I have been telling everyone I know that I won't be fostering any more dogs until I sell the house. The constant attention required to tend to a foster dog takes a lot of time away from doing some things that need to be done to prepare the house for potential buyers. My own dogs are pretty civilized and behave themselves most of the time (oh, except for Jota digging in the yard and occasionally peeing on the otoman) but rescue dogs, in most cases, have been through the ringer of street life, and come with a lot of unpredictable behavior. Anyway, that may seem obvious but you don't always remember that aspect when you look into their eyes. Ok, I kept on telling everyone that I was going to be good and work on the house, and I was telling everyone that because I needed to convince myself that that is what I was going to do. (I do that a lot, I realize.) Well, as you can see, I've taken in another litter of puppies and their mom. But, there is a caveat, it's only for a couple weeks and they'll be ready for new homes. Meanwhile, we are enjoying the fun of 6 week old puppies (the BEST time of puppyhood!) There are 6 of them (2 boys, 4 girls) and they look like little cows with their black spots.
The mom's name is Tara (following the Gone With the Wind theme, I'm told) and she is a Treeing Walker Coon Hound**. She's very sweet and came with an orange hunting collar. She was very thin and exhausted when she was picked up in Ramsey and no one claimed her at animal control.
Miss Pittypat
Rhett, above Prissy, right.
***According to AKC standards, the Treeing Walker Coonhound is described by the following:
Qualitative Characteristics
Energetic, intelligent, active, courteous, composed, confident, fearless, kind, graceful in pose and while active. Super abundance of sense, endurance, trailing, hunting and treeing instinct and ability.
