Two worried dogs have landed.

[bunn]

Amber (front) and Chloe (back) have come to visit as foster dogs.  It was all a bit of a rush. The owner had died and as usual for January, rescues are bulging with Christmas puppies/dogs chucked out to make room for Christmas puppies, so these two were either going to the pound or to be put to sleep.  

Thankfully, they are used to other dogs and cats ( I can't tell you how many calls we get about dogs that have literally not met another dog for years and years, which makes finding foster homes for them incredibly difficult.  )  As Oldies Club doesn't deal with puppies, we managed to squeeze these two in as urgent extras and they came aaaaaallll the way from Yorkshire to Cornwall today before The Snow descends and the country gives up all hope of travel until it melts. 

Amber was a bit nervy and growly to start with.  Chloe, who is her mother, seemed to find the journey quite hard work and seemed quite worn out when she arrived, probably not helped by the fact that she is very fat.   They went and sat woefully in the hall for a bit.  But then they decided that being woeful was too much hard work, and Amber came and sat in Brythen's big bed and Chloe sat next to me (my dogs are both in front of the fire). 
 

Comments

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

They look very suspicious and worried, but underneath want to trust you, as far as I can tell from these pictures, and are basically good dogs. What do Az and Brythen think?

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Az seems to be in favour. Usually he has a bit of a clash with any new foster dog before things settle, but I think he likes these girls, he was strutting a bit when we got back from our intro walk, which usually means 'Hi, I am Az, see my ARMY OF DOGS?'

Brythen loves everyone, although I think he was hoping they would play with him and so far, no dice.

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

I was very confused by the "front" and "back" captions in the first line, which seemed to suggest that you'd fostered some sort of pantomime horse of a dog, until my brain finally decided to switch on and tell me that there was probably a picture under the cut. This heating-less state has clearly frozen my brain into uselessness.

I hope they settle in and get unwoeful enough to find happy homes. I particularly like the colouring of the front half of the pantomime dog. And the ears.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

They are still very confused and worried this morning, but then they have had a pretty confusing time lately.

I hope your brain defrosts without going mushy :-D

[chainmailmaiden]

Hope they settle in soon & get on with the rest of the menagerie.

[carmarthen.livejournal.com]

Awwww, they are terribly cute! I hope they settle in quickly.

[huinare.livejournal.com]

Aww. I hope they're feeling more comfortable soon.

[seascribe.livejournal.com]

Under all the worry, they are gorgeous!

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Oh, what lovely dogs! I love Amber's colour. There appears to be a lot of retriever in there, so I am not surprised that Chloe is fat...

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I think you are right about the retriever, specially Chloe. She does that cheery waddling thing that GRs do although she's a lot smaller (well, smaller in height. Girth is quite generous...).

[thecatsamuel.livejournal.com]

What sweethearts. I am so glad they are safely with you and hope they settle in soon after all the upset.

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

They look lovely dogs and understandably nervous. They're very lucky to have come to you though. Hope they find a home soon.

[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

Oh, bless! That's a fair old journey for them. Hope they soon settle in.

[alitheapipkin.livejournal.com]

Oh they look lovely, I do hope they settle well and find new forever homes soon!

(These are the sorts of dogs I'm used to from having mongrels as a kid - the shelters up here are all full of staffies and staffy crosses, I do hope we can get fluffy dogs when we are finally in a position to have one).

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Pretty much anything will come up in rescues if you look around - and there are breed specialist rescues too! The pretty hairy dogs do tend to be more popular but they do come in all the time, so it's just a matter of keeping an eye out!

Personally I like a short-haired dog, so much less shedding and they don't collect anything like as much mud (hence my sighthounds: they have very little hair, and the legs hold their tummies well clear of mud!)

Oldies Club, which is the rescue I'm mostly involved with, tend not to get that many staffies in, despite the numbers of them homeless in the UK. We do try to make sure we have at least one or two at any time - at the moment we have 2 staffs, one cross and a bull lurcher - but unless we get one that's lived with other dogs and cats previously they are hard to find places for.

I also suspect, rather horribly, that staffies are less likely to make it to be oldies because so many of them are put to sleep after they are dumped as young dogs, and people dont' even try to place them if they do get an old one. Which is just awful really, they are lovely little dogs, but there are just SO MANY. :-(

[mcmurphy79.livejournal.com]

Oh they are beautiful. God Bless them and you for having them