Look Who's One!

Today our Poppy turns one!  Well, we're assuming it's today.  Since she is a rescue dog we're not quite sure of her birthday.  So we picked today as her birthday.  I'm so happy we decided to keep her and she is part of our family.  She is such a gentle dog, so loving and caring.

We've seen her progress so much from the first day that she came into our home.  For example, a few weeks ago she finally rolled on her back so we can could scratch her belly, she's never done that before.

So once again, happy birthday to one of the prettiest blondes I know.  Hope you had a good day.

A note about Poppy

It's been over three months since Poppy joined our household and here are some interesting facts about her.

• When Poppy came to live with us, her coat was very coarse compared to Jinx.  I just chalked it up to her genetics.  Today her coat is much, much softer.  It's amazing what a good diet and regular grooming will do to a dogs coat.
• She loves to sleep with one of her back legs sticking out underneath her.  It's really cute.
• Just recently she started lying on her back. Jinx always did that but not Poppy.  The other day I reached down to pet her belly and she rolled on to her back as she wagged her tail.  She's learning to trust us.  
• She doesn't always jump on furniture, she sometimes climbs on it.  Also a very funny thing to witness.
• Her bark is not as mean sounding as Jinx's.  It's a funny little bark.  I will try to capture her barking one day (not that we encourage that behaviour).
• Poppy is scared of thunder.  We had a bad thunderstorm a little while ago and when the thunder struck she went running to Shawn and was like velcro until the storm passed.
• She loves to give little puppy kisses. 
• Poppy still has some food aggression issues but we are working with her on it.  We've been told it could be a while before we show any progress.  She needs to learn that she will always be fed and that will take time.
• Poppy is fast.  She leaves Jinx in the dust when it comes to chasing a ball.  She becomes so fixated on it and nothing else matters except getting the ball.
• That being said, when she's had enough she just lies down once she's done.
• Poppy doesn't whine.  At all.
• Below is a picture of Poppy, lying in the muddy water, after chasing the ball because she's had enough.

Yeehaw!

Last week was the start of St@mpede.  While I'm not a big fan of the occasion, I will use it as an excuse to do this to my dogs.  I duded them up!

How cute are they???  I was holding a couple of cookies to get them to sit still, hence the reason they are looking up.

Failures

We are foster dog failures.  This weekend Shawn took Sparky to a local adopt a thon held at one of the local doggy daycares.  Several animal rescues were there with dogs and cats in need of a furever home.  I decided to stay home with Jinx since it was the entire day.  

Needless to say Sparky attracted a lot of attention.  She's such a pretty dog and has such a sweet demeanor, it wasn't long before there were several applications to adopt her.  Well, as soon as I heard that it was like someone threw cold water on me.  I realized how much I don't want her to go anywhere.

When Shawn got home he told me how difficult it was to see other people want to take her home.  Then I started crying because I couldn't imgaine how we could give her away.  In a few short weeks she has  become part of our family. So we have decided...to keep her, hence we are foster dog failures.

So now I would like to introduce you to Poppy, the dog formally known as Sparky.  We had to choose a  name that is similar to Sparky since she responds to that name fairly quickly.

Our little family is starting to grow again.