Showing posts with label rosey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rosey. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Rosey's pups...

We've named them Amber, Angie, Barney and Bootsy... Each is as different as night to day (and then some!)...  :)



















Two are long hairs and two are short hairs (one in each gender)...

Amber is the smaller of the two long hairs and Bootsy is the largest pup in the litter of four...

Angie has a black herringbone coat and seems to be the quietest one in the bunch right now whereas Barney is the first to investigate and explore... 


















Not to say that Amber isn't curious, but it seems that Bootsy becomes most active when there is food present - then he's interested in what's going on!  (smile)...   He's the first to arrive at the food bowl and the last to leave!

Barney is the most comical to watch overall... We have an eight-legged octopus dog toy hanging from the side of the Xpen, and he sits and looks at that - almost as if he's trying to figure out can he use it somehow as a 'ladder'... Maybe I should have called him 'Jack' instead of Barney (i.e. Jack and the Beanstalk) but he sure does look like a Barney to me!

Interestingly enough, Barney and Angie tend to sleep together while Bootsy and Amber tend to cuddle up together... Of course, with shelter dogs you never know who the father is and there could be multiple fathers to every litter, but it sure is an interesting observation!

Friday, September 11, 2009

Let's meet Rosey!



Rosey is a 2-year old Pomeranian / Chihuahua mix who was turned in over the counter at one of our local shelters with her four four-week old puppies (2 males, 2 females)... I don't think I have ever seen a dog more covered in dirt and absolute FILTH... I took three baths until the water finally ran clean... She was also covered in ticks and I don't know how long it takes them to fill up and drop off, but the whole process was nasty, nasty, nasty...

She is SUCH a sweetie and good mom... She's house trained and you never fail to get a tail wag when you just look at her... She's serene and quiet, kind and loving... I can only imagine what her life had been like before we found her in the shelter! Maybe shoved in someone's backyard for with that amount of dirt, she couldn't have been an inside dog.

Rosey is about 11 pounds and VERY long-haired... We had to shear most of the fur from her buttocks because of tangles mixed in with dried feces, but that will grow back with time... The gash on her face is already starting to heal with medical treatment, so I'm sure those soulful eyes will shortly not be distracted by the wound...