Updates

Seraphina is quickly settling into her new home.  It only took just a little bit and she starting sleeping on the bed!  Her and her rat terrier sister Abby - they get the zoomies together and are on their way to becoming fast friends.  What a great Christmas for Seraphina and she even got some fancy new clothes and I'm sure she will have the bestest 2019 !

 What a cute little pack of pups!

Look who I also  heard from -  Sebastian's dad Ryan!  Sebastian was my very first foster dog back in 2011  Over 7 years ago - now Sebastian is about 8 1/2 years old.

He's doing really well - has lots of tricks in his repertoire - a funny one being "Walk the Runways" which he will walk on his hind legs -  all for the mighty treats he gets!  

He's all grown up and his face has whiten quite a bit - but I still see that silly ssweet boy i fostered so long ago! 

I'm taking a break from New Rattitude fostering for the winter -  but I've got exciting news for next week and then I will be back to NR fostering when the weather warms up :)  

Google+ Awesome Video

Google made this video for me - called Google + Auto Awesome ...out of my photos that i have uploaded to Google+ Not sure how it decided to pick which pictures or if I should be worried or not that's its making videos for me..but it was fun to watch the video not knowing what it was going to show.  Mostly the puppies Sawyer and Skye, Stella is in there, Sprite, Skittleman and then Sebastian (my first foster) was in the mix.  It was sweet and I do appreciate the Ice Coffee recipe that I took a picture of from a magazine this summer, that is right in the middle of all the dogs pics.. pretty much sums up a great portion of my dailly life.. dogs and coffee...coffee and dogs oh and some more coffee and dogs... so Thanks Google, you are forgiven (but I'm keeping my eye on you!)  Enjoy!

Farewell 2013

Awesome Auto Video

RattieFest, July 28th!

Join us, the Pacific North West New Rattitude Team  

on

Sunday July 28th from 1pm-3pm

Robinswood Park 

Address is:

2430 148th Ave SE

Bellevue, WA 98007

RSVP HERE if you are on Facebook

Fabulous event for former adopters, volunteers and supporters.  There will also be fun games for the dogs like bobbing for hotdogs and food puzzle games in addition to of course the famous raffle that raises money for the transport costs of getting our rescued dogs to available foster homes - Come See Us!  Bring your Rattie!  We would love to see you!

Former Fosters - doing great! 

 Here is Mina (Sabrina) getting along in her new home with her family's chickens! 

Sophie, now Laika, was adopted last year in March - she was a master tennis ball catcher (and shredder) and is doing great down in the TriCities with her dad and fur sibling Boo.  She's got to go camping on the river among lots of other fun things! 

Sebastian - my first foster dog...  My introduction to New Rattitude fostering and a huge part of why I'm still here.  He is doing great on the westside with her person Ryan and enjoys playing with the neighbor dog every chance he gets! - Word is he will be here on Sunday!

and there there is Saul - Adopted in late 2011, I fostered him for a bit until his perfect person was ready and found him.. now he gets to go on regular trips with his person.. She says, his favorite spot is in the front of the window (see above) - Saul and Kelly might be making an appearance!

Happy New Year!

My first year as a foster parent is here... 7 dogs in 7 months.  What a wonderful experience it has been.  I have been honored to be part of each of these dogs journey into their furever home.  And thanks to all the New Rattitude people for all the kindness and support this past year and the Washington team..I couldn't have done it without them! and last but not least, and especially my daughter Cassie, who has been such a great help with these dogs, especially the playing part! 

Sebastian, Tucker and Susie Updates

Got lots of updates this past week...

Sebastian, my very first foster is doing really well and has joined a doggie training class to work on recall.  Ryan adores him and is now working on cutting back some on his food as he's gained a little "winter weight".

Tucker is also doing great here in Yakima and is becoming best buddies with Ron and will curl up by him for naps... (Tucker was very wary of him when he was first adopted)...  He has attempted the hobby of chewing shoes and plastic garbage can but his new parents are showing him there are much better things to chew on...

Susie who was just recently adopted is settling in after an eventful start... She is quickly showing her new parents that she is the master squeaker destroyer of all squeaker toys....

Susie gettin' some love from her new mom

Here is to a Happy Holiday season to all the dogs I've fostered this year... (including, Shelby, Shelly and Saul too!) and to a wonderful new year with their fur-ever families!

Tucker and Sebastian sitting in a tree...

Took Tucker and Shelly to the New Rattitude Reunion in Bellevue today.  Was worried it was going to be too much for Tucker, but he did really well.  He tolerated the 2 1/2 hour trip with little fuss.  Once there, he was able to be let of leash in the dog park and ran around checking things out until he met Sebastian (who was might first foster) and then it was love at first sight and mutual.  Tucker definately has alot of hormones in him!   When Sebastian left the dog park, Tucker went to the fence and just stared and whined at him.  (tucker has the purple harness and sebastian is in the blue) He got into a couple little spats (with one dog in particular), but easily pulled apart. 

 At the end of it (about 3 hours later), he was definately done for the day and I think he was asleep in his crate before we were out of the dog park. 

And we won a couple of things at the NR raffle - so Tucker and Sasha have some new toys and stuff to play with.    It was a tiring but wonderful day.  (Cassie will be posting about Shelly, our 6 month old puppy who went to her furever home today too). 

Tired after a long day of playing...

Visiting the Westside

Shelby had a super busy day today.  We took her to Seattle when she met up with some co-workers, had a visit with prospective adopters, met up with another foster dog and a quick trip to the Bite of Seattle.  She loved meeting the co-workers, was an adorable angel with the adopters but didn't so much like Sebastian, my first foster, who was more than happy to play with her, but she just isn't ready.  Took her to the Bite of Seattle which was a bit busy for her, so I stuck her in my oversized purse and she was pretty happy in there with her little head popped out.  Once we sat down to eat on the grass, she got out and met some people, again doing really well with people.  We didn't stay long there, it was a pretty busy place.     She traveled great in her crate but is happy to be out of there and back in a place she recognizes.  (me too!)

out like a light

SEBASTIAN!

Sebastian is thriving in his new home with his parents, Ryan and Nik. 

It was so good to see him again! 

Ryan and Sebastian

So cute in his little carrier

where for art thou Sebastian

So it's been a week without Sebastian and he is settling into his new home.  His parents are in touch and he is doing well once he got all settled in.  He had some stomach upset and kept poor Ryan up the first night with potty breaks, poor thing.. the both of them!  He's barking some when being left alone, but I think it's due to all the changes and should get better as time goes by and he gets more secure.  Everyone at New Rattitude is giving advice on helping this get better as soon as possible, which I think it will in no time. 

I've heard that they bought him a sling to carry him in, which I think it just perfect for this little prince when his paws get tired! 

Sebastian in his new home and his new toy and of course a sun spot!

A new foster for me in in the works and hopefully in a week or two, I will have another which I am looking foward too.. Stay tuned!

Endings and Beginnings....

So Sebastian is with Ryan and Nik now in his 'fur-ever' home.  They are thinking about keeping the name Sebastian, which i would understand if they didn't, but neato if they did.  Time will tell as they get to know this little man better in the upcoming days. 

Sebastian did great on the ride trip up to CleElum, but he had some stinky gas... geez!  Must of been nervous to what was going on.

I did fine with giving him over to Ryan, who was super nice and I know will be good dog parent to him, but I admit I had a moment when I drove away and saw him look at me like "hey, where you going". 

I wish Sebastian all the best and have such happiness that his journey has brought him to a good home and a good life.  As he is my first foster dog, he will always have a special place in my heart.  He is such a good little dog and it was wonderful to see him come out of his shell these past few weeks... and maybe I will see him at the Rattitude Foster reunion in August that Ryan said he might be coming to. :) 

Look West Young Dog!

Sebastian is going home today!    I think he knows something is up - he was so full of energy last night and literally ran laps around my house.  Sasha kept trying to get him to stop, but he wasn't having any of that and tried to entice her play, which she wasn't having any of.  They were cute... I kept throwing this little stuff snowman and Sasha would try to hard to beat him to it, and she just couldn't, but she could take it away from him!  She is 7, she just doesn't have the energy he does, but she does have more bossiness!

We had a nice morning - he actually let me sleep a little longer, probably exausted from all his running and craziness the night before.. Went for a walk, he did his business, cuddled a bit.. Gave him a bath - he ignored me for awhile.. So not a huge fan of the bathing... Then he settled down a bit.   Now later tonight - heading up to CleElum to give him to his new dad and they will head off together to his new home in the Seattle area! 

Peek-a-boo

Sebastian thinks if he hides under a pillow, I won't be able to find him!

I'm Offically Adopted!

No new pictures today, but there has been a flurry of activity as Sebastian's official adoption has gone through!  Looks like he will be going to his fur-ever home this Friday with Ryan.   He will be livin' it up on the westside of the mountain.  I will miss this sweet little guy, but I'm so happy that his whirlwind of changes from being picked up in CA, living in a shelter for 2 months, being flown to Seattle, driven to eastern Washingon, getting neutered and living in Yakima will now be coming to end... One more change and drive to his new parents and he will be able to settle in his new home and life.  yeah for Sebastian! 

May I Please Have Another....

So I found a little widget for seeing YouTube videos on the blog and my phone will upload them automatically... so that's kind of cool.  Here we go...

Sebastian and Sasha on youtube - seems Sebastian thought he could convince Sasha to give up her treat after he demolished his... She ran into my room and told him very (or not so very) kindly... I don't think so!

We took Sebastian over to a friends house that had a new puppy... He kind of jumped on the puppy when he first saw him (scared us kind of), but he was just excited... Once he had a moment to calm down, he just sniffed the puppy.  Kind of a bummer the puppy never reallly woke up.  Good news:  no attempted marking or pottying over at Amber's house...

Rebel Dog

just notice what a rebel dog Sebastian is... he's got one black nail on each of his front paws...

Sebastian is really feeling better and getting back to his normal self... last night he was such a trouble maker - he ran off with the plastic dog dish to chew it, tried to eat some craft felt and got into my polyfil (to stuff pillows) and ran off with a mouthful.    Lesson:  Keep crafting room clean and don't let the puppy get bored!

Today, we went for a car ride to Pet Pantry (local pet store) and he did so much better in there. Let people pet him, checked it all out.    It's smaller, quiter, no so bright and not so many people.   There was a big gerbil playpen in there with about 6 gerbils (did you know they chirp when they hear the woman get them their lettucee?  too cute! )  Oh, and he pee'd in their cage!  maybe he was jealous, I was quite fascinated by them.  So glad I am full with animals now...

Then we went for a trip to work to meet a co-worker Sharon and he showed her how cute he was.  He was really well behaved in there, though he did find some paper to chew on... of course :)

Sasha and Sebastian... getting a bit closer!

Sleeping and Sitting

Sebastian seems pretty recovered from his surgery already and back to his routine.... He did however destroy the bottom lining of his dog bed, which I had the great idea of putting in his crate to make him more "comfortable" - guess he showed me.  Showed me to buy a more durable dog bed that is!  and maybe sewing a new lining in the dog bed... I'm thinking owls!

Quit taking pictures of me, I know I'm cute!

Sebastian has mastered "sit"...  However, I find my voice kind of creepy in one of the videos and too high in the either... hahah

A Suprise for you, a suprise for me!

came home to two suprises today...

Suprise #1 - A nice, happy, warm greeting from Sebastian with lots of kisses so all is forgiven it looks like... I think it was the new dog bone that did the trick... He's feeling much better today and getting back to his little fiesty self...

And my second suprise was a #2 accident in his crate, so maybe he felt like I had been punished enough!  Honestly, I think he's just off his schedule due to the surgery and the pumpkin in his food...  We'll get him back on track and I can't imagine it was all that great being stuck in a crate with that....

chillaxin!

The' tude in Yapitude

Sebastian had his neutering today... I picked him up a 4pm today from the vets (all went fine) and it's probably all foster mom guilt and the anesthesia but he's so unhappy with me.  Won't look at me and is sleeping facing away from me...No kisses from him either and not the slightest tail wiggle.    Here I've had him for a little over a week and he's getting all comfortable and out of his shell and then I drop him off at a strange place and he wakes up feeling all icky... I'd be none too happy either...

However.. I bought him some Evanger's Pheasant treats for tomorrow and a new chew bone and just plan on giving him his space today and and soon as he ready and feeling better, making him a happy puppy again. :)  

Let him lay out in the sun when we got home to soak up some rays - he slept outside for bit before wanting to come in where now he's sleeping on the corner of my bed.

love how he sits all proper-like!

Update:  So Cassie comes home and Sebastian wakes right up, wags tail and kisses her... NO FAIR!

The Future's So Bright!

Sebastian has an approved adoption family!  Yeah Ryan and Nik - I know you will be great parents to this little guy! 

Likes:  Any sunny spot in the house

PetSmart not so smart

So I took Sasha and Sebastian to PetSmart yesterday... wow what a trip... Sebastian wanted to mark everywhere and barked at all the big dogs.... I think it was too much for him... Sasha was pretty mellow during the whole thing and let Sebastian be the trouble maker... And I discovered how hard it it to shop and take care of two dogs...

However all that barking led to a woman coming by who played with him because she also had a rat terrier and it sounded just like her dog.  So he did make a friend at least.   He had a bit of diarrhea outside right when we left...  He's such a mellow good little dog, I forgot I've only had him for 6 days and he's been through so much... Should have taken him to the smaller,  not so bright, local pet store (which was closed) and I'm sure it would have been fine and not so over stimulating

I picked up a couple of smaller more durable tennis balls because these little Rat Terriers are chewers and need good chew toys... My tennis balls are too big and they are sasha's anyways.

Training:  he will now sit for treats!  doesn't understand really the word but if you got a treat, he will sit for it! 

Likes:  Paper... chews it up.. He got a little paper owl, a toliet paper roll and some paper towels... Keep your paper up and away!

Play On!

Sebastian is really coming into his own... He has started play (destroying) toys...  This was Sasha's tennis ball....

Will he play with the toys I got him all special?  Of course not, but he digs Sasha's christmas petco dog squeakers...

Love how he lays!

and of course, him and Sasha have to battle it out... I have to say though... they are really starting to get along which is great...