Well daddy long legs, just don't stand there...

PICK ME UP. - Buster

Now what the hell did I come out into the yard again for anyway?

And whose yard is this?- Maisy Moo, 16+ and counting

I am resting my bootay on your boobay. You ok with that?

Buddy Love to GMA

Happy Hump Day Della!

Hold still while I am wishing you well. - Sam I am in love with a blonde

(Note Buddy Love looks perplexed always when watching his big brother Sam in action)

Come closer and let me smell your head.

I just LOOOVE the way little kids smell. - Stella

Shouldn't you be watching the road? Hmmmm.

Taking selfies while we crash and die.- Shanti baby

What? This pee pad is for the puppy?

 I figured I would have double protection since my WINKY sometimes gets out of the diaper.- Buddy Love

What? I am not supposed to be on the couch or messing up the covers? News to me.

Buddy Love

I don't like when you go on the WaveRunner with me.

You crowd me.  -Driving Ms. Shanti

Can you see ok? You are driving like you can't.  - Shanti Baby

I am pretty sure Shanti ran away mom. We can't find her.

She never liked any of us anyway.- Maisy, Buddy, Sam and Stella

The gate accidently got opened and the others got out. I tried to stop them.

 We should just shut the gate, go inside and watch TV on the couch, you and me. - Sam I am a tattletale

Let go of me! You're choking me!

Walking was not on my "To Do" list for today. - Maisy Moo

Sam- I am ready mom. I'm a good boy.

Shanti- Let's go if we are going any time today.

Buddy- I bite you Shanti.  What's mom doing? Why is everyone going the wrong way?

Look regal like this? Should I flex my biceps or just relax?

I already combed my lady beard so I should look good for this picture.

-Stella, rescued and adopted Dachsund/Terrier Mix.

How about I just BITE you for this picture!

Did you ya'll get that on film?! - Stella (rescued and adopted out handful)

(There's more where that came from so who wants to hold the sweet puppy?)

Let's get this picture over with- I don't like you touching me.

- Shanti with her usual Supermodel Attitude
What camera? Where is it? - Maisy Grace

(And wipe that grin off your face. You know I hate pictures.- Shanti)

Just airing out my diaper. Whatcha doin?

Buddy Love, always exposing himself

(PS- It might need changed)

I got you guarded Sam.

You just guard the door.  -Buddy Love

Get closer Captain. I see mischief happening without me.

- Buddy Loves some trouble

Ahhhh mom. At least let me stretch first.

Buddy Love- it's time to get up

Strike a pose. Let's get to it. Strike a pose. There's nothing to it. DOGUE.

Buddy Love to Sam I am

(If any readers want a fancy couch cover made of old sheets and quilts like the one seen here, hit me up)

Card to my mom . THANK YOU MOM!

After a weekend visit to my mom, who is nearly a saint and hardly ever loses her cool, I sent her this card.
I always visit with the "grand pups" since I don't have any kids and she loves them and accepts them regardless. She likes being a grandmother to sweet rescued babies but my babies are just pure bad at GMA's house.

Maisy- gets disoriented in her old age about everything, yet she can still run away so we have to lock her inside when gone long periods of time. Well, she decided to remove 2 window treatments, scratch cabinets and chew up the door frame to get out.  So I spent Sunday undoing what she did.  She is 16+ and has like 1 tooth. She never ceases to amaze me, Maisy Moo Pig. She has my heart.

Buddy- hyper, jumps on everyone, has to wear a diaper inside and pees on EVERYTHING outside. That includes her potted plants, chairs, walkway, rails, house edges, whatever he can find. Whiz whiz goes Buddy Love.  He makes me laugh.

Sam- he is a good boy and loves everyone. He loves Maisy so much he follows her when she pulls a great escape out of the fenced in yard so we have to keep the ring leader inside (Maisy).  He loves mom and wants to play and be held. But most of all, he loves mom's rescued white GSD named Della.  Sam has never hit on a dog before in 4 years, but he tries to make love to Della every time (both are fixed). I guess he is just into blondes.  Mom is not a big fan of that as Della has sore hips plus we can see it all from the breakfast table. :)  Sam I am love.

Shanti- she hates it at GMA's house.  As soon as we arrive, she posts guard watch at the gate until the time we leave. Every time I go somewhere she gets excited thinking we are leaving to go home.  She likes rides but hates actually ARRIVING anywhere but my house.  So she pretty much ignores everything and all the dogs. She just stand guard near my truck and sleeps with her backside toward us. Shanti Baby needs my understanding.

And thus, my card to mom:

Mommie! You FOUND us in our hiding spot!

Can we have a cookie?  Finnegan and Tru Tru

High five!

Buddy Love

Move over little Buddy. There is room for me too.

Sam I am going swimming

Me farts is muffled by the belly of the beast.

Buddy Love- sitting with Sam

Ah, my baby smells so good and clean. Thanks Ma.

Sam I am happy

All this chatter about getting off your lap, doing this, doing that. Can't I just enjoy the sunrise in peace and quiet?

Buddy Love- hogging my lap, then farting

Sure. I love this cage and have plenty of room. Let's just say that.

Sam I am trying to look pitiful in his large kennel.

Whatcha thinkin Maisy? Let's jump at the next chance we get!

- Buddy(secret ninja warrior).    YOU GO FIRST!  -Maisy (Princess of Moo Dogs).

Stella stole their hearts.

This is a story about my foster child named Stella. The name actually suits her.  And her forever family agreed.  Pictures cannot do her face nor coloring justice. When they saw her in person that was it- done deal.   And what a great family. New house, building a fence.  Two kids, a "cat that thinks it is a dog", and two parents- one of which is home all the time. PERFECT for a new pup. And what do you know? They like and have had Dachshund mixes.  I am pretty sure Stella is half schnauzer and half wiener...

Schwiener Dog Stella.

Stella's original human mom fell in love with her (litter of 5 or 6) at first sight.  Her mom was fighting cancer and thought she had beat it, and sadly only lived 6 more days. Stella's first mom died at the age of 32.  So BTRTOC(rescue) came into action to transport Stella the Orphan, get her vet care and a foster home (me). That's how it happens. A lot of people are usually involved and often we pay the majority if not all expenses out of our pockets.

After a bit of networking, a found a new mom who said "she is EXACTLY what we were looking for" - thus things were meant to be and turned out okay.  And her little three year old daughter said very adamantly "we are taking her to our home now" when they came to visit Stella. All her original mom wanted is a good home for the little dog that she fell in love with such a short time ago. She was counting on others to fulfill her wish.

Stella is a live wire and I miss her.  She would pull out my underwear, and carry my dirty laundry throughout the house.  Yesterday as I let the bug man in my home, I saw a pair of black panties sitting on my stoop. It was good for a 20% discount so I do not complain. If I touch it, Stella carries it. Things like a bag of  her own poop, paper towels, clothes. She follows me everywhere and loves me the most (I have 4 other dogs). Very loving and dependent on me. It is so easy to get attached to a puppy.  You hold them when they cry, take tons of baby pictures and send everywhere, love their little feet, love their breath, lay with them so they can sleep, come running when they cry, protect them, hand feed them, and doggie-proof your house and yard. Yes, they become family immediately and in your divine care.

Stella looks like Wolfman. She has a beard and gets sticks and leaves stuck in it, with her wiener body and tail.  Brindle color with stripes (like, where did that come from?). Smart, normal pup that you fall in love with after a few minutes much less a few days. And that is what we fosters do- fall in love, do it out of love, then get sad when they leave and we do it all over again once we are ready. There are too many dogs out there that need us so we make room for more.

The transport for Stella was a mother and daughter combo- and her kid fell in love and asked not to go on any more transport rides with her mom because it was too hard- she cried when Stella left her care after a four hour drive. Many people have such tender hearts and cannot give fosters up- we call them "foster failures".  People always say fostering is hardest part (half the time you don't know what you are getting, keep them brief time and have to say goodbye after becoming attached).

We want the best homes for our babies. They indeed become our babies.   It is like a break up.  You want to see them one more time, to feel like you used to feel when you held them...but you know you will still have that pit in your stomach because the goodbye is forever and you may never see them again.  The bond is breaking and your brain tells you there will be another very soon but your heart and stomach still grieve. You just want the best for this wonderful dog. And we are the lucky ones. Lucky to have the honor of "owning" pets and having them touch our lives, even when brief. I learn something with each encounter.

Stella is only 12 weeks old today.  She was/is loved every step of her journey. Stella never lost her groove.

(Bye Stella. I love you.)

Mom calls me the "Kissing Bandit", only it doesn't start with a "K".

I love when I wear my cowboy diapers! - Buddy Love

Well just great- you found me. Now leave me alone.

- Shanti Baby