SPARKY
Sometimes as a foster mom, your fosters can be a continual source of humor as you watch them.  I watched Sparky catch wind of a Greenie in a crate that was 'just' at his stretched out height when standing up.  He circled back around, stood up and first used his paw to see if he could reach in and snag it.  When that didn't work, he stuck out his tongue as farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr as it could stretch and from my vantage point, I could see he was just about 1/2" short... (smile)...

He then gave up disgusted and went away... About 5 minutes later, he comes back and starts pawing on the blanket inside the crate until he managed to get a full corner out of it through the crate bars... Sparky grabs ahold of the blankee with his mouth and shakes the devil out of it... Stops, checks to see how much closer he got the Greenie within reach, and readjusts all over again...

This goes on for about a good 10 minutes and he is bound and determined that that Greenie is his!  But with no success! He alternates between shaking the blankee, pulling more of it out of the side of the crate and pawing what is now hanging over the side at this point.  As he pulls, the Greenie continues to be pushed backwards into the crate, unable to go underneath that bar holding the blankee in...

All of a sudden without any warning, he's pulled SO hard on the blankee and gotten so much out of it, the part left in the crate lifts the door latch out its hook and it bursts open!  If he had been a human, he'd have landed on his butt, but his reaction was a dog's.  The door pops, swings forward, almost hits him in the face but the Greenie comes flying out and he catches it!

SCORE!

Dogs & Puppies available for adoption (12/3)

These are the dogs and puppies up for adoption this week at the three locations:
PETCO, 742 E Los Angeles Dr., Moorpark (noon to 4PM)
Pets Hope, 1555 Simi Towne Center, Simi Valley (M to Sat 10AM-8PM, Sun 11AM-6PM)
Unleashed, 2643 Tapo Canyon Rd, Simi Valley (noon to 4PM):

Dog	Location
Alfie	PETCO - Moorpark
Alice	PETCO - Moorpark
Ava	Unleashed - Simi Valley
Babe	Pets Hope - Simi Valley
BabyGirl	PETCO - Moorpark
Bardot	PETCO - Moorpark
Bartholomew	Unleashed - Simi Valley
Benny	Pets Hope - Simi Valley
Billy	PETCO - Moorpark
BlueBelle	Unleashed - Simi Valley
Bogart	PETCO - Moorpark
Boots	Pets Hope - Simi Valley
Brady	PETCO - Moorpark
Bronson	PETCO - Moorpark
Butter	Unleashed - Simi Valley
Carmella	Unleashed - Simi Valley
Cosmo	Pets Hope - Simi Valley
Dale	PETCO - Moorpark
DeNiro	PETCO - Moorpark
Diamond (Luna)	PETCO - Moorpark
Dodger	Unleashed - Simi Valley
Domino	PETCO - Moorpark
Dulcie	PETCO - Moorpark
Eli	PETCO - Moorpark
Emerald (Luna)	PETCO - Moorpark
Erin	PETCO - Moorpark
Evita	PETCO - Moorpark
Fanny	PETCO - Moorpark
Felicia	PETCO - Moorpark
Felix	Unleashed - Simi Valley
Fudge	PETCO - Moorpark
Garbo	PETCO - Moorpark
Gigi (Jewel)	PETCO - Moorpark
Glory	PETCO - Moorpark
Hero	PETCO - Moorpark
HoneyBear	PETCO - Moorpark
Honor	PETCO - Moorpark
Italia	Unleashed - Simi Valley
Joey	PETCO - Moorpark
Kiwi	PETCO - Moorpark
Lexy (Jewel)	PETCO - Moorpark
Lobo	PETCO - Moorpark
Luna	PETCO - Moorpark
Maddy	PETCO - Moorpark
Margarita	Pets Hope - Simi Valley
Mela	PETCO - Moorpark
Melvin	PETCO - Moorpark
Mojito	Pets Hope - Simi Valley
Nacho	Unleashed - Simi Valley
Peanut	Unleashed - Simi Valley
Pearl	PETCO - Moorpark
Peyton	PETCO - Moorpark
Phillip	PETCO - Moorpark
Pisa	Pets Hope - Simi Valley
Rachel	Unleashed - Simi Valley
ReddyFreddy	PETCO - Moorpark
Robby	Pets Hope - Simi Valley
Roma	Pets Hope - Simi Valley
Ruby (Luna)	PETCO - Moorpark
Ruth	Pets Hope - Simi Valley
Scarlet	PETCO - Moorpark
Shadow	PETCO - Moorpark
Shady	PETCO - Moorpark
Sheldon	PETCO - Moorpark
Sienna	PETCO - Moorpark
Skipper	PETCO - Moorpark
Smokey	PETCO - Moorpark
Sparky	PETCO - Moorpark
Stefan	PETCO - Moorpark
Stretch	PETCO - Moorpark
Tahiti	PETCO - Moorpark
Tammy	PETCO - Moorpark
Tanner	Unleashed - Simi Valley
Tommy	PETCO - Moorpark
Velvet	PETCO - Moorpark
Verona	Pets Hope - Simi Valley
Veronica	PETCO - Moorpark
Vienna	PETCO - Moorpark
WhoDat	PETCO - Moorpark
Wiggles	PETCO - Moorpark
Wilson	PETCO - Moorpark

Give the gift of life to a shelter dog....

This year we have two exciting programs going on during the seasonal time... Instead of giving presents to someone you love (or if you don't know what to give them), give the gift of life for a shelter dog... When you make a tax deductible donation of TLC, we will send your recipient a holiday card in lieu of your gift.

Or if you would like to remember a dearly loved pet who passed over the Rainbow Bridge, a tax deductible donation of $100 will put an ornament with their name on the TLC tree... and in turn, help to save the life of a shelter dog!  Help Peanut fill up the tree with lots of ornaments this year!

For more details, see our web page HERE.

Amazing what a month can do...

Progress of the "Hollywood Five" at 4 weeks:

http://tlc-hollywood5.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-difference-month-can-make.html

When horror can be happiness...

At first glance, this photo might just fill you with absolute horror and sadness, but it really is a glance of happiness and joy yet to come... Rooney (whose butt you see) was pulled out of a high kill shelter about three weeks ago... Not only did he he have demodex, he also had kennel cough and was severely emaciated... 

For three weeks, he has barely moved out of his cushy bed... Not even to pee... He'd widdle on himself, lacking the physical strength to walk or move very much at all... Dutifully, he'd allow us to give him medications, syringe feed him to keep up his strength and sit in a nebulizer once a day for twenty minutes... Just hacking and coughing throughout the day and night seemed to sap all the strength out of him... 

Last night, he got up and walked across the floor... We just sat and watched him - totally amazed.... 

Tonight, Rooney heard the feeder being refilled.  He got up from his spot on the blankees, trotted across to the feeder and with his unorthodox manner, proceeded to eat on his own.

Granted, his position is not something we can explain - why the food closest to him was not what he wanted, and choose to perch on the edge like this is remarkable if nothing else!

The feeder sits in a tray because another foster digs through the food in the feeder with her paw, picking out specific pieces she wants... And she can easily empty out the entire feeder and have it across an area 5' away in a matter of 5 minutes or less... So the tray catches her 'discarded' pieces of kibble... 

Maybe it is easier for him to stand like this?

Dunno, but it sure was unique and different!  (smile)... 

And Rooney proceeded to eat until he was full, protecting the entire feeder from any other dog that ventured too close to his side of the kibble...   Amazing stuff... From being so close to death's door and then after three very long weeks, to see him do these things is very heart warming!

We are not so sure the other dogs appreciated Rooney deciding to step all over the kibble before he was done, but they didn't complain too much!

Hence the photos we could not resist taking!  Yep, truly photos of happiness!

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all!

Canine addiction...

As I think about what tomorrow is and what I am thankful for in my life, I have to say I am thankful that I am addicted to dog rescue... Tonight I was driving home after picking up a few dogs, and I was reflecting not only on the crazies on the road, but just how very lucky I am that I have the ability to rehabilitate dogs, be involved with some really very special people in TLC and that what I do makes a difference --- even if in a small day today for just one dog... 


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Where do all the dogs go after adoptions?

A question commonly asked of the volunteers is
"Where do all the dogs go after adoptions?"

TLC is a no-kill rescue without a kennel or boarding facility.  All of the TLC rescues are fostered in someone's home with their dogs.  And foster moms (and dads) are like gold and diamonds to us - without a foster mom willing to foster a dog, we can't save its life.

The foster moms and dads bring their fosters to one of two mobile locations each Saturday to be shown from the hours of noon until 4PM.  You can always fill out an adoption application ahead of time at our website (HERE) and then come in to meet the dog or puppy on Saturday.