On Sunday, two friends and I headed to Tennessee Valley Cattle Dog Rescue (www.tvcattledogrescue.org) to lend a hand with their foster dogs. I got there first and spent a good thirty minutes getting licked by Shadow before someone came looking for me.
I love Shadow's delicate head and sweet disposition:
First up on the agenda for the day was vaccinating and dosing with Frontline and Ivermectin. We began with Katie, the girl that Michael pulled on Saturday from the Ringgold shelter. Despite her nasty-looking spay incision, she was a cuddler from the moment we got her out of her crate. All she wanted to do was climb in Kristina's lap (and try to sneak in licking her incision since the e-collar was off temporarily).
Katie:
Some of the dogs needed their claws trimmed as well and we all know how much ACDs love to have their claws trimmed! Here's Taz and his team of wranglers trimming his front paws:
Many of the dogs needed pictures for their Petfinder listings so I got busy trying to get their ears up and make them ignore the camera:
Gaucho:
Jack (adopted while we were there!):
Skip (surprised us all by begging):
Roscoe (shy and dirty from playing with Star):
Scrappy (starting to lose some weight):
After a yummy steak lunch thanks to our friend with the portable grill, all hands were on deck to put up some new kennel runs in the barn (I have kennel envy -- those were such lovely kennels). Meanwhile, potential adopters that had already had their home visit came to pick out a dog with their toddler girl. Jack grabbed their hearts and Jack went home a happy boy! We ended the evening by walking all of dogs and loving on them all.
Oh, where's Jake, you ask? He was at Crowder's Mountain (near Gastonia) hiking with his daddy! He's still very glad to have his mommy back home!
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