I'm the proud new foster mommy to!

[Aspen and Misty]

A 4 month old Black Lab. I named Her Breeze. I am fostering her for Paws With a Cause ( http://www.pawswithacause.org/dogs/foster/default.asp )a organization who raises service dogs (ex. Hearing dogs) she will be aloud to go to Grocery Stores, resturaunts and she will be aloud to spend a couple of days in school with me. I have wanted to do this for 2 years and we have been going through the process for the past 4 months or so. We got a call last Thursday saying our puppy was being sent into PA on Monday and that we could have her on Tuesday (today) so for the past few days weve been running around getting everything we need. She is so preciouse! I put a coller on her today and she doesn't seem to like it, lol, always itching, she'll get used to it though . Her and Novie are doing wonderfully!!! I am so proud of them both. Nova loves having her around, they played for the past 2 hours. LOL. Such sweeties! She wont' leave my side which I'm not used to as Nova doesn't follow me to much.

Sorry for the poor pictures, if you can rember how hard it is to get a puppy to hold still, LOL, it's also impossible to get her to leave my side for more then one minute! LOL

Hey PT! Look at my sweet face!




Chewing on her leash, LOL










She's not big at all, only comes up a little taller then Nova's tummy. I'll try to get a picture later of the two of them!

Ash

[Cookiebaker]

Oh Ash, Breeze is adorable!!

Good luck with your fostering!! That sounds like fun!

[tatsxxx11]

Ahhhhh, you should be SO proud of yourself!!! And I'm SO jealous! Oh, what fun you're going to have! And what an awesome responsiblity!! Breeze is beautiful!!! And in your caring hands, I just know her "training" is going to be a "breeze..." I hope to hear daily updates! You must be SO excited!!! Me too! I wish you and Breeze all the best!! Keep those pics coming!

P.S...At our house, we call this..."Shark eyes.."

[jenluckenbach]

EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!
Good job, Ash.

[mpoier]

Awh, I want to kiss that big nose, what a sweetheart!

[Uabassoon]

Breeze is so cute! Congrats on your new foster!

[Aspen and Misty]

thanx everyone!!

I forgot to mention I will only have this lil Cutie for a short 9 months I am super duper exited though. Can you imagine recieving a mischeviouse puppy who chews on everything slobbers on any one and is shy and then turn her into a confident, well trained, outgoing dog? It's going to amazing and although handing her back to paws will be diffcult my reward will come on graduation day when I get to go to Michgan and see Breeze again and get to meet her forever partner. I can't even imagine the joy that the people who recieve these dogs must feel. I am just gratful I get to be a part in it. And I am so exited to be able to give someone there freedom again in the form of the best joy on earth, a puppy.

Here are some more pics of her





Ash

[tatsxxx11]

I remember a recent documentary on TV about a program /group very similar to the one you are working with. They followed a family during the nearly one year period of "training." The dog was primarily the responsibility of the young daughter. By the time graduation day came around, I was in tears! What you are doing is a very selfless thing. I'm sure you're going to fall in love with Breeze these next 9 months and it will be hard to let go. But I know you'll be so proud that you've given someone in need such a wonderful gift of love!

[dukedogsmom]

You are so lucky! I have seen some shows on Animal Planet about the service dogs and the graduation days are bittersweet. I would hate to lose her after having her and getting attached but knowing it's for such a good cause makes it a lot easier.

[anna_66]

I just love those big beautiful eyes of hers!

I bet you'll have a terrific time training her, good luck!

[Dogz]

Congratulations on the new foster pup! You are so lucky! That's great that Nova and Breeze get along, and I can't wait to see a pic of both of them together! Breeze looks like such a sweetie, and I am happy to hear that everthing is going well! Keep us updated!

Emma

[micki76]

Awesome Ash!! What a great gift to give. I admire you so for what you're doing!

[Aspen and Misty]

Thanx everyone! Nova was acting a lil wierd tonight so I thought that maybe she needed a brake. So I took her to the pet store. She got to pick out a bone and was so sexited when she saw her fav worker, Shella, was there. All the people who work at the pet store came over to say hi to her and she saw them all. Everyone gave her biscuits and babied her becasue they knew she was dealing with a new baby sister. I think she enjoyed it and it kinda helped remind her of the place she has in our heart.

LOl, talk about always keeping me on my toes. I've had to stop 5 times while writing this to pull something out of her mouth, a sock, some paper, my camra, the tv remote, LOL. She is so weired and so diffrent from Nova. She definitly wll be interesting to watch growing up and I will keep you guys up-dated every step of the way. I'm going to be makein an online diary of the thigns we go through. I will post the link in my sig. I will be then at the ned of the 9 months printing out this diary and a writen diary for the person who will be gettting Her and tehy will also be getting a baby book full of pictures, stories, some of the people she has touched, some photo's I wanted to send along with her, some events we went to (pet talk meetings!!) thigns like that. I know that I wish I could have s little piece of Nova's puppy hood, just oine photo or just one story would be fine, just ot know how she grew up or what she looked like or some of the weird things she did. I hope the person will treasure these gifts I give her (or him).

Ash

[Foam]

She's beautiful, Ash!

[Aspen and Misty]

Well, we just had a fight brake out. Not sure what over but Nova attacked Breeze Beside breeze's eye was bleeding a lil but it seems to be ok, we cleaned it. Not sure what happened? They seemed to be getting along, they played nicly ,no bickering, no tug of war, no fighting over toys (???) or anything like that and it wasn't like there was food? Were hopeing it was a one time I'm the Alpha dog deal, or else well have to contact Cindy, our Paws representive and tell her what happened and see what she thinks. I was told, by Cindy, that we should get Breeze spayed ASAP so that Nova doesn't feel threatened, to put it in simple terms. So we are calling our vet tomrrow and makeing an apointment for Breeze to be spayed.


Now, for the fun part! Pics

Thirsty girl (she loves to "Swim" in her water dish)


With her bun bun




Ash