Meet and Greet Sunday

Two potential adopters met two of our fosters on Sunday. I went over to Green Dogs Sunday morning with Kaya to meet a nice young couple. Their application isn't quite complete yet but they were interested in meeting her and I was interested in meeting them. They were nice and it seemed that Kaya might be a good fit for them. Kaya even showed that she remembered some commands that she had been taught (not by me), including sit, down, crawl, shake, and high five. They don't have a yard, but they are young and active and they like to hike and run. That seems like a good match for Kaya's energy. We'll see what they decide.

About noon on Sunday another nice couple drove here from Harrisonburg to meet Thor. They brought along their female shepherd and she's a real beauty. While they liked Thor, their dog wasn't so sure that he's a good idea. We spent a fair amount of time with them together out in the pasture. Thor got to where he was interested in meeting her; she was mostly interested in checking out the pasture. 

It wasn't love at first sight but it didn't need to be. Still, it didn't seem advisable to send home both dogs in a single car until they were better acquainted. They are still interested in him and I think it's worth a shot so I'm going to take Thor to their place next Saturday for another meeting and see how that goes.

Also this weekend we did the monthly heartworm prevention and started flea and tick preventatives on everyone for the spring season. I didn't do any hiking, but we had some more pasture time and I finally tackled that tree that fell down back in December. 

Kaya

For heartworm prevention, I give an oral dose of ivermectin mixed with some

canned dog food, so the dogs all think that heartworm preventative day is a real treat.

Theo and Serena looking very interested and attentive as I prepare the medicine.

Even Arby likes me on this day.

Thor and Della

Kaya, Della, and Thor

Serena and Thor

Betty White

Here's my Easter foster parade: Kaya, Thor, and Betty White

This is the downed leyland cypress that we lost in an ice storm last December.

Here's Serena running in front of the downed tree on the pasture side of the fence.

And here's the same tree at the end of the day on Sunday. I still need to haul

all the limbs down to the brush pile, cut up the trunk, and figure out 

what to do with the stump and the hole that it left.