It has finally stopped raining! I am sure little Tessa is senile! She will start barking short little bursts of noise for as long as I not yell  "Quiet - Tess!!" And she needs to hear her name too. Then she moans and groans in protest. She will be quiet for a bit then start again. Usually at 7 am. She hears something I sure don’t. If I get up it seems to chase away her demons and she will sleep again. I believe she is having nightmares of her past life - she was part of a collectors’ hoard and his foster was a very mean person to all the little dogs. Once she knows she is safe with me she is quiet again but she has to see me. Yet she still does not trust me to touch her. But she does eat from my hands now - it is a definite improvement  - baby steps for this little feral dog. Her mother is also with me - Lily is now 18 years old! Tess is somewhere between 13 to 16 years old - too old to really accept humans but she has adapted to our safe sanctuary.

Lily and Tess

It is Chenille’s day for her SPay and Cap’s for his  nEUTER - speuter!! Chenille and Brocade have a tentative home in Fanny Bay pending the homevisit on Friday. Chenille is a typical Karelian - she is quite reserved with strangers - she was not impressed with going with Dave into the van or veterinarian’s office! But she was totally non-aggressive - passive resistance was her mode. Good luck little girl - it is a necessary procedure to help you find your home!!

You will be smiling again by tonight!

Little Cap is in for his neuter today. He was happy to be going for a ride! He has a home in Vancouver. Taver has changed his vacation plans and is coming up to Topley to pick up his little man on Thursday. Cap will have his rabies vaccine and a bordetella vaccine for traveling and for doggie day care when he gets back home again. Taver has registered Cap into day care until he is old enough to stay alone for 4 hours at a time. What a conscientious guardian his new dad is!

Cap and his friends.

And our new arrival - Melanie!
Melanie arrived on Saturday from the Burns Lake Pound. She was vet checked, spayed and vaccinated on Friday with little Heidi.  Dave picked her up when he took the pups in for their second vaccinations. She is a "station wagon" - long and low!! She reminds me of my Sweetpea but slightly taller. And not as chunky. She is listed as a pittie mix but I see very little of the bullie breed in her. Anyways - Turtle Gardens welcomes Melanie - my grand daughter Kelsey named her!

Melanie is quite dog social and loves people too.

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