jane austen to my friends and family who follow the blog and to my blog buddies thank you for your patience i am beginning a new work routine and the writing has suffered a tumble to the bottom of the list well not the bottom but it is hovering only slightly above the luxury of pedicures and the dismal chore of weeding flower beds the puppies have grown immensely they are beautiful and sweet hilarious and entertaining charlie is a fluffy little angel fairly relaxed but playful she s also making her brothers look like little slobs choosing the piddle pad over the tile floor i m so proud bravo who you may recall was the delicate little man when i brought them home is burly and strong his rather short coat revealing a muscly body ready for play he s the most adventuresome of the trio we ve had to chase him out of our closets and he stands on the gate shoving his tiny nose through to sniff at the larger dogs precious alfa looks like a furry yoda and has fallen behind the others in growth making him only more adorable he is by no means fragile however and loves to roll and tumble with his siblings as well as the occasional shoe duke had an extended play date with princess mocha sara s lovely chocolate lab i am sure he is now more spoiled than before but really isn t that what having pets is all about any dog behaviorists may keep your answers to yourselves i do realize the importance of discipline and training for the well being of both human and animal but who doesn t love a little spoiling in good measure dylan has left for an extended stay in colorado and all the dogs but particularly mike took some time relaxing after the change mike had never become completely comfortable with dylan and i imagine the poor fella was watching for dylan s reappearance at any moment you know the way we humans even muggles apparate and disapparate on whim so mike has been more wary and a tad more bark y of late i m sure it will pass the last thing i d like to share is this if my stories touch you in any way i beg you please please please look for ways to help the animals of your communities you don t have to foster or adopt you don t have to donate money or walk dogs you can and i will say it s a great feeling i love it it s not always easy but at the end of the day i m glad i jumped on board the crazy train this morning cherry blossom sara s yoga studio my work place hosted a fundraiser for friends of barc barc is the shelter where i volunteer we gathered donations monetary and pet goods had a small raffle and taught a special workshop donating the funds to fob it was a blast the outpouring of our yoga family was sincerely touching we simply did what we could do that s all i m asking again it isn t always about money though that helps and it isn t all about time though that s nice it s really about awareness something as simple as cross posting a picture and story of an animal in need is a contribution your signature on a petition regulating and admittedly i m not a fan of a lot of regulation puppy mills or some other act that protects our four legged friends is a contribution lend your voice it s more powerful than you may know i will now relinquish my soap box and work on a new post a post of puppies on the move 2 comments filed under diary entry uncategorized tagged as adoption foster dogs mocha puppies sara february 5 2011 12 16 high anxiety i woke this morning around 5am and couldn t catch my breath to my left kerry my husband slept soundly and still to my right the plastic shoe box wiggled with three puppies one of whom whined the warning almost time to eat it s kind of them i think to wake slowly giving me a chance to heat the bottles i realize it s rather fantastic to think they have a sense of courtesy but i m the one whose heart is racing in the groggy pre dawn hours so i can think what i like shuffling across the cold white tile to the kitchen i breathe slowly and deeply dismissing the odd bit of panic to focus on the task at hand alfa bravo and charlie only have so much patience and i have to teach in a couple of hours returning to bed i snuggle each puppy individually and offer the warm mix of formula and pumpkin feeding has become quick and sweet now the pups motor skills have improved so why the panic what nagging subconscious thought came bubbling to the surface to dispel my dreams the blog of late has been mostly about progress made about fuzzy love moments of puppy breath ounces gained and wobbly steps taken but it hasn t been all sunshine these last few weeks a storm has been brewing and i realize after a handful of days where weather has forced us inside more than usual that some changes need to be made i am feeling a sharp and forceful measure of both rock and hard place if you ve been following the blog you know there are seven dogs in the house bailey mick duke mike alfa bravo and charlie granted the abc s are tiny and not at all under foot their total combined weight is less than half that of a real dog as kerry would describe it he is of the strong opinion real dogs weigh more than eleven pounds less than that is a rat bailey and mick are the home dogs while duke and mike are fosters these four are all grown and well under foot often it s not the presence of the dogs however that presents a problem it s becoming an issue of chemistry when duke first arrived he presented the greatest threat to mick s sense of home ownership mick had taken his time learning to share his space with us and with bailey who is more than double his size but a fairly gentle and patient soul and though he wasn t thrilled with mike s presence he accepted it molly of course had been so ill she d gone unnoticed but duke seemed to set off something in the basenji some trigger mick exploded into furious little tirades at the sight of duke occasionally waiting for the big dog to pass before lunging and striking his back haunches duke was relatively tolerant at first and seemed almost confused at the angry attention being paid him he was much more interested in the toys and food both of which he was inclined to protect and hoard a habit which we noted and have tried to discourage duke is very easy going fella playful and extremely smart as mick s behavior became more pesky and intrusive duke avoided him unless attacked at which point he would slap the little dog down sometimes giving him a nip bailey picked up on the tension her herding instincts shifting into gear and began moving mick away from duke pushing him with her chest and shouting the odd warning growl don t make me pull this car over she seems to say that was the first month or so over the last few weeks while mick wants to mother the puppies he has become increasingly aggressive toward all the other dogs snapping even at bailey a few days ago when i d slipped away to the kitchen for a midnight puppy feeding he got sideways with duke in my bedroom one of the only places besides the back yard that had an air of neutrality and started a fight kerry stopped them but not before duke had put a rather large hole in mick s neck since then mick grumbles around the house working himself to fever pitch with even a peripheral glimpse of duke he has snapped at mike leaving a mark on his chest and no longer backs down when bailey intervenes the two legged family members are on edge as well and i worry that lily will be bitten should she attempt to stop a quarrel mike and duke are ready for adoption i realize that will ease the current situation but then what are my fostering days to end because of mick s territorial and intractable nature is it fair to consider adopting mick out to someone who will understand him not test his patience i want to do what s right fair and best but is it possible to accomplish all three start by doing what is necessary then do what is possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible st francis of assissi 3 comments filed under diary entry tagged as anxiety bailey dog dog fight duke foster dogs mick rescue february 4 2011 16 55 bravo is the new alfa well if there s one thing we can always count on it s change right of course i don t mean the kind of change that jingles in your pocket i mean the things don t stay the same kind the don t blink or you ll miss it kind tomorrow marks the third only the third week since the puppies came home with me they have since opened their eyes found their tiny voices begun to cut teeth and started walking or more accurately staggering like rummies alfa the biggest pup upon arrival is now the smallest at one pound one ounce bravo weighs a pound and four ounces and baby sister charlie registers one pound three ounces according to the scale this morning they have begun to play a bit after feedings awkwardly tumbling over one another and mouthing each other s ears and snouts alfa vocalizes with a bird like growl and yip when vexed while bravo is a quiet soul charlie seems to have the best motor control at this point though all the pups look a bit like bambi on ice when they stumble off the piddle pad onto the polished wood floor time has offered other rewards as well i am down to only one extra load of laundry per day as the babies move from true infancy no longer soiling their bedding at what seemed like five minute intervals if i feed the littles around midnight i get to sleep until four which is only an hour and a half before the first alarms start to sound for the rest of the house baby steps people baby steps bravo and alfa in nap mode 1 comment filed under diary entry tagged as adopt dogs alfa bravo charlie foster puppies january 28 2011 17 25 gallery iv this slideshow requires javascript 1 comment filed under diary entry uncategorized tagged as alfa bailey bravo charlie duke foster mick pictures puppies rescue january 27 2011 21 27 another day in the dog house ah where to begin it s been a very busy week around the dog house the puppies have grown so much their eyes are now open and they can no longer be trusted to stay in their nest alfa is tipping the scales at a hefty 264 grams and little charlie s not far behind at 260 grams bravo seems the steady gainer at 256 grams as i said all eyes are open the milky baby blue that will likely turn to some shade of brown and after hours of googling puppy pics i can say the tinies look a bit like the designer dog ratshire chihuahua yes there are people who breed and sell puppies that take the rat terrier yorkshire terrier mix and add in a dash of chihuahua the dogs are adorable but i am currently constructing a soap box from which to rant about the foolishness of such breedings when i was a kid there were pure breeds and mutts and you could find both at the local shelter the same is true today mick our basenji still struggles to accept the presence of the two adult fosters mike and duke but shows an odd tenderness to the babies issuing a warning growl to the other dogs when they draw too close at bottle feedings the scrappy little fellow has picked fights with massive duke but gently cleans the little ones enjoying the warm sweet mix of milk and pumpkin that spills from the corners of their mouths at some point i ll create a page on my neonatal experience explaining the pumpkin but suffice it to say the pumpkin was a lifesaver bailey and duke show little interest in the puppies and unfortunately mike is indiscriminate in his taste and i have to keep all the soiled bedding well out of reach to switch gears a bit however mike is showing loads of progress in his fearfulness though he seems to meet dylan my teenager with new eyes every day he has finally allowed dylan to approach and will on occasion lick his hand and accept a scratch behind the ears duke is still the showboat he will need a very smart owner last night i gathered all the toys which duke loves to hoard and placed them in a little lidded basket i keep by the back door for pet supplies i ve done it before but not in his presence i wanted them out of the way so i could vacuum in a moment of distraction commonly described as adhd i began unloading the dishwasher and making a cup of tea rather than sticking to the task at hand as i stood at the counter cradling my warm mug and enjoying the waft of rooibos fruit and vanilla spice i spied duke lurking in the shadow of the pool table slinking around a table leg he craned his neck to the right to locate me and apparently not realizing i can see tip toed scooby doo style to the basket where he gently nosed the lid discovering he could retrieve his toys he made trip after trip to the basket removing one toy at a time hiding each under the pool table and finding to his delight a new toy a plush i d stored because mike enjoys nothing more than disemboweling stuffies once again i am astounded at duke s genius and determination his problem solving ability is such a pleasure to watch and i know i will miss his antics 1 comment filed under diary entry uncategorized tagged as alfa bravo charlie dog rescue duke foster puppies toys january 21 2011 11 30 pushin a rock pushin a rock the struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man s heart one must imagine sisyphus happy albert camus it s not that i m against setting goals it s that i m not a fan of epic public failure so it s difficult for me to post all the world to see and all that a blog stating with certainty that i will publish once a week for the entire year of 2011 but then once a week isn t really that often right i mean even when it s just a quote i like i post almost daily to facebook so what excuse would i have for failing to post to my blog 52 times over the next 11 5 months so there it is i ve made public my intention to blog once a week like sisyphus i will voluntarily push my rock up the mountainside and look for pleasure joy wisdom and meaning in the struggle comments off on pushin a rock pushin a rock filed under about uncategorized tagged as postaweek2011 sisyphus january 20 2011 20 52 pup date now that the kitchen scale is up and running we have new stats on the tinies alfa weighs in at a whopping 222 grams approximately 49 pounds don t mess with him or he ll sit on you bravo is the smallest at 208 grams about 45 pounds but has doubled his weight from saturday so we re pleased miss charlie lands somewhere in the middle of her brothers weighing 214 grams or about 47 pounds the darlings had an outing today first to the yoga studio and then on some errands including freebirds target and petsmart no one ever asks what s in the shoebox it s awesome 1 comment filed under diary entry tagged as babies foster puppies weight january 19 2011 18 25 gallery iii alfa bravo charlie this slideshow requires javascript 1 comment filed under diary entry uncategorized tagged as alfa bravo charlie foster puppies older posts search search for recent entries puppy mambo tonight the part of harry callahan will be played by the bzzzzzzzz high anxiety bravo is the new alfa gallery iv another day 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