Ruby enjoying Desperate Housewives with her foster mommy. 4/30/06 

Ivy update

Ivy has had her spay surgery, and is formally available for adoption!
She didn't waste any time getting back to playing!

If I can find the rechargeable batteries for the camera, I will get some pictures of the beautiful ladies soon!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

CODA needs dog and cat handlers for adoption events on May 7th and May 20th.
Please email Spacklemoo@sbcglobal.net or codadogrescue@givemepaw.com

Please consider giving your time to help our animals get out and get petted!
These events are sponsored by Purina/Giant Eagle and Kmart.

Beach Bum

We spent Friday and Saturday up at the trailer this weekend. Ruby didn't really get into the whole scene until we were almost ready to leave.
Needless to say, Ruby is another trailer mama. She loves the laid-back atmosphere of CPA.
She met a few ladies who immediately fell in love with her, and she enjoyed their petting her head while I held her.
She had a nice wandering walk to the beach, though she isn't much into the waves yet. The sound of the waves lapping didn't agree with her....
Ruby did great in the car- it's an hour's drive each way. She just lay in her dog bed and rested the whole way!
Of course, I forgot my camera to take pictures of Ruby up at the lake... I forgot my clothes and most of the sheets for the beds too!
Okay, we're off to hide the easter baskets for the kid, and dogs! and then relax while chowing on the popcorn we picked up at the Great Lakes Popcorn Company- the greatest place for the munchies!
~Kelly

Ruby got another bath!

This bath was VERY well tolerated by Ruby.
We've been making more progress with her emotionally now that we've been able to be around her more outside. She does LOVE to be outside. She doesn't play fetch or anything, but will toddle after Annie when she is fetching her toys.
In the house she has been rather aloof, but with the addition of some brush/touch therapy, she is really coming around. She's still shy and won't come up to people, but she will follow us around more (unless we're walking toward her).
Body language with dogs is totally different than with humans. Dogs see no threat from the back of a person, and normally turn their backs on one another (unless they're the alpha). So we're working on body language to be less alpha with her.
She didn't love her bath, but she did very well with it. After being groomed by a professional, I don't think we'll be doing that again with her any time soon. If you have a set of dog clippers that you would like to donate, our dogs here would greatly appreciate it! We do have Shirley and Ruby who need to be groomed and clipped to keep their coats under control.
Ginny LOVES Ruby. She will do some kitty loving with Ruby- which Ruby totally loves. Perhaps they can be adopted together since they're bonding.
Ivy is getting her spay surgery in a week and then will be officially ready for adoption! Who wouldn't love that sweet little black kitty?!? She is not a crazy kitten like Ginny who attacks anything that isn't moving.
My bathrobe is a testament to Ginny's playfulness. Every day I take my bathrobe into the bathroom with me, and while I shower, Ginny plays with the strings hanging down. She never tires of playing. She and Joanna are completely in love with one another too.
Today is a busy day for us here at the foster homestead! We're going on vacation soon, and would love to get our fosters placed before we leave so that they don't have to be separated (and Ruby put into a household where she is dwarfed by the great danes-lol).
Ruby is asymptomatic for all of her ailments, and would really love to move to her forever family!