Elgar

This is Elgar.

He is a little play biter.

When we got him, he was very skinny and had bit of skin issues.
He was very dirty and you can see his legs that are very brown colored. He should have had white paws and legs but unfortunately he didn't had any bath in his life.
Poor baby, don't you think so too?


He came to our house in beginning of February and it was super cold season. We put him sweater on and let him play in the back yard for an hour.

He didn't trust us at first,but 2 days later..... his like wow.
Became totally different dog.

We've taught him the basic obedience; sit, down, stay, recalls, and wait...etc.
He learned very quickly with reward based methods and really loves attention.

Good thing was that when we threw KONG, tennis ball, and other toys, he always retrieved.

Loves ropes too.
Destroyed couple ropes :)



He didn't have any allergy to foods, so he ate wonderful gourmet meals every single day.
He wasn't picky about foods, didn't leave any foods on the bowls.


As he gained weight and energy back and was ready to go, he returned to the rescuer; because there was a boxer  mixed dog that needed to gain weight.


After a while, he was adopted!



We all love you Elgar!!!! I hope you are having wonderful life!

Echo

This is Echo, 7th foster dog.

Echo has been passed from family to family. 
Originally named Caribou, Echo comes from Illinois. Her family re-homed her and made their way to Arizona. 

She was turned in to Maricopa County Animal Care & Control when that family decided to move again and not take her with them. 

....She was placed on the euthanasia list for being fearful.

When Echo came here, she was very skinny and she had no expressions in her. She didn't know toys. 
She was probably 4 or 5 years old at the time she came here.
Unlike other dogs she didn't like to play outside or with other dogs. She just liked to stay inside the house.

She was very calm, and the only toy she played is the toy that was fluffy and had squeaky thing inside.

After Echo had been with me for a while, the rescuer told me that she couldn't take her to the events or vet; because the location of our house and the rescuer's house, as well as the event place, was too far. Riding back-and-forth was just too much for the rescuer, so she said she couldn't do that,

So, we had to give Echo back to the rescuer. She didn't do well with cats or other dogs.

She stayed for a while at the rescuer's home. But finally, she got adapted to a young couple:) She looked very happy!!!

We love you Echo!!!

Grigio

Our 6th foster dog, Grigio!!!!!

When we got him, he wasn't so skinny, but his coat was very stinky, starched, had some skin problems and his ear was inflamed so badly.

I'm positively 100% sure that previous owner cropped his ear with knife and abused him.

He loves getting into the pool and swim!!

It was beginning of the August and....

Look at his smile!

He is very different than the day he came to our house. He smiled every single day :) 

We found out that he has allergic reaction to some foods, so we had to quit giving him gluten, grain, and poultry products. However, I put a lot of effort on thinking about and making recipes for his food; therefore, he became such a muscular pretty boy!!!!

*No gluten means absolutely no wheat flower at all. So I used Garbanzo flower instead.

*No grain means of course no no rice, bread, pasta(some noodles), oats, and many more... So instead,  I used green bean noodle and quinoa. 

This is what I make for dogs twice, sometimes triple times every day.

So many different kind of healthy vegetables, Omega-3 fishes, couple supplements, and fruits for a side dish.

Of course, I avoid some food that they can't have, such as; avocado, chocolate, onions, garlic, grapes......and a lot more. I'm always being careful what I cook for them.

 

While Grigio was here, Sara visited for about 4 to 5 days. 

She looked very happy with her new owner. 

Yup, Sara still LOVES KONG :)

When she got here, she ran into the yard and circling so many times.

We were so happy to meet her again!!!

And then, a week later when Sara left, guess who came here.

Yes, everyone's favorite Schubert.

Schubert came to see us for about 4 days, I believe.

yeah, wowowoww Schubert!!

We had total 6 dogs in all different rooms. 4 of mine shares 1 room and living room. Grigio stays in master bed room. And Schubert and Sara stayed another big room with one of human family.

We do not use crate for dog sitting or fostering. 

If I'm a dog, I don't want to stay in small tiny space where I can't even stretch our my legs and don't have enough room to spend entire hours.

Anyway, our crate is broken and does not work at all.. hahaha :)

Sara and Schubert had so much fun playing outside freely!!!

Okay, back to Grigio.

Respect all of living creature. 

His smile blows away our stress, worries, and negative emotions. 

On the right side is our dog(3rd one), on the left side is Grigio.

They became BEST FRIEND EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our girl, she doesn't trust human so easily, but she totally trust dogs so quickly. 

 Everyday, about 11:00a.m., she waits for Grigio to come out.
Most of the time she sits and wait for him, and as soon as he gets out from the house, they play really hard, running in the yard, and having waaayy too much fun.

 She usually doesn't allow other dogs to share same water, but I don't know why, she only allow him having same water!! It is good thing, but I feel awkward, lol.

Like this. Everyday, or twice a day. Best Buddy in the World!!!

We all love you Grigio!!!! See you soon!