Silver Update!

Little Silver, now Lilly was adopted in January to Lauren and Will... - her new name is a combo of their names which I think is super cute and totally suits her!

She has settled in with her new people and has become quite the daddy's girl and loves to nap on Will's neck! I miss her cute little face, but couldn't be happier for this little one who came to New Rattitude scared, dehydrated and with plugged up ears... She looks so healthy, happy and best of all, home and content!

My Sasha, resting up during our break in foster dogs... Can't blame her!

Stealthiness

Sidney in the red collar, Serena in pink... Sidney likes to stealth attack... get into small places her sister can't and wait for her!

 And thanks Serena for reminding me to get that plastic piece installed under my dishwasher!  I don't think she can get under there but better safe than sorry!

Tomorrow will be a busy day... both girls are heading off to the vets for their spay surgery, microchips and vaccinations.  Wish them luck and speedy recoveries!

 Here is my last picture of cute Silver while we were waiting for her parents to pick her up in CleElum (it was cold outside!).  Sure miss her, but good things are in store for her with her new family who were so excited to meet her and take her home! 

Who Let the Dogs Out?

Sidney and Serena have mastered the doggie dog with the help of Cassie who really helped them "get it".  Sidney was a little ahead of her sister in figuring it out, but Serena has figured out she gets treats and is much more enthusiastic about getting out there and back for her treat! Last night they both even went out to potty in the light rain/snow, which i s wonderful and I think means they really get it!

Silver enjoys playing with them for sure... though sometimes she needs her space too... They are busy little things...This was suppose to be nap time...

Everyone has had a busy few days... Trips to the pet store...trips to friends houses, meeting cats and dogs and kids, walks and lots of playing!

They were quite a hit at the pet store.. Lot's of ooohs and ahhhhs.  Silver did great too, walking around, not worried or scared and accepted a few pets .. just enjoying checking things out.  The girls liked meeting new people, running up to them (with permission of course) and giving away puppy kisses for free! 

Silver goes home tomorrow to start her new wonderful life so it's time for bathing and a nail trim to get her all prettied up... I will miss her but I am excited for her too!  And I don't care if she doesn't use the sleep sack quite the way it was intended... works for her!

Silver's Adopted!

While Silver has been busy snoozing...a wonderful thing has happened... She's got her very own people!  A great couple over in Western WA are more than ready to give little Silver the home she deserves...   It's been wonderful to watch Silver come slowly out of her shell this past month and i know she will continue to loved and taken care of and continue to feel safe and secure with her new family.... Way to Go Silver! 

She'll still be with me a little while while final arrangements are made to get her home... She's been great with the puppies and I'll miss my little "babysitter"! 

Laxer eyes!

grrrrr.. mine!

PlayTime!

They are showing the beginnings of house training though I am keeping them on a regular schedule.. Sidney will go to the door MOST of the time on her own if she needs to go out... She sits in front of the door and will paw at it... She also she did a header into the sliding glass door once..  ouch...but she was fine... I think the doggie door is too heavy for them at this point...

Serena and Sidney sharing the sleep sack... sorta... Sidney (red collar) is the one with the big brown dot on her back..  Serena (pink collar) has a little tiny brown spot in the same place

Tonight included some three way (and two way) tug with the tail chaser... it was pretty cute  - Silver is good with them, she enjoys playing with them for the most part -  though she got a little fiesty over the valuable tail chaser toy, pulling some serious body blocking moves on them...

 But what did they find as the most fun?  Plain toys, fancy toys...no of course not... you can see them just laying on the floor being ignored... just like a kid who would rather play with a box, they somehow found a straw that they thought was the best thing ever... Silver even got into the act... They just loved playing tug with it it and I think would have played with it forever if I let them... Admittedly I did let them play with it a bit but then took it away and exchanged it for tail chaser!

Let Sleeping Dogs... Sleep!

As things go from very quiet and calm to very busy and noisy... I can't help but pull out the camera when the dogs are sleeping... They are so sweet...

 As sisters, they firmly believe if one has it, it must be good so the other must have it too... always wanting to play/chew on the same thing... they are good sharers most of the time...

I also found the video of Silver running about my friends house...showing off her fast rattie skills... so so much happier and relaxed these days.. it's nice to see her run!

Meeting Friends!

This was how tuckered Silver was last night.. so tired she couldn't keep her tongue in her mouth!

And now Cassie has a posse of four legged "friends" that join her when she eats pizza on the couch - fun times!


Everyone had a busy day today... off we went to my friends house to visits kids, big dogs and kitty cats...

 They explored the backyard, and Silver did some major showing off - doing fast rattie runs all over the yard to show everyone has fast she is... She is fast!
 

Everyone did super meeting Mia and the big dogs - Sadie and Sherriff... No playing with the bigs dogs, just interest and polite greetings... Sidney is the less fearful of the two (with the bigger spot on her back)... Serena took a bit to warm up, choosing to check out the situation first from a safe lap.. Then she wanted down and was ready... They both immediately took to Mia and gave her lots of puppy kisses - even Silver got in on the action.

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 Kitty cat meeting went fine... Sidney and Silver both sniffed and ignored... Serena did a bit of barking, but once she figured out there wasn't going to be any reaction, she moved on... 

 

A cute picture of Sadie - she stole the girl's little tiny tennis ball..

All and all the three girls did great and they were asleep in the crate before we were out of the driveway!

Puppyville!

Silver isn't letting a broken toenail slow her down... She's is still loving playing with the tail and has learned how to do some fancy roll spin moves to try to catch it!  Not that it works, but the effort is what matters!

The puppies!

And now the puppies have arrived!  A total of nine puppies arrived last night and last night and today, they were all sent to their respective foster homes... I am taking on two of the 8 litter mates - both little girls.  To hear their back-story, go to another foster mom's blog here ----> Puppies

Serena and Sidney (so many S's in my house right now, I'm already messing them up) - are definitely sisters.  I put water in both sides of their did, but they insisted on drinking water from the same side at the same time until it was gone... sisterly, what's yours is mine, what's mine I don't want to be yours.... 

 

Serena above... the bigger of the two... I can already tell, she more of the explorer of the two, wandering all over the house, doing her own thing...

 

Sidney above, she's a tiny little thing, a bit of a hopper telling you that she wants to be held.  She was the first to engage Silver in play...

Introductions went really well.  Sasha is getting more slow, short introductions during the calmer moments to get to know them... As I suspected she would be, Silver was super friendly and just wanted to play right away.  I actually had to hold her back to let them get their bearings before being overwhelmed.  They explored the house, got some food and water... potty trips outside...BATHTIME!, then back for crazy playing and finally passing out for a good snooze... these kiddos had a whirlwind couple of days so they are tuckered out... The house has a bit of silence after a busy 4 hours... 

I am looking forward to getting to know them better and getting lots of puppy kisses!  I've never fostered three at once bringing my total to 4 dogs in the house and and I've never foster such young puppies...so again, interesting times ahead!

I got an owie!

Silver had an interesting day... A bath this morning for her...she wasn't happy, but she tolerated it.  Sasha and Silver were getting along - they were very interested in something that came in the front yard... Checking the front window, running outside to the back gate, back and again and again...I was like...awww.... a common foe brings them together... (i figured it was a cat.. a lot of cats in my neighborhood and Sasha likes to shoo them off her property and I think they like to taunt her cause she can't get past the gate)

A bit later I noticed that her foot was bleeding - a quick check showed that she broke off part of her middle toenail a bit beyond the quick, it was bleeding quite a bit ... of course I tried to catch her and she ran from me ... probably concerned about my concern...but she is fine... cleaned her foot up, applied some styptic powder to her nail to stop the bleeding and then just wrapped her foot up good... She's tolerating the bandage well though it was time for a nap after that....

Not a peep out of her either...not when she did it or while we cleaned her up... poor thing though, first her ears, now a toe!... a few days and she would be right as rain again.... (she's cute with the little bandaged foot though) - we will see how she handles a bandage change...