Minnie Update

-and other doggy updates

My sweet little Minnie is all better now! She is happy and healthy and loves to skip around and play, especially in the mornings. She is a true mother type, and spent all sunday night "patting" D on the hand when he was sick. In all the dogs we've had, we have never had a sweeter and more loving dog than Minnie....despite the fact that you know she didn't have such a nice life before she arrived here.

Now comes the worst bit (for us) and the best bit (for her). Minnie is meeting with a potential adopter Monday and will most likely go home to her new family. Oh, how sad we will all be. And happy at the same time.

I can not begin to tell you how much I'll miss her. She has such a vibrant little spirit and is a true example of not only the will to live, but the will to live a happy and full life. I will remember her always.

As for the rest of the gang here, I try to keep the updates here light as I know it can't be as fascinating to you as it is to me. Well, currently we have one-sam here. He started his rescue career as "willy" and I wanted to name him Cy, short for Cyclops. Sam only has one eye. We don't know how he lost the other...but he doesn't seem to notice. He is a gorgeous ruddy brown, a "red and white" beagle with no black. His one eye is a lovely hazely green. He is the most even tempered dog and a really fun guy. He had near disaster two weeks ago when his neuter suddenly went very badly. He developed post surgical swelling, and within days his scrotum was swollen to grapefruit size! It was horrendous, but he survived the infection and surgery and is now in the process of putting some meat on his bones so he can do his heartworm treatment.

We also currently have "Abe" though he is just passing through, he is marked for another foster home this weekend. He is a lovely open-coated beagle...like snoopy was. He is a very smart boy and we haven't minded having him at all.