We got a foster dog

Hi guys!

Saturday I went to the SPCA and a little girl followed me in and said she had found this dog running up and down her street with no collar and she couldn't keep him. I told her to leave him and if they couldn't take him, I would. Tammy tried every which way to find a spot for him, but to no avail. I suggested that Mike and I foster him for them until we could find him a home (which, btw, won't be hard, at least 5 people saw him Saturday and wanted him then), and she agreed, so we now have Bailey a 3 month old Shar Pei/Lab mix who weighs in at a whopping 25.8 pounds ALREADY!!

Oh, Mugsy, you truly are every dog's angel. Thank you so much for all you do to save these wonderful dogs who get such a bad break in life.

Um, where is the picture Mugsy? I would love to see him! Does he have the wrinkly shar-pei skin?

Mugsy you're a god send. What a sweet and wonderful thing to do. Hope you find a wonderful home for that sweet dog. Sounds like he's simply adorable - give us a look see when you can:)

How kind of you Molly. That little girl knew just who to talk to! I would love to see what Bailey looks like. I bet he adorable!

Hey, Mugsy! So I guess there truly ar Angels here on Earth? Glad you are one of them. Bet Bailey knows you are too. Hope we get to see pictures soon.:D

Mugsy to the rescue!!!!! You and your husband are ANGELS!!!!

Mugsy, you are one remarkable woman!!! Did I fail to mention, Mike's pretty special too!! Bless you, and hugs and kisses to the latest addition! Love, Sandra and the Furry Ones.

He really is a cute little snot and as soon as I get pictures I will get them posted to my site. I guess this morning he was tearing around the house chasing Billy (who really needs the exercise) having a great time. I discovered last night (at 3AM) that he had a bite on the side of his mouth that had become infected and was oozing icky stuff, so I treated it with H2O2 and some Bactine and it was much better when I got up at 6 and checked it. I took him to school last night to show one of our secretaries (who has a Shar Pei) and she fell in love and the first thing out of her mouth this morning was, "Are you keeping Bailey?" She is so funny anyway, but she just fell all over him and he just didn't know what to do with all the attention from her and from the track team (who got in trouble because they stopped running laps to pet Bailey). He was so worn out by it all, he laid in the back on the way home and slept (on the way there he sat in my lap and helped me drive (and honk the horn in the middle of downtown rush hour traffic! lol:D :eek: :p ).

You (and Mike) are truly one in a billion! :D

Bailey has already grown considerably since we got him. When I brought him home, he was shorter than DeeDee and now he is about 2 inches taller than she is. And ORNERY!!! Wow!! He is in to everything...it's been so long since we've had a puppy in the house, it's been difficult to adjust (for the other dogs too), but he is a little sweetie. Thanks all for your interest.

Well, so much for being able to keep Bailey...the SPCA called today and they're coming to pick him up tomorrow because they seem to think we're not taking good enough care of him. Tammy said that because he had a bite on his face (which he got from Tigger when Bailey was trying to eat Tig's food) and we had so many other dogs that there was no way we could keep him and lo and behold she called today and had talked to Betty (the president of the board of directors) and they miraculously had room for him and they were coming to pick him up tomorrow morning. It hurts bad enough to know that we can't keep him, but even worse for me is that they have no faith in me as a pet owner (or at least that is how it appears to me). So, I'm sorry there won't be any pictures of Bailey to show you.

Oh Mugsy .... I'm so sorry. You already fell for the
"little snot", didn't you. I know I had Bailey 'pictured'
in my mind. Don't think you did anything wrong !!!
I'll bet they already have someone in mind to adopt
the little guy. Isn't Smokey going to be neutered
sometime this week ? All the best, Liz & Buddy.

Yeppers liz...I have to have Smokey at Dr. B's office at 7:30am tomorrow. And, no, they don't have anyone in mind for Bailey...they don't even have his picture up on the adoption board. They're just going to take him and put him in a cage by himself and that's going to be better for him than staying with us where he can sleep with us and get better food and can go out and run around in the yard, etc, etc,etc. Sorry I'm so bitter here, but they really made me mad. I won't be having anything to do with them anymore...I don't like to have my integrity questioned by people I'm trying to help. Ok, I'm done blowing off steam and thanks for listening.

Mugsy,

If they don't have some sort of "under the table"
deal to adopt him out soon & just want to take him
out of your care, then, YES that stinks...
Try to think on the bright side, if there is one. Do you
have a lot of traffic through the local SPCA shelter ?
Liz & Buddy.