Announcing Boots' arrival...

Boots is apparently one of the recent victims of the economy - she was found today by a cleaning crew who had been assigned to clean out a foreclosed home. It is unknown how long she has been in the empty house - the family moved out 2 to 3 weeks ago. Not knowing what to do, one of the cleaning crew took Boots to his vet (who also happens to be TLC's vet) and they called us right away.

Our vet believes Boots is between 2 and 3 years old, she's already been spayed and we got her caught up on her shots today (including rabies), had her micro-chipped and licensed for the County of Ventura. She could stand to gain a bit of weight, but this is a temporary situation.

We bathed her immediately (she took to having it done fairly well), fed her and she curled up in our lap for a long, LONG afternoon deep sleep! She's probably an "UC" Chi (under the covers), for she nuzzled herself under a bit before drifting off to sleep.

Boots gets along with other small dogs, is SUPER sweet and friendly with all the strangers she's ran across today. Boots is also not a barker, and apparently already knows what a doggie door is for, as she's has used it several times today.

On a personal note, this is the kind of stuff that drives me crazy... Many of the local rescues have taken in dogs from families that are losing or have lost their homes... Leaving a dog to die inside a foreclosed home is so darned inhumane!... (climbing down off my soapbox here)...