Fostering with ARF: Busy couple of weeks

Well, the Adopt-a-thon went really well. There were a lot of new puppies, some of them were only 6 weeks old and sooo sweet. I brought Benny with me and right away there was a family interested in him (because he is so beautiful and well behaved of course!). When we brought him home, he started not feeling that great. Within a few days he had a really (and I mean REALLY) snotty nose, no energy and his appetite was down. To make a long story short, he ended up having a weird strain of kennel cough (he wasn't coughing) and probably nasal mites which were both highly contageous. He was started on the right medication and he has very quickly recovered. We are so happy. Honestly, this boy was a snot fest and let's put it this way... they don't use a kleenex to blow. LOL

We have had to make this family wait until Benny was well because they have another pup to introduce to him. Hopefully we can get them all together really soon and Benny can find his forever home!

The word on the street is that when Benny is adopted we will be getting two 8 week old pups, they are so sweet!

One really cool thing happened today with Benny to show just how amazing dogs are. Julia was sitting on the couch looking at Benny and he was looking at her. Julia had been sad this morning. Benny then looked away and looked at me. I said to him, "Benny, Julia is sad". All of a sudden, he got up from his day bed, walked over to Julia, jumped up on the couch (which he has never done in front of me because he knows he isn't allowed) and started to lick Julia's face. He then put his head on her lap and just stayed there for a minute before I shooed him off. Is that not a brilliant pup??

Anyway, that has been our past week or so. Here are a couple of pics of Benny and the new puppies.

Love this picture taken by the ARF photographer

He's getting to be a tall boy!!

6 week old pup... gawd... xo

Looking down on the 6 weekers. Just fluff balls!



Have a wonderful week and I'll be in touch again soon!
Terry