Dead Time

The veteran volunteers kept telling me this was coming. It's been a couple of weeks and I haven't had one serious inquiry about the dogs. I guess I'd gotten spoiled by how easily and quickly the first several fosters were adopted. I did have one e mail about Shayla, I didn't recognize the town they said they were in. They're in Michigan! I write back and tell them all of Shayla's fine attributes, I finish the letter with, "You do realize I'm in Colorado?". It's the last I hear from them.

Much as I enjoy Shayla, Lola does not. This is the first foster that Lola has had a problem with. When I walk in the door at the end of the day both dogs want to be the first to greet me and the closest to me. The end result is always a fight that sounds so much worse than it really is. I've tried several different mediation techniques but so far I haven't figured out how to get both of them to stop this. In the beginning Shayla was the instigator but I can see that Lola has become the bully now. I keep threatening to put her up on Petfinder but I know she doesn't believe me. I've told you how smart she is haven't I?

I continue to be amazed that someone let Piper go.Whenever I come home I yell out "Hi Pi!!!" and she gives me a toothy smile. How could someone give that up? When I take her to the vet to have her checkup he tells me she's even younger than I thought, maybe 1 1/2. She's also been spayed in the not too distant past. Why spend the money to do that and then just dump her and not look for her? Piper loves to sleep on the bed with me. She'll paw at the covers until I stick one of my hands out, then she licks it a few times and rests her chin in my palm. Content, Piper drifts off to sleep.

Tonight is the 4th of July fireworks show. With all the kids out of town and 3 foster dogs in the house I'll be staying home. I'm hoping that none of them will have a problem with the noise. My small dog Duffy is terrified and I'll be giving him some herbal calming drops that really seem to work for him. Gee I hope that after the holiday people start thinking about adopting again!