i miss her and am happy that she seems to be happy - i knew she loved kids, and she gets to run outside and - she can come inside now too. her at the river - she must think she's in heaven :)
i also gave her new mom a picture with a heart full of worms, heartworm life cycle schematic and copies of heartworm medication packaging so hopefully she'll continue it after seeing that. it is Rx, so not as easy to get . .... i am just going by what i was told and my impression, and did not actually see skye. keeping her in my mind's eye running around happy, doing her guard duty and being part of a good pack, i envision a happy life for her - and it is time to let go of worrying about her. she is in the care of someone else now ...but i ♥ her always.june 7
Inspirational project benefits homeless pets
how about something like this? we got art friends, we have sammies friends, our local no kill shelter - don't we have access to a school? and young kids, could talk to the teacher there to get hints on how to do this...we have someone who can auction...just inspired as this brings together so many good things
This was our dog pack for 6 months: German shepherd/husky, adopted at the end of October 2010 at about 12 months, 3 y old (in March 2011) rat rat terrier Storm, and adopted border collie Shakti, deaf, about 9 years old. they are outside dogs - though at times are allowed in if it rains or gets too cold. It was decided she needed to go (long story) - I am heartbroken - but it is not my dog - I did the best I could though to make her a great dog to be around - she isn't even aloof anymore, though I'm not sure she'll ever loose that streak of independence mindedness ♥. It was a great adventure, eye opener, challenge and learning experience. I gave it all I had to give to take care of her and she'll live in my heart forever....Invoking a good home for her again - where she can lead a happy dog life in her forever home - this is May 3.
Inspirational project benefits homeless pets
how about something like this? we got art friends, we have sammies friends, our local no kill shelter - don't we have access to a school? and young kids, could talk to the teacher there to get hints on how to do this...we have someone who can auction...just inspired as this brings together so many good things
may 23
We brought her to Beverly's house Sunday morning, May 15 2011 ...she never had any trouble with any of the other dogs there. She then spent the days with Beverly, nights with Matt, who was delighted to have her. Today, Tuesday, she got adopted while she was at the shelter with the trainer. We all hope it is a good match...and will work out....the lady had fallen in love with her from the photos we had put up. I spoke with her a couple of times. She took her home Tuesday, May 17, 2011.
Anyway, this is the last time I saw her. What adventure - and such gratitude - for her to have been in my life, for those who helped take care of her. Have a very happy fulfilled dog-life ♥
Missing her a lot - and she opened the door to something - the transition is in progress
She lived in my car for about 24 hours, except for walks and meals...
The first night she stayed outside - the second night inside the car - just as well, since it started raining.
Spending Friday night at the 35 acres - Skye was in good spirits after spending time at Beverley's house with her other dogs.
Skye is going with Tom and Jane - she was calm, a little unsure. We'll know more in a few days. For now, I am filled with gratitude and much more - what a gift she was and is - and I wish her the happiest fulfilled dog life ever with the best training she needs. Tuesday, May 10, 2011 ...alas - 3 days later the saga continued....
Monday evening - an animal intuitive met with all of them - the animals want to work it out - they don't really understand what's happening and why they can't see each other - they miss each other - though there is some wariness and fear on both sides - in the end, all that could be done was ease the transition
Monday, May 9 the shelter was overfull - we went to the country - Saddle Pals - amazing moments. We met Jane - she and her husband were looking for a dog...
may 7
Under my worktable just once
This was such a delightful afternoon in May - in a way, we had to live the dream of many years in a few days - this was shortly before Skye had to go
Hello all our Saddle Pals friends,
Natalie & family have a beautiful German Shepherd / Huskie mix with one blue eye
and one brown eye that we need to find a new home for very soon. We adopted Skye at the
end of Oct. 2010 and she was estimated to be about 1 year old or less at that time. She appeared
to have had no formal training and wanted to play with any dog and any sometimes large animal, like a cow or horse, that came her way.
She is now about a year and a half and is a friendly, energetic 60 lb. dog. She is really sweet and friendly
with people, announces strangers arriving on the property and will wag her tail and
accompany them as soon as she knows they are okay with us. We think this is her natural
German Shepherd part coming through and something we wanted. She also announces unusual things - like ballons hanging out of a window, then investigates.
She's an outside dog which gives her plenty of exercise. She seems to want to herd larger animals
like the cows when they were right next to our property line in the pasture next door. She stays
around the house and barn complex because she likes people and keeps track of all
the comings and goings of which there are plenty. We have no fear that she would run away once
she knows where she is, is her home.
We think she loves kids but can only tell from the one time we had a 5 year old girl visiting us
and they loved playing with each other. She knows about 20 commands, has been to obedience class but does need more work to be promptly following all the commands. She's very smart and
has her own will. She seems to like to have a job -- guarding is good.
She does chase smaller animals -- squirrels, moles, rats. When we first got her the
other dogs chased our garden cat so she's never been trained otherwise since they
weren't.
Skye gets along great with our "rough tough" little Rat Terrier. Together they catch rats
outside whenever they can and rumble and tumble wildly. However, we have an older and currently infirm dog recovering from a rattle snake bite. About 3 weeks ago Skye and this older dog had an altercation over a bone (the older dog does have food/bone guarding and had brought his bone to the play area and they got into it). Then Shakti got bit by a rattlesnake and is not bouncing back too well. He is also deaf. The 3 dogs used to play great together but now the dynamic has been unfriendly between the 2 of them.
Unfortunately we are unable to carry out the dog trainer's instructions about rehabilitating the 2 dogs.
Thus we can't keep both of them. The older dog has been with us for years, he has priority to
live out his days however long in peace. The result is that we need to find a home for Skye who
we've only had for 6 months.
She is beautiful as you can see by the pictures attached. She's had training on a leash
i.e. the walking and heel command. Her experience with horses is that they live next
door. She is smart and could be introduced and worked with. In our experience she will need
somebody to continue training her and tell her what's permitted and not as she is only an
adolescent. And both German Shepherds and Huskies need patience and consistency.
She will do fine if you don't take her anywhere. But we started training with the goal of
her being well behaved wherever we took her.
She's current with rabies, heart prevention and tick prevention. She loves bones.:) and has no food guarding. We really
really don't want her to go back to the shelter. She comes with, if you choose, a dog house, leashes,
pillows, a small "pool" she could sit in to cool off and a year's supply of tick prevention.
Please contact me if you would like an introduction to Skye or know someone who would
like to adopt a beautiful dog like her.
If you are on facebook you can see more pictures here
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1587137991185&set=a.1587136951159.2077999.1017850521&type=1&theater#!/media/set/?set=a.1519489100005.2072101.1017850521
I've attached 4 jpgs in case it's easier to see pictures in your email. (It's slightly more than 2 MB
and should still be well within dial up (slow) internet connection receiving abilities.)
Looking forward to seeing or hearing from you,
Marvette
Natalie Hopcroft's aunt
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