Will's 4th Day

Will is integrating into the pack nicely. He enjoys laying in the sun.

 and playing in the yard.

Will is making some progress with his quest of "NO PEE IN THE HOUSE". When he is outside he does do his business and is learning that if he does there is a treat in it for him. He is lightning fast going through the pet door so we are going through lots of belly bands (can't get them off before he is outside lifting his leg). We'll get there though.

We have not left Will alone yet, one of us has been home with him since he moved in on Thursday evening. He seems to like the company. Will always is right at his foster mama's heels. Sort of like gum on the bottom of a shoe, can't seem to get away from him. He is asleep now so I am trying to be quiet.

This afternoon we are going to work on Will so he understands he should use an "inside" voice when playing inside and his BOOMING BIG DOG BARK when playing outside. Now, his voice sounds like one of these

not a sweet boy like this

Tomorrow, if the weather holds, I will take him to the local park and see how he does on a leash. I have my doubts, but we will see.

Will Arrives

Will arrived at our home to wait for his future adopters to find him and provide a wonderful furever home.

Will is a Dachshund - Rattie mix about 11 months old and weighs about 11 pounds. He is longer than he is tall. Will his a happy little guy who runs around the house wiggling his tail. As a matter of fact he wiggles his whole body. Will is not housebroken yet but is working very hard on learning that outside is where you go. He is making progress, but in the meantime he is wearing a "belly band" This is a problem in itself as his long body makes it a problem to locate the belly band correctly over his you know what.

Will is a smart pup. Within an hour or two Will noticed Penny, our rattie, going in the pet door. In the next hour Will came through the door on his own. We decided to wait until this morning to try to teach him that the door worked both ways and he could also go out. Well, he figured it out himself before we could show him. He now comes and goes as he pleases.  The only problem is that he goes out with his belly band on. Oh well, one thing at a time!!! Will gets along with the rest of the pack and is beginning to play with  toys. Today he is carrying around one of Jasper's ZuZu pets.

I don't think Will is going to like cats. Last night there was some small varmit in the bushes on the otherside of our fence and Will kept going outside to investigate.

Will is a burrower, last night he got inside one of the pillow cases, of course today he peed on it. Will sleeps in his kennel, carries on for a couple of minutes, then not a peep until the AM.

Look for Will's bio and photos on petfinders in the next couple of days.

Loki has been adopted.

Wednesday, March 6th was a sad day around here. We took, Loki, our last foster to his new furever home in La Conner Wa. We is a very lucky little man to find such a wonderful set of new parents. Lucky, HUMMMM, Lucky was Loki's name for the first 8 years of his life and Loki's New Rattitude tracking number is 0777, I don't now what all that means, but it must be good. Anyway we miss Loki terribly, but wish him the best, he deserves it. We have heard from his adopters and he is doing very well in his new home.

Loki travels to Mercer Island

Yesterday, the 7th, Loki attended the Rattie meetup at the dog park on Mercer Island. While Loki was somewhat overwhelmed by the quantity of black and white spotted dogs he did have a good time. I think he was able to pee on every thing there. He may not have to pee again for a week. Loki is beginning to come around and is playing with his foster siblings. Molly, our JRT, is giving him the front down/ tail up thing which gets him going. Loki seems to love to run and jump. He got a new squeeky to on Saturday too, it's not as loud as the blue one. Loki is the white dog with black spots (ha), red harness and blue bandana.

Chelan loves to lay in the SUN

Chelan sure is a sunshine girl. At Chelan's foster home there are 2 doors to the back yard AND a pet door. A french door off the kitchen and a door into the family room. First thing in the morning we open the french door so all the dogs can go in and out when they want. After a few minutes we always hear some scratching at the second door. It's CHELAN, at first we thought she just wanted in, but as soon as we let her in, she either goes back out the french door or the pet door and scratches on the door again. We finally figured out the she wants the door open. if we don't open it she will finally give up and lay down on the metal threshold and take a nap in the sun....FUNNY girl. This is all OK now that the weather is warm but when winter arrives we will have to work something else out.

LOUD SQUEEKY TOY

This is a LOUD squeeky toy. Don't get one of these!

LOKI joins the pack

On Saturday September 29th Loki joined our household while waiting for his furever home. Loki is a sweet boy and is getting along well with Molly our JRT and the other 3 ratties, Penny, Jasper and our other foster, Chelan as well as Toby our old old Lab.. Loki is beginning to play with the other dogs and LOVES VERY LOUD squeeky toys and bully sticks. Loki is working on sharing his toys.