Eye problems

I noticed Roxie's eye was pink and it looked like she had been crying. This started Thursday. I thought she may have just gotten something in it so i cleaned her face and waited till friday. It didnt get better and i was afraid she had pink eye or something. I didnt want the others to get it or it to bother her so I Emailed the vet at TERR to see what we needed to do. She said we should bring her in so we went in today and did some volunteering while we were there. My husband, myself, and my daughter walked some dogs. I tried to get Daniel to run with me but he decided it was time to go back in. My daughter Emma got to play with a beautifully female named Sugar. See picture at the bottom.

As for Roxie she was scared to death. Poor baby I have never seen her shake the way she did when we went in there. Of course there are several dogs barking and it was loud. Mrs. Pat saw Roxie and she only has some irritation and Pat gave us some meds to put on her gums. So she should be back to normal in no time!

Dog Park!

Today was Roxie's first day at the dog park. She loved it. She is a runner so she enjoyed the big open area. She even walked good on her leash! I am so proud of her and she has come Sutch a long way!

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Roxie's New Trick

Roxie now knows the command "SIT"! Yay for Roxie. she is a super fast learner!!

Good Roxie

Roxie is officially over her food aggression. She has come a long way in a short time. Now all we need to work on is walking on a lead and sit. I worked with her today a little on sit. She is coming along. I figure she will have it down by tomorrow. The picture is of her and her two foster brothers and one tiny foster sister. It's funny how the girls are white and brown and the boys are white and black.

Learning New Things

Roxie is awesome in her kennel. She only whines when she has to go potty and she barks at knocks on the doors. She is so good in her kennel it makes me think she was an inside dog before, but then she does things my dogs would not dare. This evening she got on my dinning table and took the package of tortillas down. I forget that she is not use to being indoors. I am so use to my dogs and know they know not to do those things.

Every time we get a new foster I have to remind myself as well as the new pup. I have to remember and remind my hubby that the fosters don't know better. They are being given a second chance at a good life. Roxie knows when she is in trouble and cowers as if she thinks we are going to beat her. Poor baby. It makes me think that maybe the person or persons that had her before did. She is a good girl and a quick learner. She still has the mentality of a pup and she is eager to please.

Speaking of her being a pup. She is constantly begging my other dogs to play with her. She hardly ever sits still. I have three dogs and she will play with all of them till they give up on her. Lol. She starts of with BamBam because he is the biggest and loves to run with her. She loves to play chase with him. Then she will move down to Michael Jackson but he does not like to run so he stands under her and they nip at each other for a little bit till he lets her know he has had enough. Then if she is really desperate to play then she will play with Zombie. Zombie is only 4lbs and stands about 4" tall so she is supper tiny and has the attitude of a tiny dog. Zombie normally will play for a couple minutes and then will let Rox know she is done lol. Roxie will then go back to BamBam and see if he is done resting. It's funny to watch them play.

Roxie is full of energy and loves to be outside. I wish my fence was not messed up or I would leave her out there after my lunch brake. I am lucky enough to work so close. I have a 5min walk from my house to my job and I use my lunch to sit out side with the pups.

Well it is late and I am going to bed. I hope you enjoy the pictures of the dogs playing outside.

At the Park

Roxie has been so good. She likes to play with stuffed animals and tear the squeaker out of them. She likes to STAND not sit in anybody's lap. She is very funny.

We are currently at the park down the street from my house. I am not sure if this is the first time for her walking on a leash but she sure acts like it. The poor thing pulls till she can't breath. I am going to have to look into getting her a harness or at least a thicker collar.

It's so hard to get a decent picture of her. She is so much like a puppy. Good thing my iPhone has a decent camera. She is such a pretty girl and very sweet. Well I have to tend to my human kids now.

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Meet One Eyed Roxie

This is miss Roxie. She had less than an hour left in BARK when we decided to take her in. She is about a year old, is UTD in all her shots, fixed, and microchipped. When we got her she stunk to high heaven and was infested with fleas. We gave her a bath, some toys, and food.

For the first two days we played musical dog because we did not know if she had been around any other dogs. She did growl and go a little crazy when she had food in her crate but other than that she is now fine with the others. She is still food aggressive but that will fade with time.

Roxie does not let he one eye slow her down, although she does run into things ALOT. I have asked what happen to her eye and no one seems to know. Monday evening when we brought her home we put her in the bath and she looked so scared. I took extra care not to bother her eye. I could not help but stare at her and feel bad. I can not even imagine what happen to her eye. What she went threw. People can be mean and it may just have been a mean person that left her this way. Yet she is so forgiving and still loves to be around people and other dogs.

I will be working with her on some simple commands but she is very hyper so it may take a while. I will update whenever possible.

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A new foster pup

We did not end up getting Bambam because she got sick and passed away. Poor baby. But good new is we were able to save a pup from euthanasia. Her name is Roxy and she is missing one eye. We are on our way to get her right now.

whats the hold up?

We didnt end up getting the new foster pup yesterday. The weather was horrible and i really didnt want to get out. Also the lady that has the pup now is taking here and her sister to get shots and things Saturday. So we will have her sometime after that on Saturday. yay! We are going to go get a new Kennel and a blanket for the new fur baby. I am sure she will like her new foster brothers and sister just fine.:)

Our newest pup

This is BamBam. She is a 4 month old pit puppy. She is being fostered threw Treat Em' Right Rescue.