Jack available for adoption:
Jack is a new rescue that came to Carolina ACD Rescue & Rebound from a kill shelter in Sparta, NC. Jack is approximately three years old, has had all his shots, recently neutered and heartworm negative. Jack has a bobbed tail. He is housebroken, and, since coming to Carolina Rescue & Rebound, is learning basic obedience commands.

Jack has shown incredibly nice manners, he gets along well with the other dogs at his foster home and in other public outings. He enjoys hikes and truck rides—and even loves his obedience lessons! He sits on command, heels, waits to put on his training collar and lead and has shown good herding instincts; he is soft with livestock and moves them calmly in his herding tests.

Jack is still learning basic obedience, but he is eager to please and is very quick to learn. He's an affectionate dog and needs a family with an active lifestyle or one with a lot of time to spend with him. He also needs a family that will continue his obedience training since he is in the early stages of training but he will make a devoted lifelong companion to his future perfect family. Rest assured Jack will return the love and devotion of his future family many times over!

If you are interested in adopting Jack into your family, please e-mail Carolina ACD R&R at carolinasrescue@yahoo.com. We require an application and a home visit.

Back in the Saddle Again

We've missed a couple of agility classes this round but we were happy to be back in agility class last night. The temperature has dropped and the breeze had all the dogs feeling frisky. Jake is improving with each class on his ability to pay more attention to me and less to the other dogs and people. This class he made more the jumps instead of running around them to catch up with me. We're able to use Jake's bait bag with much success to lead him through another obstacle when he's unsure. Jake is showing me some maturity. He still zooms but he normally just gets a few feet before returning in front of me to ask "What's next?" seated at my feet. NOW if the humans could just get it together, the dogs might get it right, too. Memorizing a course seems fine and dandy when someone else is holding your dog, you're walking the course looking at the numbered cones, and practicing your body language. You get out of the course, the course just goes out of your head, you're trying to just keep the dog moving and, voila!, creative course running by Melissa is born. I didn't even know how to apologize for the course I made up. Luckily, I was not alone and we're joking about making points cards to flash up for how creatively we mess up the course. Oh, well, next week will be here soon and hopefully my brain will be in gear and coordinate something with the rest of my body to make it look slightly more graceful and planned out.

Jake Tugs For Sale

I may be a little prejudiced on the matter but my Mommy makes the best fleece tugs ever. She makes them thick and meaty and braided very tightly. Mommy is generous with her fleece and is always making tugs for me and my ACD friends. But this week, Mommy outdid herself and made a whole crate of fleeces:



Mommy says I can't have any of these special fleeces, though! How mean is that? Mommy has made them as a fundraiser for the new Australian Cattle Dog rescue, Carolina ACD R&R (short for Rescue & Rebound). She said that not all cattle dogs are as fortunate as I am to have a loving home and fleece tugs in every corner. The money from these tugs will go to pulling cattle dogs from bad situations, training them while they are treated to lots of TLC, and helping them find forever homes where they will have a Mommy or Daddy of their own.




No matter how sad I look, Mommy knows I'm not really sad because I am spoiled rotten!




Stay tuned for how you can order your own Jake tugs and support Cattle Dog Rescue!

Whenever our cats howl for dinner, Jake always takes up howling with them. So we've made a game of "meowing". I threw in a few of his tricks at the end just for the heck of it.

A Note from Jake

My mommy hasn't posted a whole lot lately because she has been sad. Mommy's grandmother passed away last Sunday from something called "congestive heart failure". I have no idea what that means but I do know I will miss Mommy's grandmother. She used to sneak me spicy pimento cheese. She always had snacks hidden under the table cloth on her side table. She always let me jump in her lap and kiss her ears. She always laughed when I wiggled and wiggled. Now when we go to visit the cows in NC, that nice lady won't be there.

To cheer Mommy up, I let her dress me up in some pretty humiliating costumes and take pictures. Since it brought a smile to Mommy's face and marshmellows to my tummy, I sat as still as I could.

Kissing Cow T-shirts are here!

Jake has a new t-shirt out! All proceeds go to Tennessee Valley Cattle Dog Rescue. Visit his Cafepress.com store at:

www.cafepress.com/noworriesjake

On the front side is Jake's infamous picture of Jake kissing a baby cow. Above the photo is says, "The Australian Cattle Dog" and below the photo reads, "Characteristics: As the name implies the dog's prime function, and one in which he has no peer, is the control and movement of cattle in wide open and confined areas. Always alert, extremely intelligent, watchful, courageous and trustworthy with an implicit devotion to duty making it an ideal dog."



On the back of some of the t-shirts (whenever available as a option) it says, "Save a cattle dog. Kiss a cow. Support Australian Cattle Dog Rescue."



Please visit Jake's store and support cattle dog rescue!

Melissa