Doodle Rescue

[Richard Crowe]

I can't foster or adopt a doodle because I have four resident Maltese plus five foster Maltese along with our Goldendoodle Holly.

 

However, I am driving up to Hesperia, CA (north of San Bernardino) to pick up a rescue doodle from the dog shelter there and deliver her to a foster home in Orange County, CA.

 

Watch out Richard, you don't want to fall in love with this doodle!  As the old saying goes, "If you visit the bicycle shop enough times, you will eventually buy a bike."

[Nina, Phil, Harlow & Lacey]

Richard thanks so much for sprining Chloe from the shelter and transporting her.

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

What exciting news, Richard.

[Richard Crowe]

Well I picked up Chloe, the rescue Labradoodle, from the shelter in Hesperia, California.  She had been left with a vet for boarding and never picked up and her turned her over to animal control.  Effectively, she was dumped.  What an absolutely darling dog (I placed a picture of Chloe on my photos page).  She doesn't have the typical Doodle look but, is beautiful anyway.  Chloe kind of looks like a miniature (40 pound) Irish Wolfhound.  The animal technician said thay she was hyper from being in the shelter but, she was absolutely calm with me.  About half-way down to her foster home, I stopped to give her a potty break at a rest stop.  She was walking so close to me and licking my hand that a passerby said, "Your dog really seems to love you."  I said, "We have known each other for only an hour or so." to which he laughed, "Yeah sure!"...  Anyway her new foster mom said that tthere are already two families expressing interest in Chloe.  The will get a great doodle!

[cheryl & oliver]

Hi Richard, I have a friend in New Jersey that has several rescues of that breed.(maltese)  They are wonderful doggie parents, ( every dog should have human parents like this) I told her about you, and the dogs and she is very interested.  I tried to leave you a messqge, but it said we have to be friends, I requested that.  Hopefully I can get the two of you together. They do not have human children, so these dogs are her babies...

[Richard Crowe]

Here are the Maltese we are fostering.  They are used to living with a big doodle.

http://rpcrowe.smugmug.com/Other/Available-Rescue-Maltese/15961516_...

[Richard Crowe]

I meant to say "deliver her to a foster home and 'then go home' to my own doodle and Maltese"

[Richard Crowe]

I am traveling up to Hesperia on Friday and will pick up Chloe from the shelter there and deliver her to a foster home in Orange County and the home to my own doodle and Maltese. 

 

Regarding Dori's comment; we have four Maltese who are going to be very difficult to place and may remain with us.  Two girls (Melody and Marley)  lived their entire lives in puppy mill cages with absolutely no human contact and need long term socialization.  At first these dogs would ignore us and hide from us.  We are helping them come around now but, they are not ready for adoption unless it is to a person or family who has worked with puppy mill dogs in the past and realizes how slow and difficult the socialization process can be.  We have been working with these dogs for about eight months and they are beginning to come around.  Of course, we consider their baby-steps towards normality as great strides.

 

We have a male and female (Eddie and Tara) who are about eight years old and from another puppy mill.  When we got them, their teeth and gums were so bad that Eddie could not close his mouth and Tara had a lesion from her infected gums which came out the side of her neck.  They are healthy nor but, only have their canine teeth left after dental treatment.  These two little dogs lived their entire lives together in a cage and are devoted to each other.  We will not split them up for adoption.  Their lives have been bleak enough without losing their loved one.  It too us months to stabilize their diets to something which they could effectively eat.  We now feed them Dick Van Patten's small bites kibble which we soak in hot water (remember - no teeth) and flavor with a teaspoon of Chicken Soup for Dog Lovers canned food.  The dogs were absolutely skin and bones when we got them but are healthy and good weights now.  However, they are about eight years old and, although Maltese tend to live to a ripe old age, people are reluctant to adopt a pair of dogs

[Anna and Achilles]

Nice job Richard!!!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Thanks so much for helping this girl on her journey to her forever home, Richard!

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Thank you, Richard. When are you going?