Happy Birthday....

I adopted Mr TJ five years ago this month....love that guy so much!!! Don't know if he's seven or eight years old...don't care he is my sweet guy.....

Happy Birthday...hope you enjoyed your big treat!!!

Love you big guy!!!!

Adoptions......

Well, today just about one adoption. When we were at the show a couple of weeks ago, and Saturday was the only beautiful day in three weeks, we had quite a few people come over to check out Justine and Kaskea. One really nice gentleman brought his two girls out to see about adopting another dog as a companion to their dog. They didn't bring their baby, but came to find out he was a little dog. And a boy. They really liked both of ours and we had a really great conversation. Had them fill out an app and see what would happen.
The next weekend they brought their dog for an introduction. They looked at two boys, Kaskea and Calypso, and really no chemistry and we felt both boys would be a lot of dog for the girls, as they are both big guys. Justine , however, had no problem. Walked right up and sat down next to him.....sweet girl that she is. Both the girls loved Justine, just needed to do a home check.
The next week I arranged to do the check and asked Dad about bringing Justine at the same time. We were going to do it during the week, but the girls wouldn't have been there so we decided Saturday. Then we agreed to surprise the girls on Saturday morning and get her there before they got up. I let him know my timing and brought her in then he called Mia and Morgan down for breakfast....I can't tell you how thrilled they were!!!! Then we had the home check.....the place was great, wish they were adopting me!!! The dogs were just great together and we had a good match!!!

Lovely Justine!!!!

Her fantastic new family!!!!

I'm very sure Justine is going to have a wonderful life.....have fun little girl!!!!

More adoptions and some un-Husky posts soon.....

Have a wonderful evening........

Wow....

I know I haven't posted since last week......still feel bad since Mr. Winston. I had some great things to say....but we have had nothing but rain for weeks. So cleaning my house 24/7 is what I do. See you soon.

Rest in Peace......

Our baby Winston passed tonight. I guess , thankfully, it was very quick. Two deep breaths and he was gone......

I wanted to include all these beautiful pictures our friend Farid took of Winston just a month ago....
Rest in Peace sweet boy......

Good thoughts......

Our senior fella Mr. Winston is not doing so well right now. I was at our directors to take care of a few dogs on Monday, he wouldn't eat and basically just laid there. She took him to the vet and they said he has a UTI and bronchitis. I saw him this morning and he was the same.....I , of course , want the meds to kick in immediately.....but we shall see.

Please send some positive thoughts his way.....I'm hoping he starts feeling better soon.
Thanks.....

Texas Paw Fest......

This weekend we went to Texas Paw Fest. A good friend of mine was putting it on so we decided to join in. It was a medium size show......about 20 rescues, some vendors and the dock dogs. We actually had a prime spot and were able to watch the dock dogs all day from our booth!!!! Saturday started out super cold......it's been unusually cold here in March, usually we are getting pretty spring weather by now.....not this year. I will say at least it got to about 55 by the end of the day. We decided to take two dogs that have not been to shows before and see how they worked out. They get along with each other so we were sure they'd be fine together at the show. They were really great for a first time....very well behaved!!!
Kaskea is a woolly so we took him for a bath on Friday, He hasn't had one since we got him out of the kennel.....and he stunk so it was good to get him cleaned up!!!!

Looking better!!! Smelling better too!!!

So we took Kaskea and Justine and actually had a pretty good show. There were quite a few people so we were talking all day. Some pictures of the occasion........

Justine taking a rest!!!

I wish I had a video of the paw thing Justine was doing....

Kaskea and a new friend.

Getting a brush!!! 

Time for a well deserved rest......

Kloe came for a visit....I fell in love with that white dog in the background....deaf and blind.....

Sunday we were not as fortunate....started raining Saturday night and it's still raining Monday afternoon.....needless to say we packed and took off.....but the dock dogs were still jumping, they were getting wet anyway!!!

You can barely see...but one of the dogs is getting ready to jump.....

Sad we had to have the nasty weather...we actually got a few apps in from the show!!!
Have a great evening......
See you soon......

Three years.....

I realized today that I've been doing my blog for three years!!! Wow.....seems like a long time, so many changes since then. This last eight months have been so hard with Lizzy, but I'm getting back into it and adoptions will be the next post this weekend. Thanks to all of you for reading , it helps sometimes just to be able to write. I hope to go on for many years!!!!

Lizzy sends her best and so do TJ, Tank and Faith.....
Thanks again......

Some Odds and Ends......

I have some pictures that didn't fit a category really so I thought I'd post them together today. I have a bunch of adoption pics , since the start of the year, but these come first......
Last weekend our friend Michelle took Onyx home for the weekend. She was having such a good time with her dog , Jake, that she decided to foster her for the whole week. We had tested Onyx and Jake together and they really liked each other......still do!!!

Hanging out on the balcony!!!

Jake and Onyx posing!!!

One of our other adopters , Vanda, sent me a pic of her two.  As you can see Hudson and Murray really don't get along!!! I think these two are joined at the hip!! 

Hudson and Murray.....those crazy boys!!!

 This picture of Gunter just made me laugh.....apparently he doesn't like it when Yi leaves for work!!!

Oh Gunter!!!!

I wanted to put in a couple of B-Day pics too!! I went and bought myself some flowers on the 15th.....a bargain.My friend Cyndii made me these beautiful cupcakes....most of them gluten free and ingredients like carrots and pineapple. Lizzy liked them too!!!!

Lizzy and TJ in cupcake form!!!

Almost lost my hand there!!!

Have a wonderful weekend......
See you soon!!!

Happy Valentine's Day........

Today is Valentine's Day and also my birthday. That's all great , but today is Lizzy's birthday too!!! When I adopted her 7 years ago, I knew she was born in February so it just seemed logical we share the same day. If you told me seven and one half months ago that  she would make it to today......I don't know if I would have believed that. She was so sick. After her surgery more that 6 months ago when they said she wouldn't live for more than 6 months, I started counting everything by the holidays, she feels good on Thanksgiving, going strong Christmas and New Years......she made it to her birthday.......I actually am so happy for everyday with her.....don't know how many those are, but they are all good.

So happy ninth birthday beautiful girl!!! So many people told me dogs sometimes defy the odds with pancreatic cancer.....I know she's terminal, but for now she doesn't......

Happy Valentine's Day.......

Senior Day at Kriser's.....

Last Saturday we had our monthly show at Kriser's, but I wanted to give it a twist by taking some of the senior's that don't have a chance to get out much. We took our two very senior dogs.....Winston who is about 7 and Kaila , she is around 8. Didn't know how they'd react to all the people, Winston was OK, Kaila was a bit timid. Our friend Michelle brought Onyx.....not technically a senior.....but she needs to be with people too!!! All three of them got along great and Onyx really became the official greeter, she was going to get people to talk to us!!! I got some good pics of both Onyx and Winston, but most of the pictures of Kaila were of her butt or her turning her head at the last moment.  Luckily we had our friend , Farid, from Austin, taking pictures of the dogs and he got a few great ones of her.

Onyx having a blast!!!

Our official greeter!!!

Winston

Kaila and Winston

Miss Kaila and me ....thanks Farid!!!

All of my dogs, except Faith are seniors and they make great companions. They really just want to be with you.....all the seniors we have are house trained, crate trained and want a wonderful family to live out their days. Older dogs are great........
Thanks Farid and his wife Denise for taking a ton of pics....
Have a wonderful evening!!!!

Spencer......

Sometimes I just have to do an update on a dog from another rescue that I spent a lot of time with and wished I could have taken in. Spencer was one of those dogs. I've written about him before....he was in kennel for at least 2 years.....I'd go see him once or twice a week, and if I hadn't already had three and was fostering would have taken him. He was on a large transport to the northeast that I wrote about last spring, one of about 70-80 dogs going to new homes in Massachusetts , NY and other states that don't have the dog population issues we have in Texas and other southern states. He was taken in by a wonderful family and they have sent updated pics.....so I want to share them with you!!

As you can see he is wrapped up in the right blanket....he knows how to pick a team!!!!

Spence and his Christmas pictures!!!

Happy New Year!!!!

A far cry from Texas....his first real snowstorm!!!!!

I love it when you get updated....and Spence was always one of my favorites. You can see he is finally having a fantastic life!!!! Miss you beautiful boy!!!!
Have a great evening!!!!

2nd Annual Arctic Games

So last Saturday we had our second annual Arctic Games. We decided to have it in the same park as we did our first games......and it was a great success!! It's a joint effort...Husky Haven and TAMR (Texas Alaskan Malamute Rescue) to educate dog owners on all the fun sports they can do with their pals. We have urban mushing, weight pull, backpacking and a number of other great activities. We also had silent auctions, the Arctic Marketplace and loads of baked goods for furry friends. The week leading up to the games we had rain, but Saturday was beautiful as you will see in the pics. This is a very picture laden post......so here we go!!!!

Backpacking.....

This is Martha.....a very sweet Mal....

Getting ready to take a hike!!!

Pulling a scooter......

Denise trying on new head wear!!!!

A couple of Huskies having a great time....

Arctica at the weight pull..... 

Max....a beautiful big woolly Husky!! 

One of our Husky Haven babies....

A Husky puppy pulling some weight!!!

Another HH beauty....

As you can see....we had a beautiful day with great weather.....fun was had by all the pups and owners.....looking forward to next year!!!!

Have a fantastic afternoon.....

Go Pats!!!