Zia's starting her new life!

It's not often you get to see a 40 something adult get so excited about something that they are jumping up and down, but that's what happened when I pulled up to meet Zia's new parents to hand her off last night. They were so, so happy, and Zia, who had met them once before was pretty dang excited too. I'm always a little sad when my foster kiddos head home but that kind of happiness is pretty infectious and it makes the goodbyes a lot easier to know that she's found a home where she'll be an important member of the family.

Zia will now live in a neat old neighborhood of Tacoma and her mom is really excited to start her in agility - something this sleek, long-legged, athletic Rat Terrier-Jack Russell will likely excel in! She's a busy girl and needs a job and there's nothing like positive training to help a dog and their person bond. I'm looking forward to hearing about her adventures and seeing pictures of her all grown up - will she have her mamma's conformation-perfect rat terrier ears or her dad's cute floppy Jack ears, or maybe one of each?

Settling in for some serious antler chewing

 

 

Since I've been so busy the puppies pretty much kept themselves occupied playing with each other while they were here and I felt bad because I didn't get to know them as well as I wanted. Today though, I made myself take the time to have an extended playtime with Zia and she tore around the rec room, wrestled with me and worked on an antler with intense purpose.  After that she snuggled up in my lap while I worked on my laptop and had a nice snooze.

Catching some zzz's after a long playtime

So have a wonderful life, beautiful girl! I know you will be loved.