Where have I been?

I know I kind of skipped out of Blogville for a while without so much as a note telling you what I was up to!  I've had a busy few weeks and I can't wait to tell you all about it!  I went to see Dr. Mike and can't wait to update you on my overall health!  But, you'll have to wait for another day for that update.  This post is just going to show you why I've been so super busy!

You see, Heather went on vacation to a far away land called Hawaii Pineapple Land.  And, another one of the momma's rescue friends, Alida, went on vacation to a far away place South to visit Carolina or something.  So, that added up to 5 (FIVE) doggies!  The momma said that might be too much for our house, plus Alida's pooch, Charlie, is a fence jumper and could probably clear my chicken wire fence.  So, the momma stayed at Miss Alida's house with Charlie, Amelia and Heather's foster dog, Diggy Wiggles. 

That's my Amelia (left), Charlie (top) and Diggy (right).

 

And this is me and Emmett, in case your forgot.

We got to hang out with the dad all week!

 

Then, Friday night, the dad went up to my lake, without me.  So, the momma came home and grabbed me and Emmett and brought us over to Miss. Alida's house with Amelia, Charlie and Diggy!  AND! This little dude named Wagger, who is also available for adoption, needed a place to crash overnight, so the momma said "Ah, what the heck.  What's one more?"  So, Wagger joined us too.

 

Now, believe it or not, this picture has every single one of us in it!  It's the best the momma could do.

Amelia's leg (top left), Diggy (bottom left), Me (bottom brown dog -I have my name on my collar!), Charlie (middle), Emmett (top brown dog with his head cut off), and that's Wagger (top right).

The momma needs a wider lens camera! BOL!

 

So, that was fun.  Saturday, Miss Alida came home, so back home I went, with Emmett, Amelia and Diggy!  And, it's been the 4 of us all week!

 

CHEESE!

 

Something else pretty cool happened last week.  On Monday night, the momma came home and one of my former foster kids came over for a play date.  While we were all playing, Emmett started squeeking something, so the momma was all like "why the heck would there be a squeeky toy outside?" and Emmett and I were all like "OMG SQUEEK SQUEEK SQUEEK!!!!"

 

Well, squeeky toy it was not... it was a real, live, squeeky baby BUNNY!

 

So, the momma got leashes on all of us doggies, and former foster sister's new momma (I'm being secretative because she's coming for a visit soon and I want to surprise you!) picked up the baby bunnies and put them back in their home.  Then the momma found a piece of fence and put that over their home so the momma bunny could get to them, but it would be harder for me and Emmett to get to them.  The momma did lots of bunny research and called wild life places and everything.  So, because she's super over crazy, she put some strings on the next so she could make sure the momma was coming to visit her babies - they only come at dawn and/or dusk.  The momma bunny came Monday night/Tuesday morning, and the momma was happy. She put the stings back because, like I said, she's super over crazy.  BUT, it's a good thing the momma is super over crazy, because there was a bunny in front of our house that got hit by a car :-(  Turns out, it was in fact momma bunny.

 

 

We found a rescuer to take in our baby bunnies and boxed them up and shipped them off to be cared for.  It's illegal in NY to care for wild life without proper licensing, plus, we don't really know what we're doing and they would be in better hands and have a better chance at survival.  So, off they went last Wednesday!  We heard yesterday that they're all still alive, doing well and getting big!

 

 

So, that's been my busy, crazy 2 weeks!  I'm going to need a nice, long nap when everyone goes home!

Wordless Wednesday: Missed the Corbin?

No worries, I'll be back soon with lots to tell and

no real excuse for my lack of blogging!

To blog or not to blog...

A post by the momma:

 

I find myself on the fence about a training/behavior issue that came up last night. I wasn't home, but Adam was and was out in the back yard with Corbin and Amelia. Our back yard is fenced, not the worlds greatest fence, but (knock on wood) it hasn't been tested by Corbin or any foster and they respect their boundaries. They're also not left out unattended. 

 

You want respects?  I've got it, don't listen to the momma.

 

Monday after work, Adam was out with the dogs. Corbin started barking as he noticed someone approaching our fence. This guy, who was selling something, walked right up to our fence and leaned over to pet Amelia. Corbin was running back and forth up the fence line, barking. He jumped up on the fence and scratched this strange dude's side with his dagger like claws. Seriously, we had them cut back during his tail surgery and they're still unbelievably long.  Adam was close by so got to the area before anything went further -although, I'm not sure Corbin would have gone further, but who knows... who's to say.  Anyway, no damage, just a scratch... and the guy was a pit bull owner and in love with Amelia, so he didn't care. 

 

Lovable factor: Check.

 

Adam cared. He was livid with Corbin's behavior.

 

So.... I get home and Adam starts (frantically) telling me this story, clearly rattled from it. My first question was "wtf was this guy doing on our property?" Clearly, not the first thing Adam wanted to answer.

 

My first question too... who are you and what are you doing here?

Go away!

 

Is this an issue? Should Corbin be allowed to protect his gated yard from strange men walking up off of the street? What if it was me in the back yard and this guy had ill intentions? It's not that I want a guard dog, and that's not the reason why we adopted Corbin... but I can't say that when Adam isn't home, I'm not glad to have a dog bark at strange noises. I can think of a handful of situations where I'd be glad for Corbin to react that way... maybe he was trying to take Amelia out of our back yard?

Is this Corbin's fault? The stranger's fault?  Or my fault since it's our property and my dogs actions? 

 

Cut me some slack, I'm handsome.

 

I debated on whether or not I would bring this to the blog. But, it's heavy on my mind. I told Adam that we would work with the issue. We would ask some friends that haven't met Corbin or that don't know him too well, to come over and approach our fence while we were prepared to do some training and work with him to be less reactive. Goes back to our issue of not doing any training in a year, so it would be good to have a little refresher... but I'm just not so sure I want Corbin to roll over and allow someone into our yard. Any thoughts?  Or similar issues/situations?  Any input is well appreciated.

 

My thoughts on people with a lack of smarts.

 

And, here's my rant -what kind of person approaches and leans over a fence with a barking, running dog that they don't know?!?!?!?!?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?! Can't you just stand at an appropriate distance from the fence and chat with the home owner that way? Or wait for the home owners permission to approach the dogs??????  Although, I guess there could be the other side of that argument with who lets their dog run and bark at approaching strangers... 

Foster Friday: Amelia Honey Bee

Can you believe foster mommy has kept me and the Corbin from our bloggin' rights?! 

For OVER a week?! 

 

Well, she has.  But, no longer, I say!  Since it's Friday, the Corbin said I could blog for my Foster Friday, so I'm here!  It's me, Amelia Honey Bee!  See that?  I even gots my own nickyname!  And there is SO much to get you caught up on.

 

Last weekend foster mommy took me for a walkie with some friends at a local park!  I got to look super awesome in my Little Bow Pup tutu!  And, foster mommy got me an Adopt Me vest to wear too! And, of course, I had on my beautiful Sirius Republic Adopt Me collar! My tutu attracted lots of attentions, and my Adopt Me vest and collar got people asking questions about my adoptions! Some people even stopped us on our walkie to take my picture!

 

After our walkie, I got to go for ice cream!  But, foster mommy done broke her phone Saturday, so no pictures of my ice creams.  It was a place right by the park and the building looked kind of like a barn and as much as foster mommy tried, even for ice creams, I wouldn't go ANYWHERE near it!  Nope, no thank you.  So, foster mommy said it was okay, and I got to eat my ice creams by a picnic table.  It sure was good!

 

Ice creams heaven!

 

I've been learning about walking on a leash without dragging foster mommy every where, so she's tried a few different harnesses on me.  Doncha know I manage to wiggle my way out of ALL of them so far????  Yep, I do.  I'm super smart.  AND last night, foster mommy took the Corbin for a walkie around the neighborhood, then she came home and took ME for a walkie since I need some more trainings before I can walk with Corbin.

 

I'm going to practice real hard

so I can walkie with the Corbin!

 

We stopped to chit chat with our neighbors and I wiggled and giggled for some lovin's.  Then I plopped down next to foster mommy for a snooze while she gabbed on and on.  BUT!  I decided to wake up and RUN!  And when I did that, my leash got wrapped up around foster mommy's leggie and CAAAA-BOOM!  Down she went.  Don't worry, she's just fine and I'm pretty sure it was her dramatic way of getting on the ground for my smoochies and snuggles!

 

Right?  Who wouldn't want my smoochies and snuggles?!

 

Foster mommy got a whole bunch of new harnesses to try but my walkie skills are getting a little better so hopefully no more "mishaps" as foster mommy calls them.  There was also a treat/pocket "mishap" during our walkie last night and I got LOADS of treats for doing a whole bunch of nothing!  SCORE!

 

Nommy treats for being adorable!

 

Tomorrow, I get to go with my friend Diggy Wiggles, who is also an adoptable pitty, to a Bark for Life Walkie which supports research for cancers!  I get to skip the adoption clinic to go to the walk and I'm super excited!  I'll be decked out in all of my awesome Pay Attention To Me Adopt Me gear.  Maybe my forever family will be walking for the same cause and find me!

Wordless Wednesday: All in a nights work

 

 

 

Plan B

 

Celebrate Love

Today, we take a moment to celebrate love.  Our hearts are with all of those affected by the awful tragedy that took place yesterday in Boston.  It's less than 3 hours away from where we live.  Life may not be perfect every day, but it can always be worse.  Always celebrate love and life.

 

Cheers,

Corbin & the momma

Corbin & Amelia.

 

Foster love.

 

A Pop Pop's love.

Seeing my mom smile and laugh again.

 

38 years of marriage.

 

Peace.

 

Joy.

 

Family.

 

Unconditional love.

 

Spread love, not hate.

Foster Friday: Amelia

Hi Y'all!  I'm Amelia!  Let me guess, you thought I was one of those shy, quiet girls based on everything Mr. Corbin here has been telling you, right?  Well, I am quite shy and quiet, but did you ever hear the saying that the shy and quiet ones are the ones you need to watch out for?

That's ME!  Amelia!  My foster family never saw me coming!  Let me tell you how my plan has worked out so far.  You see, previous foster kid here, Sophie, asked this wizarddog, the DoodleBug, how she could make her foster home turn into her forever home.  But, you see, by the time the busy DoodleBug got her question, she had already moved in with her forever family.  But, the nice DoodleBug wizarddog still answered her question with a whole bunch of smarts that were just WAITING for me to find!  So, I stumbled on that when I got here and I followed every bit of his advices.

First, I woo-ed the foster parents...

Look deep into my eyes foster mommy... love the Amelia baby dog!

Rub my belly foster daddy!

Love on my snuggles, foster mommy....

Now, with the foster parents well under my spell belt, it was time to get the Corbin on my side.  This wasn't as difficult of a task as I thought it may be.  Turns out, the Corbin is quite as smitten with me as I am with him.  So I had a bit of an advantage.  But, as you may know, the Corbin isn't a dog on dog snuggler.  Even with the Sofa Snuggler, it took the Corbin a few weeks to allow her snuggles. I wanted to work fast and get my nails in deep quickly... so I didn't have a few weeks.  I had to work on snuggling the Corbin right away.

As quickly as I wanted work, I started out slowly

and just snuggled near him.

Then I wiggled my way between him and the corner of the couch.

He may look suspicious, but he really has no idea.

 

Then, I got into his sofa bed with him at nighty times.

 

Then, my plan totally worked!  You see, before this picture was taken

I was the one snuggling in Corbin's sofa and he was on the foamy bed...

And do you know what that Corbin did?

He got out of his foamy bed and HE came and snuggled with ME!

 

BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

 

Wouldnchaknow, the Corbin couldn't get enough of my snuggles!

 

Then, I used the Corbin to help me over come that scary hallway and the scary leash.... so we're totally bonded forever and ever.

 

So, what do you think?  Do you think maybe I can stay here forever?  The foster mommy says she's sticking to her guns and I have to find my perfect family, but I can stay here until then.  I said.... Lady, I'm not looking any further, simple as that!  Hehehe.

 

Making a foster home into a forever home is exhausting!

 

Foster mommy says there are many more doggies just like me, who are sweet and perfect that the Corbin needs to help save.  And, she says if they kept the Sofa Snuggler, I wouldn't have gotten the chance to be saved because foster mommy was my last hope.  And, the Sofa girls forever home would have missed out on all the joy she's bringing them.  So, foster mommy says that they can't steal all of my joys and I have to share them with my forever family when it comes.

 

Don't worry, I'm not giving up. 

I'm going to wiggle my way in

and keep working on wizard Doddlebug's advices!