From Upper Left to Lower Right:
Urchin (now Steve) -6 month old Schnauzer mix with Ocean Dog Rescue, originally from a kill shelter in Taiwan. Adopted to a great home in Vancouver with K9 sibling, doting parents and teenage girls to play with. Remembered for: Running squealing from the chickens the first time they met.
Emmett (Gary) -4 month old Great Pyrenese x from Turtle Gardnes. Living with his dad and 9 year old in Langford. Remembered for: Be considered as a working therapy dog/seeing eye dog. (Turtle Gardens was asked if they would consider allowing him to go that program.) Stunning temperment.
Allie -2 year old very fearful Spaniel x saved last minute from Devore shelter, California. Living with three confident malteses and a patient mum in rural Cobble Hill. Remembered for: never thinking we could adopt her out. Her transformation from scared, fearful dog to silly family pet.
DimSum (Lucy) -7 month old Irish Terrier x from Turtle Gardens. Living it up in Metchosin on a neat little acreage with young active parents. Remembered for: always comparing her to her sister. Ironically getting the same adopted name as her sister, therefore becoming 'Lucy-Sum'.
Rupee (Nixie) -2 year old Miniature Pinscher x Chihuahua from California. Came as a last minute foster that a previous rescue had abandoned on transport! Now living the spoiled rotten life in Victoria with great parents. Remembered for: Changing my mind on MinPin mixes. Being Jerrad's constant companion.
Freddie - 4 year old Maltese x Poodle from Turtle Gardens. Dumped from a puppymill in Northern BC. Remembered for: being the nicest dog going. Doing the silly poodle dance.
Kahlua (Tucker) -6 month old Formosan Mountain Dog x from Ocean Dog Rescue (Taiwan). Now living with two police officers in Victoria. Remembered for: being labeled shy, but actually just being completely aloof.
Buckwheat (Skye) -4 month old Golden Retriever x from Turtle Gardens. Now living with TG alumni Tegan and smashing parents; living the good life. Remembered for: Dropping him off with Sheila and David knowing full well I wouldn't have to look at any other applications ;). Seeing him at daycare on Tuesdays :)
Alphie - 3 year old Chihuahua x from Devore shelter in California. Now living in beautiful Tofino. Remembered for: being quite sick when he came. Hating Alvin who was fostering here with him.
Megan (Maddie) -6 month old Border Collie x from Turtle Gardens. Now living with adoring parents in Sooke. Remembered for: Being close to a foster fail. Being quite a mellow/lazy border collie.
Suzie -10 month old Formosan Mountain dog x from Ocean Dog rescue in Taiwan. Recently adopted to a great home in Vancouver. Remembered for: preparing for a shy dog, and within 5 minutes having her in my lap. Her kicking me with those huge kangaroo legs!
Jasmine: 7-8 year old Formosan Dog Rescue, from Taiwan. Adopted with Zephyr to a home in northern BC. Poor girl had been through the ringer in Taiwan. Remembered for: Being totally uncomfortable being a house pet. The odd moments of sheer happiness she could have that unfortunately were far and few between at times. A truly 'special project' dog.
Chowmein (Lucy): 7-8 month old Irish Terrier x from Turtle Gardens. Adopted to a stunning family with an amazing acreage property in Sooke. Remembered for: Being a big couch potato. Wrestling with Lemon. The 3 homechecks we did in one day for her!
Onyx-Vudu (Captain): 7-8 month old Shiba Inu X from Turtle Gardens. Adopted to a great couple and their son. Living the good life in Esquimalt. Remembered for: Being off-leashable within a week, being just so darn cute.
Josh (Jake): 4-5 year old Golden Retriever from Ocean Dog Rescue (Taiwan). Adopted to a single lady in Vancouver who has the time to work with him. Remembered for: Being kind of a jerk, needing a firm hand, but having awesome aptitude for being a sports prospect. Reminded me that the kindest, best looking face isn't usually the best dog.
Truffle (Abby): 18 month old Flat Coat Retriever x from Ocean Dog Rescue (Taiwan). Adopted to a great family with a golden retriever named Hunter. Having a blast running the beaches and doing lots of swimming in Victoria. Remembered for: Having off-leash day 2. Being so close to adopting her myself, but knowing she was too easy a dog for me, and at the same time, knowing she needed more than us anyway. But soooooo close!
Migo: 1 1/2 year old Formosan Mountain Dog x from Ocean Dog Rescue (Taiwan). Adopted to a great single man in Duncan who bikes him everyday and takes him to work. Remembered for: Being my first Ocean Dog rescue, taking a lot longer than usual to get adopted for such a good dog, taking a few weeks to become an ideal dog in the house. A real handful, but a real sweetie once he learnt the rules.
Twist (Lita): 10 month old Border Collie in 11 pounds from Cozumel Humane Society (Mexico). My own save, and adopted to my co-worker Meshum and her partner. Remembered for: Being a right little spitfire, just not able to say no to saving her.
Momo: 2 year old Pug from Ocean Dog Rescue (Taiwan). Living in a nice big house with great parents and canine brother in North Saanich. Remembered for: Being the only dog so far in foster care that hasn't been able to be housetrained by the 'no pee, no play' method. Also, annoying the heck out of all the other dogs. SNORING!!!!
Hanna: 4 year old Chihuahua from California. Fostered between TG bus runs for the same people I fostered Rupee for. Now living in downtown Victoria and loving the busy lifestyle. Helps her mum study for her law degree with lots of cuddles. Remembered for: Guarding the couch and not being able to have couch priviledges. Being goofy when we'd go to the big field for everyone to play in.
Pika: 18 month old Pug x Mastiff from Turtle Gardens. Originally adopted in Sooke, but the family have sinced moved to Calgary, so she's now a Calgary resident. Remembered for: Being so silly looking, having the best face to photograph and shredding whatever paper she could get her paws on.
Alvin: 2 year old Chihuahua from California. Living downtown Victoria with his mum that treats him like a big dog despite his size of 5 pounds. Remembered for: having to teach to be a 'real dog'. Dancing for his water dish, growing on me like a weed.
Ginger: 2 year old Great Pyrenese x. Living with great parents and their cats in Sooke. Spoiled rotten indeed! Remembered for: Being my biggest foster at 90 pounds. Her manly bark and leaning her big sweet face in my lap.
Barley (Mika): 4 month old Golden Retriever x from Turtle Gardens. Fostered with her brother Buckwheat. Now living with great parents and canine brother Kobi. I get to see her at the daycare twice a week and she has grown into a fantastic dog. Remembered for: Always being asked if she was a golden retriever puppy, having applications out the wazoo.
Helen (Simone): 4-5 year old Formosan Mountain dog cross from TUAPA (Taiwan). Helen was held back to come to a foster home as she was apparently snarky with other dogs. After seeing some videos I could tell she was all bark and decided to take her on. She is now living happily with great parents and canine brother Pierre. Remembered for: Being the cutest dog going, always wanting the love.
Dickory (Hovey): 8 month old Husky x Corgi x Shiba Inu. A true Heinz 57. Fostered for Turtle Gardens after she failed an adoption in Vancouver. Now living with active single dad in Victoria. Hitting up the trails and dog parks every day, and being a social butterfly. Remembered for: Being a totally goof, and the happy-go-luckiest dog probably ever in foster here.
Luma (Luna): 8 month old Alaskan Husky x from Turtle Gardens, ditched for jumping on kids. Luna is now living the good life in Victoria with parents ready to tackle her training requirements. Remembered for: Giving anyone else the leash and her turning into a totally husky. Getting her instead of the foster I was supposed to get that particular bus run. Lots of kisses
Max: 10 month old Alaskan Husky x from Turtle Gardens. Max came instead of the arranged foster and threw us for loop as for the first few days he picked Beckett as enemy #1. Thankfully all got sorted and he found a loving home in Nanaimo very quickly. Remembered for: Dropping the long-line on him 1 1/2 weeks in and him bolting as if he was just set free in heaven. I had to chase him around for almost half an hour WITH the 20 foot long line!!
Zephyr: 7-8 year old Formosan Mountain mix from Taiwan. He came with Jasmine and although a bit of a cranky old codger he grew like fungus on us. A lovely old guy once he got over not liking Beckett. An EXCELLENT cuddling partner. Though he stayed the longest of all the fosters we've had, he was welcome to a place forever with us if he needed it. He is now living the good life in Northern BC. Remembered for: Staying the longest. The bald patch on his bum.
Looking forward to all that 2013 has to offer.
Emily Out
3 comments:
Congratulations Emily.. wonderful work you've done for these dogs!
Wendy
Wow Emily! I had 12 fosters this year (in my first year of fostering) and I thought that was a lot!
You've given so many dogs that second chance they all deserve. Way to go ;)
Here's to 2013!!
What a great crew! - and what lucky dogs to have had you as a springboard to a new life. Happy New Year to you both, and here's hoping it'll be a happy one for many more dogs coming through your hands.
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