Ok, ok, I know every post is LITERALLY about puppies/dogs, but this is everything exciting in my life right now. In the next couple weeks I will have done a 5k, go to Wyoming to do a 1/2 Marathon, and go hiking/lake. This past week has been hectic and depressing, we gave our foster pups to their new family (not depressing), Rufus (Kristy's dog) broke is poor little leg, and Kirby (16) was put down.
Rufus, broke his leg this past week, right in the growth plate. So he's got a cute little green cast on for a while (6 weeks?). Anyways, he went outside and Kristy thought maybe he wouldn't run off that far since it has been like 100 degrees this past week, but Marlene ran off and Rufus followed and somehow ended up with the horses across the street from our house. He went and barked once at the horses, the horses started running towards him and he started running away. He wasn't fast enough and five horses trampled him. Kristy heard him crying and a cloud of dirt and she ran in the middle of FIVE horses and grabbed him, they stopped, and she started walking away. The horses started coming towards her and Marlene (dog found in the desert) went desert survival demon on those horses and got in between Kristy and them. The horses stopped and all was well except for Rufus being in shock and a broken ankle.
This is one LUCKY dog, he survived five horses with only a sliver in his growth plate. He is definitely here for a reason.
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As for our fosters new homes, we got updates from their families on how they're doing! All of them are doing wonderfully, and their families absolutely ADORE them! <3. Samus's name got changed to Rogan, Zelda is River, and Knuckles is still Knuckles.
Update from Cassidi on Samus (now Rogan) -- "She is such a fantastic puppy! She's so smart and cuddly she hasn't had an accident since we've brought her home and she sleeps all the way through the night. We love her so much already and a lot of our friends and family always ask where we got her because they want one of her siblings :) thank you so much for her :)"
"Daisy (dog on right) and Rogan have to be by each other to fall asleep, we have a family that all have dogs so she has a lot of friends and next weekend we are taking her to bear lake to our cabin to play in the water. :)"
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Update on Zelda/River -- She hasn't had any accidents in the house in over a day, and her and Juno are liking each other more and more!
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Knuckles - "He is doing great! Gets along with our other dog and Tess loves him. It could not be better! (picture above) This is him and our other dog. They have taken over our bed! :)"
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Rush and Boomer are new sleeping in a crate in our room, and it's working out good, till about 5 am when Boomer whines and barks to get out. Other than that, they are little angels in the crate, and look comfortable too.
They enjoy being down in the basement most of the day since it's so cool down there from the air conditioner. Since now we have our little family room where we can watch tv and whatnot.
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| Boomer, Scott, and Rush watching some soccer. |
Rush has already become the guard dog of the house, we went out for him to go to the bathroom and he just sat there straight looking around making sure nothing was on our property. Rush is now weighing 12.5 pounds, he gained to pounds within a week. Geez, he's getting big. I got him a new toy today and when I brought it home and gave it to him he took it straight up onto the couch and fell asleep.
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| New toys rock. |
After having a hard emotional week; there is nothing better than to have three dogs sleeping all up against you while you're taking a nap. One of the best feelings.
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| Peach, Boomer, Rush cuddling against me. |
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As for my husband, Scott, he's finished one of his summer classes and now only has one summer class till the middle of August, then a week break and Fall semester begins! He's doing really well in school and has an interview on Wednesday. I'm going to go with him so afterwards we can go to Fiesta Ole in Kearns. Mmmmm.
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| Run, Bike, Bark. LOVE MY RUSHSTER. (He is actually biting my ear) |
OH, we took Rush and Boomer on their first walks and they did MARVELOUS, even though Boomer nipped our ankles a couple times he did ok.
