Aspen's arrival

Aspen arrived at the shop last night in the company of her next 'guardian angels' - Paul, Big Joe and Joseph.  She'll hand out kisses, but they are not slobbery, wet or frequent. We all had to walk out and greet her - how beautiful she is!

Calm demeanor, Aspen has some gorgeous lemon yellow eyes that look at you in a solid stare... if you know her back story, it cannot help but pain your soul... 

Her feet are in bad shape from the blood draw scarring and it is just so, so sad to know what she was used for and now to be physically marked like this.... it makes you wonder what people were thinking of when they allowed this damage to be done... and how much more of this is going on that we are not even aware of in other veterinary and research facilities, ya know?

Last night, Aspen fit into her new foster's home very easily.  She wanted to play with the other dogs and even is cat-friendly apparently.  She ate her dinner, got lots of hugs and cuddles then spent last night sleeping at the foot of Big Joe's bed, sprawled out and comfy.