Dottie. An attempt at a good Nose shot.
Inky her daughter. Now that is an expression. Inky was born at the shelter.Dottie was brought to the shelter when she "Got herself" pregnant from thier intact male dalmatian. They were going to put them both down when the Parish took over the shelter from the Humane Society. Dottie is now 16 and Inky 12.
Prissy. Not too bad with her arthritis lately. She was abandoned at the vet's office just when Bear died. Tippy went nuts and was tearing up the house, The remedy was to take in another dog to keep Tippy company. It worked, Tippy stopped tearing up the house, in part because Prissy was doing a much better job of it. She is now 12.
Mr. Dawg. Doing great! Had fun in his bath today. He was hit by a car and wandered into my yard while I was outside with Tippy and Prissy. THe rest as they say is history. He is also 12.
Ginger. This is her "Hot Spot" Season, but the benadryl and baths seem to be helping this year. She got a bath today after the pics. She was brought to our house by naeighborhood kids when they found her sick, starving and freezing to death one cold December morning. After she was healthy and cured some people came by and said she was their dog. I said fine, pay the vet bills and you can have her. I handed her the bills for over $300 we had spent on treating her and they hastily departed. She is now 11.
Coco, she is feeling perky lately too. She was from a Puppy mill. No more need be said. Her age is unknown, but at least 10.
A double dose of Mr. Prince, who got a bath right after these were taken. He was from the shelter too. Some people were trying to adopt him that we didn't like. We adopted him first. He is now 5.
Apache also got a bath after the pics today. She keeps trying to get me to let her go outside and roll in the dirt! She is from the shelter too. She was a puppy scheduled to be put down because of over crowding. She is 5 also.
Sweet Pea is smiling because she escaped the Bath Monster today! Her story is too long to repeat in totality here. Short version. She was being adopted, but had heartworms. We were fostering during the heartworm treatment. It turned out that she was also preggers. ONce the puppers were born and she was cured of heartworms the adopter decided they didn't want her any more. Her age is unknown and none of the vets want to venture a guess due to the condition of her teeth when we got her. Guesses range from 6 to 10, but her teeth indicate a much greater age.
Bernie wasn't so lucky. He is one of Sweet Pea's pups as are the remaining 3 dogs. They were all born on September 4, 2001. Just one week before the attack on the trade center.
Neither was Ebony!
Pea Pod Escaped!
And so did little Ivory!
