Weekly rundown
It was a fulfilling week at Dreamweaver Farms. We found great homes for great dogs and we welcomed in a number of dogs who need us now.
Welcome Josie
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| Josie |
Welcome Josie, our newest special needs standard poodle. Josie has been bounced around a bit in her 5 years and we hope to stop that now and get her settled into her forever home but first, we need to find out what is wrong.
Josie has no hair. At least no poodle hair to speak of. Were you to see her in a shelter, you would say poodle mix for she has the classic body of a standard poodle but what hair she has is slick and her topknot is a Mohawk!
Josie did not look this way a year ago when she went to live with a family in Asheville. They had taken her in when friends were moving and could not care for her. Those friends had taken her in from an older couple who found the young and bouncy puppy too much for them. The new owner noted the hair loss after a vacation to Montana last year. When they returned, Josie stopped growing hair and eventually it came to what you see now. Knowing that they were not the best home anyway (Josie chased their horses and the owner was having to keep her locked up all the time) the family turned to CPR and asked if we would take her in.
Josie is a sweet and loving girl who is getting along well with others, 2 and 4 legged. She has had her first vet visit and she does not have thyroid issues, demodex mange or anything wrong with major organs. She had a deep skin punch biopsy done last week and we are waiting on results. I'll keep you posted.
Hello and good bye Precious!
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| Precious |
Every adoption is special but some make me smile even more than usual. Precious, a 6 year old Maltese, was on the urgent urgent list at Greenville Animal Control the week of Thanksgiving. Given up by her owner because they had too many animals, the tiny little girl was being overlooked most likely because of her age. At 6 a Maltese is barely into adulthood but some don't see it that way.
Precious was once well loved and even came in with her registration papers. She snuggled into her foster mom's heart very quickly. CPR's policy is to do a 2 week temperament and health hold to insure the animals we are placing are over whatever they may have brought with them from a shelter and to make sure we can see the real personality. Precious was being brought in for pictures on Saturday by her foster mom Laura. She had been so easy already, I decided to introduce her to Jenny, one of our adopter's (and a friend of my son's) and was placing her into Jenny's arms when Karen of Hampstead NC came out of the meet and greet room where she was being introduced to poodles.
I saw Karen's eyes light up and then a look of panic when I handed Precious to Jenny. Karen waited what I am betting was an excruciatingly long two minutes before Jenny looked up at her and asked if she would like to hold Precious.
30 minutes later, adoption papers were complete, and Precious feet had yet to hit the ground. I bet they still haven't. This will be one loved dog. Special thanks to Sharon Smith who sponsored Precious into CPR.
Then there was Dolly
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| Dolly |
It is rare for a beautiful lady standard poodle to stay at Dreamweaver Farms very long. Dolly, 3 years old, white, house trained, wonderful on a leash, does well with other dogs, etc. etc. should have been here less than two weeks yet since her acceptance in mid October, she has steadfastly refused to interact with an adopter. She would get on the couch and ignore them. She would take treats and then ignore them. What was she waiting for?
Turns out she was waiting for kids. Two to be exact. Her little girl is 8 and her little boy is 6. I had warned the family that Dolly could often be a bit stand offish. Dolly walked into my office, saw those youngsters and was anything but. The family met a few other dogs, but Dolly never left the room and as you can see, is now firmly in their hearts.
Greta's Cottage is here!
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| Greta's Cottage |
Thanks to everyone who donated and most especially to Jen Reel and her family who funded the entire amount asked for! In honor, we've asked Jen to name the cottage and she has selected the name Greta's Cottage in honor of her CPR toy poodle, Greta. Jen is also selecting the theme. Here is an excerpt from her note to me discussing how we are going to decorate Greta's cottage:
With regard to themes, a few things come to mind if there is a way to incorporate them. The first is the color pink. It is Greta's signature color. Her color is pink, all of her shirts are pink, etc. The second thing is dandelions. I am currently writing a book on dandelions that is premised around finding the positives in life rather than seeing things as negatives (too many people see dandelions as a weed). I know that pink and dandelions are random, but they are really the 2 things that are most important to her and to us.
Thanks also to all of our supporters who also made possible an improvement that will allow us to grow. Because donations went so well, we were able to revamp our current power system and put up a separate pole that will support up to 10 cottages in the future. All of our existing cottages now have their lines buried so that no lines can fall on any unsuspecting pups.
The first residents will be moving in to Greta's cottage as early as this weekend if the paint dries and we get the fences up. Our first group will be our heartworm positive dogs who will be starting treatments. During treatment, heartworm positive dogs need a quiet place to rest. Greta's cottage will offer them just that.
Recap
All together, 15 dogs found forever homes this week thanks to your contributions and support. Thank you. Together, we can make a difference.
One by one until there are none.
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