To stalk or be stalked

Just "cuz" continued.

Just "cuz"

Introduced a new "cuz ball" to Jane. Molly was never into noisy hard rubber toys, so I had stored this particular one away. Until now. Jane thinks it's Xmas! I took a series of cuz ball photos with Jane, and I'll post them up one by one here on the blog. I was gonna add captions, but I think these photos say a lot themselves!

Rain? Don't mind it at all...

Unprecedented rainfall amounts. We had more rainfall in the last 2 days than hurricane Irene gave us! So much rain. So much water. No place to go. Had some flooding in the basement. Luckily I have an embarassing amount of dog towels that I was able to use to keep the incoming water from becoming a really really big problem. All this rain, never ending rain. Even today. More rain... not as bad, or as heavy. But still rain. I miss the sun.

How are the dogs doing? Molly is reluctant to go out when it is raining and/or when the ground is this saturated. I'm all zipped up hooded up and right out there with the dogs, so as Molly hovers under the cover of the deck I can call her to me and she will come out and do her business. Then she will sit or lay next to me as we wait for the others, getting rained on. My girl. Ben has no qualms about the weather (he used to) and walks through the numerous puddles, walking a perimter of the yard. He looks up a lot squinting in the rain, very cute. And Jane? What rain? She is waiting for our playtime with Jolly ball. Or Frisbee. Or Cuz ball. I get as muddy as Jane does when we are playing. She takes off kicking bits of grass, mud and water up behind her onto me. And she slips and slides as she catches her prize as if sliding onto home plate.

Three wet dogs and 12 muddy paws. Thank goodness I have that embarassing amount of dog towels.

It's official.

I've been fostering Jane for Glen Highland Farm for 10 weeks (detailed on Journey of a Dog blog). And now? I suck at it! But I totally own up to being a foster fail.

Jane has such a huge heart for a little dog and this light in her eyes that is too incredible for other people to not experience with her and for her to not share with other people. I took on the challenge and I really want to continue to help her get there. Molly and Ben are amazing models for her and I’m learning something new every day and having tons of fun working and playing with her to build her confidence and comfort. No worries... Molly and Ben have given their nod to the little one coming to stay. So this is an official "Welcome Home" to Jane.

Welcome Home Jane!

(You're right where you wanted to be all along.)

Re-enforced

Me me me,  I want!

No! ME ME ME I WANT!

Ok. We'll be nice and sit pretty!

Working with foster Jane means I have the treat pouch at the ready almost all the time. This fact is not lost on Molly or Ben. Working on Jane's recall seems to have re-enforced a very very enthusiastic recall with Molly and Ben. I'd say B O N U S!

In one's company

Little Jane is our 1.5 year old border collie foster dog. Yeah we've been a little bit quiet about her over here at dogzoomies... but we've been writing about her over at Journey of a Dog. 

Aren't Ben and Jane just cute hanging out like that? See what you don't know is that in all these years I have had Ben (he's 13 now) he just doesn't like other dogs (even Molly) in his sleeping space. He was never a jerk about it... he would simply get up and move and find another place to snooze that's not so crowded. But not so with Jane! For a young whippersnapper she is remarkably polite and soft-footed around Mr. Ben. It's very sweet. And he really doesn't look like he minds at all.