Goodbye, Chava. Hello, Sally.

Our dear sweet Chava went home yesterday - always a bittersweet event. Her confidence, loving nature and dash of sass really won our hearts and we have been a little bummed this weekend without her here, making us laugh.


The good news is she really hit the jackpot in homes. She is now an island girl, living on Vashon - a large island in the Puget Sound. She joins her mom and a cat named Garbo and will now go just about everywhere with her mom. You originally knew this pup as Laika, but the name given to her by her new mom, "Chava", means "sweet little one" in Romanes (gypsy). Anyhow, even though we are sad to not have her with us, we know that she is destined to lead a long, happy life full of love which is just what we want for her.



To keep us busy and not so sad, Sally Ride has joined our family. Sally is Armstrong's sister. She was being fostered elsewhere, but that foster mom had 3 very ill puppies on the way to be fostered and didn't want Sally to be exposed to whatever it is that the pups had. It worked great for us because Armstrong is one of those puppies who squeals and cries constantly if he doesn't have a buddy to hang out with. I am SOOOO glad that he will have a young, active fur-brother at his new home to keep him company. They will be the best of pals.

Here you see the two pups sound asleep in the puppy playpen we have behind the counter at the pet store. They spent plenty of time wrestling and playing with customers and then conked out for a couple hours in the corner of the playpen.