Richard Crowe's Blog – September 2013 Archive (4)

Yesterday, we were at the Grand Woofstock dog event in Escondido and got two adoptions.  However, we also made some contacts with a vendor for Dick Van Patten Natural Balance Food who will get us a good discount for our rescue efforts and with a dog trainer who is willing to help us with some dogs that have behaviors which make them hard to adopt.  

The first tip she gave us worked like a charm.  I will pass it along because I think that this might be good for modifying…

I took our darling Cocoa on a meet and greet to a prospective adopter's home last night.  What a wonderful experience. Cocoa was a perfect lady during the entire visit.  She was friendly and animated but also mellow and undemanding.  I was so proud of Cocoa and happy for her!

This family is ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, four adults ranging from a daughter in her twenties to an 80-ish grandmother who is in a wheelchair.  Cocoa came up and sniffed grandmother's hand and then put her head in her…

Heidi is a four month old Maltese-Poodle mix.  Her owner called Judy before the owner found Heidi at a backyard breeder.  The lady wanted to adopt a puppy from us but, she was in her eighties.  Judy suggested that a puppy might not be a good match for her.  In fact, her doctor and her vet had recommended against her getting a puppy. Judy said that if she had a family member as a back up in case physical conditions prevented her from caring for a dog, that an older dog might be a better idea.…

We got a phone call from the Barstow, California Humane Society saying that they had a 3.5 pound Maltese that was scheduled to be put down unless a rescue group came to pull him from the shelter.  We put a hold on the "Maltese" and I took the 160-mile trip from my home to Barstow.

The 3.5 pound Maltese turned out to be close to twelve pounds and certainly did not look like any Maltese I had ever seen.  I asked about the weight and was told that they…