Today would have been Sasha’s “birthday” as we called it; we don’t know her real birthday so we just used the day we adopted her. She came into our lives four years ago today, and she left way too soon. David wrote an excellent post that ties together our recent doggie adventures, our love for Sasha, and our passion for animal rescue.
We got Anna a little wading pool for the back yard. She wasn’t too sure about it at first, but she quickly grew to like it. On Saturday I suggested that David “take her swimming” while I caught up on some things inside. (Whoever’s with her is going to get wet anyway, so we might as well just put on a swimsuit and get in with her!) I think they had a good time, from the looks on their faces:
As I mentioned in my first story about the great dog rescue adventure, we were unable to get one of the five dogs that Saturday. He is very skittish around people (thereby earning himself the name Mr. Skittish in our blog posts). So picking up where I left off last… between Jennifer M. and us, we checked the lake on Saturday night and twice on Sunday with no sign of Mr. Skittish, but some folks camping there said they had seen him, so we weren’t giving up yet.
On Monday night, David and I were on our way to celebrate our anniversary but stopped by the lake first, just in case he was there (after a difficult decision of what to wear that is appropriate for both catching filthy dogs and having a nice dinner at Ruby Tuesday). And he was! But that’s not all… he had teamed up with a new pack! There was a momma dog and three puppies with him. And, let me tell you, they were CUTE!!! All 5 dogs were very hungry. The momma and puppies were very sweet and loveable; in fact, after she had had enough to eat, the momma was a bit of an attention hog. We set up the crate to try to catch Mr. Skittish, but we were unsuccessful. When we left, David talked to Donna (with All About Labs, who took the first batch) about the new additions to see what could be done about them. Between Donna and her friend Judy, who runs a rescue in Malvern, they had places for them!
Tuesday we didn’t see them, but we theorized that maybe they wander around and re-appear at that spot around 7 PM, since they had been seen at that time twice. So Wednesday night, the three of us showed up around 7, and they were there. (more…)
Wow, it’s been quite a week.
Last Saturday, a quick Facebook check of people’s status updates turned into a week-long drama when I read that one of my friends (also named Jennifer) was “making an emotional plea for her friends to go rescue 5 dogs that were dumped at Lake Conway. Very sweet, but very skinny and tick-laden.”
Oh boy. Well, we couldn’t just ignore that, now could we?
There is so much I could write about this past week’s experience that I hardly know where to start, and if I wrote it all at once it would be way too long. There are several topics floating around in my head:
I think I’ll start with the happy ending and work my way backwards, because it’s late, and posting pictures and writing about them is the easiest kind of blog post.
To give proper credit to the happy ending: first of all God, who reminded us that He works things out just when we think they’re crumbling apart, and His instruments: Lynda from Memphis Area Golden Retriever Rescue (Lynda is a local contact), and Donna from All About Labs.
Here are the dogs at the lake:
… for a bow! Oh boy, now I can go bow shopping! But I suppose it would be more economical for me to learn to make them.
She’s finally figured it out! Yea! Of course, that also means my smoothies aren’t mine anymore.
Anna’s favorite thing to do right now is toddle around and giggle while waving in the air various items she’s found that she thinks she’s not supposed to have. She’s really quite pleased with herself. Here she is with my hairbrush and Kleenex pack out of my purse.
She’s going to love playing outside now that she can walk. I got her some new little canvas shoes for going out. She helped me water my flowers this morning.
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