I heard about two senior dogs at our HSNB shelter that could use some home time, including one that desperately needed grooming. The soonest Miller could be groomed was three days away, so I offered to at least do that. Having recently transferred one foster to Muttville and with another foster adopted out recently, we decided to meet Miller and Lilibet today to at least give them a break from the shelter. “Lily” is even more senior than Miller.
These are before, during, and after pictures of Miller, the most matted dog I’ve ever groomed. Shea was super helpful and was in charge of the bath with his homemade soap!
BEFORE:
DURING:
AFTER:
This was the appeal for Miller to be groomed:
This was Miller playing with Lil Man at the shelter before I met him:
Sustainable Solano did a wonderful cooking event with locally sourced foods for Cultivate Community Food Cooperative (CCFC) last night in Benicia. Ask me about becoming an owner as we try to grow CCFC to build a brick-and-mortar local food co-op! In addition to the gorgeous salad you can see below, we also had potato gnocchi with the freshest broccoli and garlic.
Fourteen CCFC owners were treated to a cooking demo by Chef Stephanie Jordan, Program Mgr., Sustainable Solano.
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) was also an important topic of discussion.
With the great weather, we took Snoopy, Bonnie, and foster littermates Calvin & Hobbes (still available for adoption) to Wardlaw Park again this evening. I heard some women asking, “How does that dog even see?” when looking at Bonnie with her hair style, not realizing that she has no eyes until I told them. Moments later Bonnie walked through a little bowl of water. Most are really impressed by how she navigates and follows my voice when she’s off-leash.
Calvin & Hobbes meet Cuddles at Vallejo’s Wardlaw Dog park. Cuddles shows how he is equally verbal.
HSNB President Linda borrowed foster dogs, Calvin & Hobbes, for some Cuddle Club pet therapy at a senior living facility here in Vallejo. I was so proud when I heard they were perfect ambassadors for the shelter.
Miso got adopted by my dear friends Mike & Todd today! It’s so great to foster a dog that is so loving and to know he’s going to be in their wonderful household, but even better knowing we’ll get to see him once in a while!
Cultivate Community Food Co-op is a mouthful, but what a great idea. I’ve been an owner for several years and look forward to that investment paying off in time.
Three triplet (not literally) chihuahua (mix) fosters. Lucky Miso (who looks like a miniature German Shepherd) is going to his new forever home tomorrow! Calvin & Hobbes are the other two who are actually litter mates. We’re still hoping they still get adopted together. Apply at HSNB! They’re all about 1.5 years old, perfectly healthy, neutered, and house-trained.
We dropped off Bug(sy) at Muttville yesterday. It was hard to say goodbye to this little angel, but he’s in amazing hands and will get adopted quickly. Why am I so confident? They turn these dogs around fast there! Also, looking at the other seniors in there, he’s far more ambulatory and relatively young for a dog his size, so he probably has many more happy years of his life.
I know he and I bonded very much, but that also proves to me that he can easily bond with another person after his surgery. I have to keep telling myself that it is not a failure on my part not to take in every stray, but my mission on the board of HSNB is to make sure as many homeless animals as possible are permanently homed. Muttville is amazing and the facilities are incredible while he waits a short while to be adopted. His new name will be Hammock!
As Co-Chair of Tobacco Free Solano I spoke for a while at this event by Solano County Department of Health on the success of the two ordinance to control tobacco in Vallejo over the past few years. I’m so honored to be doing this work locally to be making a difference in our county’s largest city (where I live) and making a better life with less lethal addiction to the youth of Vallejo, who deserve a smoke-free world.
I received this beautiful card from various members of TFS thanking me for my work on this issue.
The audio quality is not the greatest, but hopefully people will be able to interpret what I’m saying. It might behoove one to turn on captions.
