Our very temporary foster

I picked this little girl up from the shelter on Saturday. She will be staying with us until this Saturday when I will transport her to her "real" foster home.

Her name is Rylie, and she's about 4 months old. She's a pit bull mix of some kind! She was picked up by Animal Control when she was wandering the streets alone. No one reclaimed her, so she spent the last 3 weeks at the shelter. It wouldn't surprise me if whoever was caring for her just got sick of her and let her out of the house one day.





I am in the process of designing a website for our rescue group. It will be secondchanceforpets.com I can't wait to launch it!

New foster

We introduced Bella and Remy to our soon-to-be foster dog today. Introductions went extremely well. We introduced them outside in neutral territory, and they all got along very well! Our new foster's name is Chaos, but we've decided to change it to Brody. He's about 6-7 months old and is the same size that Bella was at that age. His owner is going into the army and has no one to care for her dog while she is away. She decided it would be best to give him to a rescue group than just give him away through the classifieds. He's getting neutered next Tuesday, and we're going to get him next weekend. Keep your paws crossed for us that we find a great forever home for him!!

Our first anniversary!

Today is Brent's and my first wedding anniversary! One year ago today we were married on the beach in Clearwater Beach, Florida in the most beautiful wedding I could have imagined. We were engaged for 16 months, planning on getting married in Montego Bay, Jamaica at the same resort my mom and step-dad got married at in 2002. When money issues forced us to re-consider our wedding location, we decided on Clearwater Beach. I couldn't have asked for a more wonderful wedding, and we were so lucky that we had so many family members and friends there supporting us!

I'm looking forward to many more happy years with my husband and doggies. :)

Update on Norris

Norris is doing really well in his home. I can't believe he's been gone for 2 months already! I miss him a lot and sometimes wish we had kept him, but I'm glad that Brent and I will be able to continue fostering dogs in need. Norris is such a special little dog. He's definitely a dominant and confident little guy. I hear he keeps all the other dogs in check at doggy day care. :) Here is a new picture of him:



Hard to believe he's grown up so much in just a few months!

Well....

We didn't get Champ. The people who were going to give him up to the rescue group ended up giving him away for free (before he was neutered) to a 16-year-old kid. :(

I went to the animal shelter on Saturday and snapped a few pictures. It is so depressing there. I'm almost glad that the dogs there aren't given much time to find a home, because living in those conditions just has to be torture for all of the dogs.

A sweet little pit bull puppy that was found running loose. She may be our next foster if she isn't reclaimed within the next week.




A very sweet Boxer/pit bull/Great Dane(?) mix named Sophie. She was a stray.



How can you say no to that face?



A handsome Golden Retriever whose time is almost up. He's about 5-7 years old.






This girl broke my heart. She was the only dog not barking and carrying on. She would be a wonderful pet for an elderly person and would probably make an excellent therapy dog. She was left outside of the shelter on a freezing day inside of a metal crate. How could anyone be so heartless?





I wish I had room for them all.