Adoption Days

Last weekend our family attended a big pet adoption and blessing day.  Here are some random pictures from our wanderings.  Look at all those hopeful faces! 

AZ Schnauzer Rescue Booth

Akita?

Our foster dog Annie, working her "adopt me" face.  She found a home and will be moving out in a couple of weeks!

Blessing of the animals

I was surprised to see several Cavalier King Charles Spaniels

Giant Schnauzer, not loving the heat

Harvey :-)

"Take me home" eyes anyone?

Great Pyrenees

Brittany Spaniel

St. Bernard

Mini-Schnauzer

Something Different

I have always been in love with the breed of Irish Wolfhound so when an opportunity came along to foster a wolfhound mix we had to say "yes please!".

McKell Said "I don't understand how he can be SO SCRUFFY and SO CUTE at the same time!"

This is Walter.  A Giant Schnauzer, Irish Wolfhound mix.  Isn't he great?

Walter, thinking hard

He was picked up with his litter mates as strays in Las Vegas.  Obviously the breeder was unable to sell them and decided to kick the whole litter of puppies to the streets.
Wally was sick with kennel cough and a VERY runny nose for two or three weeks and he spent a lot of time resting.

Crashed

He was also underweight and we did our best to fatten him up with high calorie kibble and satin balls.
We really fell in love with Wally Walter McWalterson and had several family discussions on whether we should adopt him ourselves.  In the end, we decided the most responsible thing to do was to let him go so we could continue to foster.  My inner-child hates "being responsible".  I really wanted to keep this guy!  He always made me laugh.

Wally has been adopted by a great family in California.  We feel good about being able to turn his life around from starving homeless puppy to loved Cali beach dog.

(video of Wally badness)
If you have problems with the above video, you can view it directly here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBWLUwEDbR8

What is next? Well, I was heart-broken to hear that Walter's sister has not had a foster home and has been at the Vet's office this whole time.  So we took her home to love her up (sorry Gail). 
Her name is Anna, but today I am four years old so I call her "Not The Walter".

Tennessee Carter

This puppy came all the way over from Tennessee.  He was found abandoned, skinny and matted.  Our whole family fell in love with him right away.  His personality reminded us very much of Jayden (George). 

He only stayed with us for a week before moving in with his new family in Flagstaff.

His family was very excited to pick him up and I know they will all be better off for the adoption.

Sneaker Tribute

An animation created by my daughter to honor sneaker and his panties... enjoy.

Trixie

Trixie was a much loved schnauzer from a home who had to part with her due to severe health and allergy issues.  They were heart broken to have to give her to rescue (as was Trixie).  Our girls set to the task of loving her up and making her feel like part of our pack.
She is still young (under a year) but is a very well behaved puppy and has been a lot of fun in our home. 

In other news, Obi, our own mini-schnauzer is sick.  :-(  Poor guy.  He is going to the vets in the morning. 

Sneakers

Sneaker is a very schnauzery schnauzer.  He is everything you would think of when you think mini-schnauzer.  He is cute and loveable, a little grumpy, expressive, quirky, playful and awesome. 

Sneaker was the victim of a divorce and was found starving and over heated in a foreclosed, empty house.  The neighbors heard him yelping for days and finally called the police.  Needless to say, the poor little guy had some major abandonment fears for the first week or two at our house.  If he was left in a room alone he would whine and yip non-stop and had a couple of bad nights getting used to his crate. 

He eventually gained his confidence back and settled down into a perfect pack member and we will be sad to see him go. 

Sneaker had to wear the "big cone" after his neutering and it left him with neck sores. 

We ditched the cone and had to come up with another solution. :-) 

Oh yes... Sneaker has a heck of an under-bite that makes him look tough. 

Knut!

Bob is already adopted!

Now we have Knut.  A fuzzy cuddle bear.  He is about two years old and his owner had failing health, was was hospitalized and could no longer care for him. 

First day

He is a shy little guy and it takes some effort to get him to warm up to you.   Once he does warm up he turns into velcro dog!

The Mini-Schnauzer Emerges

There was a schnauzer under there!

We already have a family in mind for Knut and think he will be a perfect fit.