Foster Journal
January 1, 2008
Wow, it’s the first day of the year already…how time flies. Champagne and Caviar arrived on New Years Eve and are going to check each day of the month as they begin to get stronger and stronger. Their Mommy died and their owner was afraid she was losing them so they both came into PATR’s care. We pupsters are making sure they eat every two hours, are surrounded by warmth at all times and we just know both will be romping and playing with us soon. Of course they need to get a bit bigger, but have no fear that will happen. Wish we could eat every two hours with them, but Mom said no go on that one! Stay tuned to the Foster Journal because we pupsters are sure you will see their happy faces somewhere along the way.
January 2, 2008
You know Mom, if you don’t put that camera up something serious is going to happen to it. How dare you take a picture of me first thing in the morning before I have had my first cup of pupster coffee, had time to take my shower and brush my hair. If you even consider showing this picture to anyone I will never bark at you again! I see that smirk on your face. If you put this picture in the foster journal for all to see Elizabeth here will never forgive you!
January 3, 2008
Alright Mom, you need to step in and do something here! Macey will not leave my ears alone and is making a mess out of them. She claims because my hair is so silky that her saliva is a wonderful conditioning agent. Mitch here keeps telling her I am a guy and could give a pupster’s care less about the “condition” of my hair. Thank goodness most of my body is hairless or I would be one slobbery mess. I am begging you Mom to have a talk with Macey. Quit snickering…I do not deserve this at all!
January 4, 2008
Oh come on Prancie, quit yelling at me! You know you really do enjoy my company. Twila here has really livened up the crew here. Geez, when I arrived all everybody would do is lay around, sip on water and eat treats. Look at the action we have here now. Life is just too short to do nothing all day you know. Hey, how about you and I race around the house a few times, mess up some rugs, get all of the toys out, maybe we could find a few things to chew on also. That will get Mom going too….she has been drinking way too much coffee lately and reading too many books.
January 5, 2008
Boy, is this ever getting boring. No sun, rain, rain, rain, rain. Come on Ming, why don’t Bali here and you try to find something to do that is a bit more exciting. Do you think Mom and Dad would let us play any computer games? There have got to be some good “Dog Chase Cat” games out there wouldn’t you think? Or let’s see, we could go around and pull a few tails here and there, that would get some excitement started. MMMM, well, the easiest thing to do is start howling and all will join in. OK, Ming, up and at ‘em boy…..time to sing some songs!
January 6, 2008
Boy, how times flies. Seems like Auntie Marg just turned 29 and here it is her 29th birthday again. We pupsters get a bit confused as to why 12 months pass, but the number never changes. But, we trust Auntie Marg and if she says she is 29 we believe her. We pupsters all voted and agreed that Mei-Ling should be the birthday pupster for Auntie Marg’s card. You see she arrived today and was such a very special gift. Auntie Marg, we want to wish you a very, very happy birthday and we hope you and Unkie Jim celebrated with some cake. We never give up you know…..did you send us any? If so we hope you marked it Pupster Confidential because if Mom opens the package she’ll eat the cake!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM ALL OF US…we send you lots of slurpy kisses.
January 7, 2008
OK Mom, answer this for us. You got us this great big, cushy bed to sleep on, right? You told us all we would have plenty of room so we wouldn’t be arguing over the smaller beds. Now, Noela and Jewel here want to know why Barney is being so stubborn and has to have his own special bed on top of our new bed? Don’t you think that is a little ridiculous. Besides it is taking up space for the rest of us. We are beginning to think there may be a bit of favoritism going on here. Guess we’d best hold a pupster’s meeting and set some “bed rules” for all.
January 8, 2008
SHHHH, don’t tell Mom we found the bag of dog food. Darn, it appears to be empty. Well, there has got to be some crumbs left so everyone just follow Saxon’s lead here. Hey, I wonder how many pupsters will fit in a 40 pound bag of food? Now, this should be interesting. We’ll get as many of us in the bag as possible, then the rest of you prop the bag up. When Mom reaches in to fill containers we can all jump up and yell “Surprise!” Wouldn’t that be a pupster hoot…can’t you just see the look on her face now?
January 9, 2008
Mom, we girls have something we would like to discuss with you. You need to come here right away and see what Keegan is doing again. Whenever you are in another room, he plops himself down on his back on top of everyone and shows his all together. The only reprieve we have is that thank goodness he is wearing a belly band! If he continues to do this could you possibly put a onesie on him so that we at least do not have to view this pupsternography? We girls are here to tell you, if something isn’t done pretty soon we will have to take this into our own paws and we have a feeling you would not like our solution.
January 10, 2008
Bali, Apollo, Calla and Newman here! We have been voted in as the President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary of the PATR Pupster Board. We created this board to review all complaints filed by one of us and to also set up rules and guidelines on how to sneak treats, avoid time outs, avoid poop patrol and the list goes on. It was amazing the turn out we had for voting and all was fair for we knew it wouldn’t be right to just have all one breed on the board. So we think we did well although we did have some complaints from the Pekingese pupsters. We feel we will get a lot of good input from a Chinese Crested, Poodle, Shih Tzu and Westie Mix. We do not want anyone to ever say that our Board is prejudice.
January 11, 2008
Oh Boy! How many bags of bridge mix do you think we have had to watch Mom eat? Geez, I don’t think we could count that high! Well, this is one bag she is not going to finish because if Spice here can figure out how to get into the bag before Mom catches me the candy will be history! I hear all of the rest of you pupsters giving me a lecture on chocolate is not good for me, but I think I can make that decision on my own. OH NO, here comes Mom…quick will someone help me hide the bag? Oh sure all of you are a big help so guess I’ll have to wait for my next opportunity. Darn, I’ll have to settle for my regular treats again today.
January 12, 2008
Our sweet Archie left us today. Auntie Judy fostered him so she brought him over to meet his new parents in our Adoption Center. His new Mommy thought he was the cutest, sweetest little boy she had ever seen. We think we even saw a few tears in her eyes when she held Archie close to her for the first time. We are surely going to miss our little boy and his cute little crooked smile. Don't forget to email and send us pictures Archie. Gee, just think Archie you won't have to share any laps now.
January 13, 2008
Hi Everyone! Champagne and Caviar have counted 13 days on the calendar now. Each are doing well so far and we pupsters keep a very close eye on both of them. Caviar has gained a whole ounce and weighs 1 pound 1 ounce and Champagne has gained 3 ounces and weighs 1 pound 5 ounces. We just love to cuddle them and make sure that they stay toasty warm. They are even giving Mom soft little kisses and are enjoying belly rubs. They are getting way too spoiled already!
January 14, 2008
If you can’t tell by my expression, I am totally disgusted over this modeling session you have insisted on. This is ridiculous Mom! Now, why on earth would I need to wear a coat when I already have one? Noodles here is definitely not into high fashion or trying to impress anyone with a wardrobe. My days are just too busy keeping up with my own scheduled activities and I definitely do not have time for this kind of nonsense.
January 15, 2008
We pupsters just have to share this with all of you. The Golden Retriever you see here is Amos and he lives with our Unkie Brian. Well, the little guy in the corner is Al the baby goat. His Mom refused to feed him so he is being bottle fed. Well, Amos has decided that he is Al’s protector and guardian and little Al now thinks Amos is his Mom. Boy, is he confused! They sleep and snuggle together. You know the old saying, “Opposites Attract”.
January 16, 2008
There is just nothing better than a nice soft furry pupster to lounge around with. Dylan here taking a morning break from all of our activities. It gets a bit hectic here in the mornings. We all get up, then it is a race for the doggy door to see who can get out the quickest. Of course there are some who do not use the door so Mom helps them get out quickly in between cleaning up a few potty messes here and there which we obligingly try to walk through. Then it is a race with Mom to see who can pick up the poop the fastest. Then back inside to bark very loudly until we have had breakfast and of course we will drink nothing but fresh cold water so we make ourselves heard over that also. Whew, sure does tire us out and we are definitely ready for a mid morning nap.
January 17, 2008
Well, I don’t know Dad…what do you think? Arpel here didn’t do well in school as far as the reading classes were concerned so you are on your own with the instructions. I am just here to supervise. It was so nice of Auntie Nancy to give us a humidifier for Christmas and our skin feels so much better…not dry from the furnace running all of the time. So, now we have two humidifiers and should be doubly comfortable. Hey, do you suppose after your done you will have time to sit down and play a computer game with me?
January 18, 2008
How do you like Mom’s sheet and fleece matching? Pretty bad, huh? Well, this was the third time today she had to change bedding on the futon and had run out of “matches”. Boy, was she muttering. Doesn’t make any difference to us though…just get the blankies and sheet on the futon is all we care about for we think it is ours you know. Of course we’ll move over a bit when Mom slides into bed. We always make enough room for her you know.
January 19, 2008
Mom keeps grumbling something about, when will this football stuff be over? Hey Marlow, Amy and Drew here think it is great because we get more cuddle time with Dad. We just sit back and watch the guys banging into each other on the green field. We really don’t know what it is all about, but we do know that Dad enjoys it. And you know he really needs to rest as much as he can. So guess Mom will just have to put up with this for a bit longer. MMMM, wonder what she will do when we all find some more sports channels. Sure is better than all of those silly reality shows she likes!
January 20, 2008
Mom would you please come talk to Sydney? He will never share the cubicles! Mirila here would like to snuggle into one and he refuses to move. When I finally do gain access to the cubicle because Sydney gets up to get a drink of water, he then marches right back over and has no problem squeezing in with me. Now, it isn’t that I don’t like to share, but it sure is crowded! Now I know Sydney can’t see, but he sure can sniff down a cubicle in seconds. You really need to have a talk with him.
January 21, 2008
Oh for pupsters sake Pappy, you don’t have to scream at me about it! I did not, nor would Delcey ever deliberately hide one of your toys. Well, actually, they aren’t your toys if you want to get down to the nitty gritty. We are all supposed to share, but for some reason you aren’t catching on to that. Go talk to one of the other pupsters about it, but I would suggest you calm down prior to the discussion. Some of the other pupsters may not be as patient with you as I am.
January 22, 2008
Benson here filing a pupstergation complaint. Now Mom, haven’t you told all of us that we are all equal? It makes no difference what breed, color, or sex we are all to share, love one another and discuss our differences in a pupster adult manner. Well, as you can see Jett, Jackson, Saxon and Satin have not been listening to you. They think that different colors belong together. You know we blondes would like to intermingle with the brunettes on occasion. So I think you need to pull the brunettes aside and have a little heart to heart talk with them!
January 23, 2008
You are going to have to fight your way through Mom to get to me! Elizabeth here has hired her own personal pupster guards, Newman and Magic. They are loyal and I trust them with my life….all it took was me giving them my share of the treats and they both agreed they would protect me until the end. Their main goal is to eliminate any interference from you when I decide to do “my thing” and of course protect me from any time outs. So go for it Mom…see if you can breach my security!
January 24, 2008
A few days ago Jenna and I had this thing called face fold reduction. Our hair was poking in our eyes which would have eventually caused sight issues. Harvey here isn’t looking his best, but when the stitches come out and my hair grows back I will be even more handsome than ever. The pupster girls won’t be able to resist my eyes. Jenna refused to pose for a picture…said it would be over her dead Pekey body that anyone was going to see her not looking her best…..fickle woman!
January 25, 2008
Hey Brady, Mom is knitting this sweater for you and I believe it is the wrong color. How could your Mom even consider putting pink on a boy? I just wanted to give you a heads up in case you are color blind and your Mom tells you the sweater is blue. I am doing my best to prevent any embarrassment for you by chewing up the yarn when Mom isn’t looking. Hopefully she’ll run out of this color. Have no fear Brady, Caviar will prevent this sweater from falling into the wrong hands….that would be your Mother!
January 26, 2008
Well, today was one of those days and we have a few more coming up. Our Lenny left us today and boy, are we going to miss him. He was the best guy to romp and play with and Mom and Dad so loved his sweet kisses. What we are trying to figure out is why his Forever Mom started crying when she held him. At first we thought there might be something wrong with our Lenny, but we all knew he was perfect. Then Mom explained that Lenny’s Forever Mom was crying tears of joy for she was so happy to finally hold him in her arms. Geez, we pupsters sure love happy endings.
January 27, 2008
Hey Mom and Dad, would you look at me? I know you have been telling me that I had a big adventure in store for me. I was going to meet my Forever Mom and my new sister Hannah. I was a little apprehensive about all of this even though you kept telling me I would never look back once my Forever Mom held me in her arms. Well, I think you were right. I can’t wait to get to my new home and romp and play with Hannah. Hey, you pupsters eat your hearts out…no more sharing beds and toys with all of you. I now have my very own sister and Mom all to myself.
Love,
Suzette
PS: Mom and Dad, I am really going to miss you. Thank you for loving me so much and finding my perfect home.
January 28, 2008
Hi everyone, Brady reporting in from Mom’s hospital bed. Boy, did she ever give us a scare. She had something wrong with her intestines and everything got knotted up and she was in pain. Anyway, she had to go to the hospital and have emergency surgery. The doctor cut a hole in her tummy so he could get everything back together the way it was supposed to be. She has all of these tubes in her right now and isn’t feeling well so the hospital staff here said I could come and visit. It was fun to watch the nurses and doctor's face when they saw me in the bed with Mom. At first, they
thought I was a stuffed toy...teehee. I am cuddling her close and making sure that all who come near her are gentle and loving. I have a pretty fierce growl you know. Please keep Mom in your prayers as she begins the healing process.
January 29, 2008
I have no idea what you could possibly be talking about Mom. I have been lying in this bed quietly playing with a toy for the past hour. If someone tried to tip the bird’s cage over, it certainly wasn’t Arpel. And I have no idea who has been harassing Willow either. And you really need to talk to whoever keeps barking to go from room to room when Dad moves around. In addition you should really place the mop buckets where the mop is not accessible to pupsters. Well, back to my toy and bed…..my halo gets larger and larger every day, don’t you think?
January 30, 2008
Hey, everyone, Super Bowl Sunday is just around the corner! I think we need to have a Pupster Super Bowl. Let’s all practice the game calls and learn what a huddle is all about. Keep in mind that we are team players working toward the same goal which is to win the game! MMMM, what is the difference between defense and offense? Guess we had best start searching for a good coach. Think Dad would be up to it? No girls will be allowed on the team. Geez, could you see it now? It would all be about fashion and our uniforms would probably be purple and pink…how embarrassing would that be? Hopefully we will be ready for the big day!
January 31, 2008
What a day this was! We got up really early so that we could spend special time with Princess and Ritzy before they left for their Forever Homes. The good news is that both will be joining some of our other foster sisters. Princess will be joining our Marcy and Ritzy will be joining Gidget and Prissy. Auntie Judy, Unkie Jim, Auntie Carleen and Unkie Terry arrived in the afternoon.
They met Ritzy and Princess in the Adoption Center and spent time getting to know them. Then everyone came inside to visit with us for a bit. As usual, we were on our best behavior and handed out kisses left and right. We sure had a good time and were showered with pets and hugs. Now, our day is coming to an end and things have quieted down. We surely miss our Princess and Ritzy, just isn’t the same without them. We do know that they have both gone to wonderful homes where they will be loved beyond measure. Princess and Ritzy promised to email and send pictures so we will always know how they are doing.
Pekingese Rescue, Shih Tzu Rescue, Maltese Rescue, Poodle Rescue & Yorkie Rescue.
Contents of this site are the property of Peke A Tzu Rescue.
Do not take anything from the site without permission.