Long, hot weekend

On Saturday I went to an Animal Connections adoption event held in conjunction with a Mini Cooper rally at Cooper Vineyards in Louisa County.  I took Libby.  It was a nice event and they are great supporters, but Libby and I didn't stay long.  It was hot as hell and the people there were interested in cars and/or wine, as one might expect; they didn't come looking for dogs.  Libby is friendly with everyone but doesn't have the best manners.  She can't help but be excited and active around a crowd of people, but it was too hot for that so we came home for an idle and cooler afternoon in the shade. 

Saturday evening Clay and I took Anastasia to the home of a former foster dog, Hooch.  I had lost touch with these folks after they adopted Hooch probably 5 years ago, but Clay's mother met them because Charlottesville is a small town and everyone worth knowing pretty much knows everyone else.  Anyway, they had a gathering of friends, family, and neighbors, including a couple who were interested in meeting our Anastasia. 

Hooch looks great and is insanely happy.  Ana relaxed after a while and enjoyed herself just as she had at the adoption event the week before.  The two dogs were fine together and the neighbors are interested in her.  One of them is out of town next week, however, and they have cats, so I'll need to see how interested Ana is in cats, but they definitely want to give her a try. 

It was a fun evening, but we didn't get home until midnight and then still had all the dogs to deal with here. 

Sunday I drove to Front Royal to a VGSR adoption event with Trooper, Thor, Colby, and the General.  Trooper gets better each week, it seems, but I'm still not letting many people other than VGSR volunteers interact with him out in public.  The General was a complete butthead, barking at every dog he saw from the moment we got out of the van.  I wasn't in the mood for that, so he went back into the van, which required me to leave it running with the AC on for the two hours we stayed at the event.  Colby was scared and very shy, but she did finally begin to come around a little bit towards the end.  Thor was his usual, friendly self, but no one really wants to take him on until we figure out how to make him gain weight.  The upshot of the whole weekend is that I still have every dog I started with. 

Lexi was at the Front Royal adoption day with her new foster dad and his dog, my former foster, Buddy.  Lexi is doing great, no complications from the heartworm treatment, and she is perfectly trustworthy indoors.  She is, however, terrified of storms and she destroyed an interior door in order to get into a bathroom to take shelter in the tub during a storm.  That door was replaced and they will be leaving it open from now on.