Spock is looking for his own home

I thought I'd write a little about Spock, now that we have gotten to know him better. WOW! What a great dog. First off, he's housetrained, which is always a big plus. It's rare that we end up with housetrained fosters since a lot of them that come to us have been outside only dogs in Texas and are clueless about the whole outside/inside bathroom thing.



Frankly, I'm really shocked at how healthy and muscley he is. Wherever he was before he ended up a stray in the shelter he was well cared for. He isn't hand shy or overly submissive so he likely wasn't mistreated. His coat is gorgeous and his weight is perfect.

He does bark, but really, our dog Frodo is the one who starts it and he just joins in for a bit and then gets tired of the barkfest so goes off to do something else. If only Frodo was so inclined. I'm pretty sure that he is a rat terrier/basenji mix, so he has that odd, hoarse bark that basenjis have and also has the curly basenji tail, which is pretty cool. He acts like a typical standard rattie: full of energy and always ready for fun, but just as willing to kick back on the couch with you and relax.



If you know of anyone looking for a sturdy, loving, gorgeous rat terrier mix then let them know about Mr. Spock!

Mr. Spock and Aurora

Spock and Aurora arrived in Seattle at 10 this morning and have spent the day getting settled in. Aurora is a 10 month old, 7.5# rat terrier/chihuahua mix, and spent the day with me at the pet store. Midday she stole a couple's heart and it looks like she already has a home lined up. She was going to be shuffled around foster homes a bit since she was being squeezed in, but since the female rattie we were supposed to get was too ill to be flown we decided just to keep her here for until she can go to her forever home.

At first we were worried that Spock was going to be loud and obnoxious since he came off the plane barking his head off and spent most of the drive to our house doing the same. Now that he's calmed down from the plane ride he's an absolute sweetie, full of love and kisses and always ready to give a kiss.

Phoebe LOVES Mr. Spock and they have spent a lot of time wrestling and playing. Of course, Frodo, Mr. Fun Police, is greatly bothered by this and barks at them whenever he feels they are overstepping their limit of fin times.

It's a very full house with 5 dogs here tonight but Phoebe will be heading to her forever home tomorrow. Even though she's just 4 1/2# she will leave a giant hole in our hearts because she's such a wonderful little gal.

More heading home

Well, Cosmo headed home last week and little Miss Phoebe will likely be on her way this week. She has a great application with a couple who have experience with tiny little "microdogs" like Feebs is. She is continuing to eat well and should be at a healthy weight soon.

While we were on a road trip she was watched by some friends and one of them teaches developmentally disabled high school students. Phoebe went to work with this friend and one of the non-verbal students started talking at school for the first time, telling people all about her pets and calling out when she thought Phoebe was lonely back in her little crate. It was a wonderful breakthrough and all thanks to a tiny little speck of a dog. What a great girl Miss Feebs is.

We have one, possibly 2 new dogs coming from Dallas tomorrow. A male we named Spock for his very pointy rattie ears (pictured above), and a female that we haven't named yet but the shelter is calling Annabelle. She was on the euthanasia table and they had tried 4 times to get a line in to put her to sleep. After the 4th try they decided not to test fate and called around to rescue groups in a last ditch effort to save her. We don't have many details about her other than the story I just told and that she is a rat terrier.