Settling in a bit

Ryan was pulling a lot last night on our walk. I tightened the Martingale collar a bit more and stopped when he was pulling hard and he was getting the idea but he is so fearful that he is staying ahead but looking back or is pulling sideways. I setup a create with a comforter in the kitchen for him since he seemed to be staying in the kitchen most of the evening. I left it in there with the door open and he laid in it a bit. I put him up and shut out the lights and went to bed and he started whining and howling. After a while, I got concerned that my next door neighbor has her bedroom near my kitchen and I decided to go put up a gate and let him just lay on the tile in the kitchen. This morning, I heard him picking up a bone that I had left on a comforter by the back door which meant he had gotten out of the kitchen. I went and put him in the crate and went back to bed. He howled and whined and scratched at the crate for a long while and then settled for a while and then started again and then settled and then started again and it was time for me to get up. Well, the comforter is pretty ripped up (need to go to Blue Hanger and get another one for $3). I need to decide what to do with him tonight. I think I will setup a crate in another part of the house where it is more central and won't disturb the neighbors and just put in a towel I don't mind shredded and just let him howl.

He is laying next to me on the floor right now. He should be tired because he didn't sleep a lot. I need to get the camera and take some pictures to post up to the blog. This morning after my conference calls, he is getting a bath.

KD

Heard from her new family today. She now goes by Sadie. She is adjust pretty well, a little nervous but getting more settled each day. She is still playing with her squeaky football that I sent with her.

Hello Ryan

Ryan is painfully shy. He is Ringo's littermate. He is next in the house and I brought him home tonight. He has a tendency to stop and try to get away on leash so I added a Martingale collar on him and it seems to be working well. He is hanging out mostly in the kitchen but wandering just a bit. He needs a bath badly, but I don't want to freak him out too much tonight.

Kind of quiet

It is somewhat strange around here with no dog. Nothing to do when I get up in the morning (well, plenty to do but no dog to walk). No worry about getting right home to walk the dog. I checked with our foster coordinator and we decided who needs to be fostered the most and I will get him on Monday when I am back in town. I will update with name, picture, profile when I have got a new foster.

1 year ago today

At KD's exit today, we were going through the file and there was the original foster sheet I filled out on KD. It wasn't for the time that I ended up taking her home after Hermes, it was from 1 year ago today when I took her home to have a slumber party with Hermes. That night I had to keep tossing her off my bed so that she would sleep on the floor. Well, it took a year, but she finally found a home that I hope will be permanent. Katie and Leo are really nice and KD went out the door with them without any hesitation. We have been together a long time on and off and she was very happy at the shelter this morning because it was a staff meeting and all the caretakers were there (well, almost all) and she was so happy to visit with April and Desiree and Mallory and Monica. It was a good send off.

So now what? Ben and I are out of town next weekend so I was figuring we wouldn't get another dog until after that, but he was asking today about another dog. We will see what he is thinking tomorrow and we might go to the shelter and see what we think.

Adoption day tomorrow

I have adoption day tomorrow in Georgetown. It isn't my normal day because I switched with someone who couldn't do theirs this month. It turns out, that KD has a good application and she is scheduled to go home tomorrow also. I will bring her up to the shelter and have to leave her while I am in Georgetown. She has been a sweet little girl and I will miss her, but the people who applied for her are very nice and seem to be dog folks. She will have a good family which is my objective.

A visit with some folks and a Ringo visit here

KD and I went to meet some people who might be interested in her on Saturday. It seemed to go well and they were nice. We will have to wait and see what comes of it. We went to the shelter for the rest of the day and on Sunday. It has been "Africa" hot. Dallas had 107, but we were still hot at 103. The dogs are laying in their pools and we are bringing them in early each day. I got a wild hair yesterday and decided that I would bring Ringo home again. He did pretty well the first visit. He of course is scared to be put in the car, but lay there next to KD. He was anxious to go into the house from the car and he and KD went in the back and chased each other around for a few minutes, but it was too hot. Ringo and KD growl and grab each other and generally play rough. She outweighs him by about 1/2 or more, but he will hold his own. Thank goodness that dogs have such thick skin because they were grabbing each others necks and scruff and rolling around. We went out for a walk and it was not easy not being tied up. We just had 6' leashes but it was a twist and turn. Ringo was pulling the whole time and KD was quite good. There were a few times they were pulling in opposite directions trying to get to sniff something, but overall, it went fine and it was still hot out, so in we came.
Unfortunately, the evening ended early as was a bit short tempered and Ringo kept marking the corners of walls and the door to my bathroom. After cleaning it up for about the 6th time, I decided that it was best if I just took Ringo back to the shelter for the night and I took it easy. KD seemed a bit lonely after that, but I was less upset, so we let it go.