Christmas!

Hello!

The puppies and I had a wonderful holiday, mom came out from Texas the weekend before Christmas and was here for a little over two weeks. I was able to get off from from Christmas Eve until January 5th. Christmas was overflowing with presents and the dogs were too funny as you'll see in the pictures below. Baxter just couldn't wait Christmas morning and started opening presents on his own (bad Baxter!). Molly was completely tuckered out after about two hours and curled up in her new bed in the middle of it all and was out like a light.

My Auntie Sue came down and stayed with us for 5 days over New Years. We went up to Orlando to go to SeaWorld and to the zoo in Palm Beach. I think she had a good time and she loved the weather considering it's been a horrible winter in Chicago.

Here are some pictures from Christmas.

This is after it was already taken away once.

Now he's got it down on his level and can really work on it.

Baxter instructing the younger puppies on how to open presents.

Victory!!!!!!!!! It was intended for Bella, but he liked it so much I swapped it for one of his.

Miss Molly all tuckered out in her new beds with a few toys

Poor Bella, I couldn't help myself

Molly and Gianni napping (yes, they've been decorated with the bows from the presents, again I couldn't help myself)

Bad little Baxter - this was after he got himself in trouble yet again and I stuck him in a box. He must have decided he needed a time out because he stayed in there for a while!

The long awaited update!

Hello all! I'm sorry this has been so long in coming, things just seemed to get so hectic! Molly has blended right into our little family. Baxter and Bella are thrilled to have her around, and Pix, well Pix hasn't thrown us all out of the house yet. Baxter and Molly love to play tug of war and king of the mountain (yes, I'm the mountain they try to climb to the top of). Molly and Bella like a little more physical pursuits. They wrestle with each other and like to chase each other around the back yard.

Molly has been to the RHC offices I work out of the most and was of course a hit. Everyone she comes in contact with instantly falls in love with her. She's always very well behaved when we she comes in with me. She greets everyone, plays a little and then curls up on her bed to take a nap.

Molly also recently went to the Bow Wow Club, the doggie daycare/hotel I use sometimes when i go out of town. Again she was a complete hit, the staff loved her. I have to say the staff is pretty wonderful there, they always take great care of my guys. Bella always gets to go in with the little guys (she's terrified of big dogs, no she doesn't realize she's 50lbs!). They were happy to hand feed Molly for me separately from the other two. She is no longer aggressive around food, but she eats it so darn quick if you just put it down she usually ends up choking! Cookie is her favorite word, she'll do anything to get one.

I promise more updates soon. So much more going on! Here are some pictures of them for now.

Bax and Molly playing tug of war

Bax and Molly roughhousing

Mols and Bells roughhousing

Bella and Molly in the backyard

All tired out!

A new addition

On Sunday Baxter, Bella and I piled into the car and headed over to the west side of the state to meet Molly/Dakota (more on that in a sec). All the dogs seemed to get along great. Baxter and her played and Bella tried to hide herself behind me. The biggest one and she's scared! So we happily added Molly to our family on Sunday.

Her foster mom renamed her Molly so that she would have no bad memories of her former life. After spending a few days with her I think the name suits her, although I tend to call her Miss Molly or Mols.

The first few days had some rough spots. Baxter figured out she was here to stay pretty quick and got just a wee bit jealous and sulky. Luckily by Monday evening he was back to his old self and ready to play . Bella handled it much better for the most part. She loves playing with Molly in the back yard, the two of them run and jump and chase each other all over. Missing a leg hasn't slowed Molly down one bit, I think she's faster than Baxter! I have to try to get some pictures, they are too funny out there.

Anyways here's some pictures from her first days with us.

Playing tug of war

Baxter thinking that bone looks suspiciously like one of his ...

Looks like Molly's now

I think she's a happy little girl and we are very happy to have her

Keep your fingers crossed!

Well I had my home visit today. I think all went well and I am know anxiously awaiting the final verdict. Baxter was his usual wild self when MaryAnn arrived this afternoon. He did eventually calm down though and show that he could be well behaved :). Bella was the good girl she always is. Pixie went into hiding and refused to show herself. Those of you who know me know that patience is not one of my best virtues and this is killing me! I would happily get in the car to go pick her up in the morning. I even bought her new toys when I was out shopping tonight AND I told Baxter he couldn't have them. Hopefully, I will find something out in the next day or two.

Dakota seems to be doing fantastic. Look at her go! She seems to be quite happy to be off her crate rest following her surgery. I am going to have to find one of these busy buddies for her she seems to love it...

Dakota taunting Oliver with the busy buddy

I think this is Zoe that she's playing with.

Baxter and Bella had their friends, Duchess and Cody, over visiting while their family was out of town. I posted some pictures from their visit. They went back home Friday night, the kids were very happy to have their puppies back with them.

This is Bella, Cody and Duchess outside


And this is Cody after he finally got the toy away from Baxter. He's too tired to play with it now though!

Okay I can't leave Bax out, here's my cute boy!

One last surgery

Dakota went in to get spayed today. Everything went great and the vet also fixed an umbilical hernia while she was under. She is back home with her foster mom tonight sleeping off the anesthesia and resting.

Hopefully this will be the last surgery she will ever need! Her story as well as anyone knows it, is that she was hit by a car, crushing her right front leg. Her family then proceeded to do absolutely nothing! That's right nothing, no treatment, no pain medication, NOTHING!!! I don't know why they did nothing to help her, if they didn't think it was that bad, didn't have the money for the care or just thought she might be taken away from them. It doesn't matter, there is no excuse for treating an animal this way. They finally surrendered her to Pug Rescue of Florida a week later when her leg was rotting off and gangrene had set in. The infection was eating away at her leg to the point where the bones were visible and the gangrene had spread up into her shoulder. They had no choice but to remove her leg in order to save her life. Below are pictures of Dakota right right after surgery (the picture in the first post was also right after) and another just 3 days after her surgery. Lastly, I posted the pictures of her the night the pug rescue got her showing the condition of her little leg. The pictures are pretty graphic so I have posted them lower down so that you have to scroll down if you want to see them.

This was her when she was surrendered. I don't know how someone could let an animal suffer like this...

How this all got started!

So this is where my whole idea of starting my own blog started. The little darling below was on one of the Pug Rescue of Florida when I went browsing to see who needed a home. There are four pug rescues in Florida that I am aware of and I was checking to see if anybody just screamed you're my mommy. Well, this one did. She actually wasn't up for adoption. She had been hit by a car and her family surrendered her (eventually, more on that later). She lost her front right leg as a result and the rescue was asking for donations for her care.

So I donated of course, how could you say no to this face??? I also promptly sent off an email inquiring about her and then went home and filled out the lengthy application. I'm not complaining most of these dogs have been thru quite a lot and they deserve to go to homes that are going to take care of them. They also sent me a link to her foster mom's blog site so I could get updates on her and hence my new blog!

It seems all was okay with my application. She is scheduled to be spayed this week and then she will be ready for her new home. The only problem is I she is at the pug rescue the furthest from me in Florida and before I can be approved to be her new mommy they have to do a home visit. So another closer pug rescue has been contacted to see if they have someone who can come do the home visit. Then (keep your fingers crossed) I will be adding another member to the family. Baxter and Bella are thrilled, Pixie not so much.

I set this up in a bit of rush but will be updating, changing and adding to it regularly.