Woohoo!!! What a wonderful day!!

   I am so happy and excited to let everyone know that we have now been "Approved" to adopt/rescue a sweet little baby girl Dachshund, who we plan to name "Skye".   We found "Abby" as she was named by her Foster Mom through a wonderful group called Furever Dachshund Rescue and that all came about, after one of my craft friends, Michelle, read the post about me wanting to add another dog to our family and that I had hoped to rescue a second Dachshund.   That post eventually led me to Furever and that was how this all began, back in late December.

"Abby" my new girl, who will think we will name Skye

    If you are a regular follower, you'll now that I currently have a wonderful 9 year old Male Dachshund, named Scout who I adopted from my "Daughter in Law" - Meghan and her wonderful family.  Scout had been living with Meghan and Brian, but they knew it would be too hard to have him make the trip to California when they moved there last Fall.  They also weren't  even sure, if they would be able to have dogs, so I offered to take Scout, and was thrilled when Meg and her Mom, "Colleen" agreed to the plan.  I did felt kind of sad for Sean, Meg's brother, as I knew he had long term plans to take Scout after her graduated from college.  Even so, he agreed and I promised them all that Scout would always be part of their family to and that everyone was welcome to visit or take him for visits, from time to time.   Meg's other dog, Ries a sweet girl, made the trip part way and went to live with Mary, Meg's Sister in Colorado.   Once Meg and Bri found a nice house to rent and found out they could have dogs, Brian had Ries flown in as a surprise for Meg, but there was not way, I was giving up Scout and we had all agreed about that in the beginning.  I also don't think that trip would have been very easy on him, especially since is is an older dog.   Happily, they have now added a second dog their family "Trace" a wonderful little Boston Terrier Mix, who Brian rescued after they moved to San Diego.  He is now just about 10 months old and I loved meeting him, when I went out to visit.  He's such fun and such a happy little guy, who loves to give lots of kisses !  

Ries and Trace Snuggling in their LL Bean Bed!

Ries is a beautiful Springer Spaniel and she loves to run.  She's now four and Meg

has raised her since she was a Puppy.  Being apart was very hard, so I'm thrilled they are not back

together and that Ries and Trace are so happy together!!  

Trace - Brian's Boston Terrier/Mix -- also a Rescue!!

  After my visit and seeing how well the two dogs are doing...I fell in love with Trace, I knew it was time for me to come home and continue on my search for a second dog and a sibling for Scout.  Scout has three other Doxie siblings, when he lived with Meg's family -- Anna, James and Stella who I also feel in love with and it was meeting all these Doxies that he me so interested in getting another.   Knowing that Scout, had always had a sibling, I think he'll also loving having a puppy to play with and also watch over.  He actually LOVED Alex's Ferret  go figure and is such a loving pup.  I can't wait for Scout and Skye to meet and think he'll do a great job in helping her grown up!

  

Delilah -- Alex's little Ferret

   And this is my wonderful dog Scout, who I so LOVE !!  He's my love and has already become very spoiled here with us.   He loves to sleep in our bed and even snuggle under the covers, something I'm sure that "Skye" will eventually love too!   However, we want to be sure she is well trained first and her first bed with be in Scout's former crate.   With her own new pinks blankets and lots of cute pink toys!!!

  I'm off now to work on my schedule and move around some appointments and such!   My goal is to try and make sure that "Skye" is not left alone, at least for the first couple of weeks, while she adjusts to her new home and works on her house-training.  I am going to change my schedule and take some time off from card classes and such to give is time to bond.  I hope we continue to have warm sunny days like today, so that I can spend lots of time outside with both the pups!!   "Abby" as she's known now, is just a bit over 3 months old and has been "paper-trained" by her Foster Mom, Lyanne, which I'm sure will be a big help!    I also want to teach her and Scout to walk well together and took a private class with Scout yesterday afternoon to work on that and some commands that he has forgotten,  but picked up again very quickly.   I may even take him to a class for seniors to refresh his skills on "Wait" and "Come" and walking well on his lease, without "pulling".   

   My thanks to everyone at Furever Dachshund, particularly Julia and Maria who I communicated with the most.  I also want to thank Fabre, who was the first person I met at Furever and the one who contacted me after hearing about my blog post!    And on top of that, extra thanks to everyone who has wished us well and been so excited about our growing little family.   I think in time, I may even consider doing some fostering, but that will be down the road quite a bit.  Right now, I'm thrilled to have Scout and can't wait for Skye to be here too!