Whittling away at the numbers

First off, the last I heard little Teddy had started playing with Cooper.  That's a very good thing.  He decided he didn't like the crate so he had spent a night in the kennel outdoors, but that's hardly a hardship for Teddy.  He might like the crate indoors better when it gets colder.  Also, he met a cat in the yard without incident. So far, so good.

Buck impressed the folks at Service Dogs of Virginia so much on Thursday that they are keeping him at least while I'm gone for further evaluation and possible placement.  They took him out in public, on the downtown mall, and shopping at Michael's.  He rode the elevator, he watched and observed everything, but was non-reactive. She said they often spend months of training to get them to that point and he's already there.  He was, however, scared of the clicker they use for clicker training.  They are thinking of a possible placement for him with an autistic child.  Time will tell. 

I passed off Tasha to another foster home this morning at our meeting spot up in Culpeper.  They brought Bernie along (formerly Rowdy).  He's still shy and scared of people but he took to Tasha immediately and wanted to play.  Her staples were all still intact and the incision looked good.  She's in good hands. 

Jeremy has been hanging out in my office mostly for the last few days and seems to enjoy it.  He went to another foster home late this morning too.  She brought her three German Shepherds out to meet him and then loaded up all four dogs to take home. 

I'm waiting to hear back from Lowe's about delivery of our new washer and dryer tomorrow, so I can make plans to get Bubba to his temporary foster home tomorrow as well. 

Also tomorrow is some sort of parade on the downtown mall.  I'm planning to take Sunny, Belle, and TJ to walk with group from Old Dominion Animal Hospital representing the Companion Animal Fund. 

If the temp fosters hold in place through the weekend, I'll be down to 10 dogs to board next week--our 5 plus Sparky, Trooper, TJ, Belle, and Sunny.  That's not bad considering the numbers I had here over the last couple months, and since I pay for the boarding, it's a big relief.

Apropos of nothing, these are a couple pics of Belle in my lap, taken at an adoption event a couple weeks ago.