On Saturday, Sat. Oct. 11 we went back to the local
county Animal shelter and pulled out the two Dachshund mixes to go to foster
homes. Katie at the rescue, found foster homes for each of the dogs so she gave
the okay to pull them out of the shelter.
The shelter had
cleaned them up, updated their shots, and neutered them so they were both on
pain medications. The shelter named then "Doc" and "Abu"
and they are light-colored dachshund mixes. Their mother was brindle (white and
spotted). Both are extremely timid, but good dogs.
After signing the paperwork, we loaded them
into the cab of our pick up truck and drove to the meeting place where we met
Emily. Emily is a rescuer from Washington, D.C. who was driving several dogs to
Delaware for foster homes. Emily took Abu and headed north as we returned home
with Doc.
Doc stayed with
us overnight and did okay. It's always good the first night in a new home to
give a dog Benadryl or something to help them sleep. It's a traumatic
experience.
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| Tom and Doc |
Of course, it
was one of the wettest weeks in the year for us- as we got 5 1/2 inches of rain
in 5 days, so the rain didn't help, but it all worked out.
On Sun. Oct. 12,
we drove Doc to Katie, the rescuer who found the foster homes. She took Doc to
his foster home north of Washington, D.C.
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| Doc and Rob waiting for Katie to take Doc to his foster home! |
