When I travel, I often snap photos of the dogs I see along the way. And, I rarely pass up an opportunity to say hello. Many of the dogs make me smile, but some, like the street dogs in Thailand and Puerto Rico, make me cry. During the 2013 world trip, I was slightly obsessed with dog watching, as we had recently...

It has been one year since my fearful foster dog Raven (formerly Adele) was adopted. I have kept in touch with her adopters and am thrilled to report that she is making good progress. Here is an update from her family. We absolutely love Raven. As you may know, she was presented as a formerly abused...

Last week I got to thinking… Adele has not been available for adoption because she is so afraid of people. What if the perfect family was out there - ready to adopt? If Adele stayed on hold, we may miss them. So I checked with DLRR and got approval to make Adele available. On Friday morning, Adele’s...

Day 8 – May 31 We continued our lunchtime activity, fetch the tidbit of food, but today Adele came within one foot of me to pick up a goodie – the closest she has ever come. Later in the evening I sat by her in the living room and held out my hand. She smelled it briefly. Then I put my hand on the floor...

A few weeks after Piper (our sweet 14-year-old black Lab) passed away, Michael and I became volunteer fosters with Desert Labrador Retriever Rescue (DLRR). Our first foster was a beautiful puppy Mercedes (also a black Lab), who loved everyone and everything. Soon after the one year anniversary of Piper’s...

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