We were down to only one foster dog, Lana, who is going to go to Muttville soon. The house seemed so quiet with just three dogs. I then got an email out of left field about dogs that were going to be euthanized on Monday down in Modesto, so I inquired if they would be available for me to take some in. One of the three “smalls” was already adopted by the time we got there, so Ella and Perry were the two that we were able to take, even though Perry is not your typical chihuahua mix.

He’s taller than any foster I’ve had in recent years, but he’s a total sweetheart and so skinny. Historically, I’ve dog-sat and fostered large breeds, but it’s challenging for various reasons, including managing the personalities of my two permanent dogs and worrying about their ability to jump the fence. Perry is a perfect example of a gentle, medium-sized dog that I have zero regrets bringing home. We instantly fell in love with him and his personality. He’s super affectionate.

Poor Ella, who reminded me so much of the doxie I had named Bella, is extremely shy and avoiding us even two days in, but hopefully she’ll come to trust us when we give her space. There aren’t too many pictures of Ella yet because she’s so freaking shy she barely lets us hold her yet, although Shea had her on his lap the entire ride home.

Shea took these great pictures of foster Lana and her lookalike potential great-grandson, foster Marshall, who recently got a new foster family in Oregon. You can also see foster Millie’s butt as she likes to stand guard near my feet when I’m reclined. Shea used A.I. to replace my computer screen with this non-existent lamp, so this is not a completely realistic picture, but it’s less glaring than the monitor that was in front of me.

Shea was surprised that foster Lana jumped up on his lap, but she’s pretty happy to get cuddles from whomever, even though I’m her go-to.

Found out that Dolly, who has been in foster care, has been officially adopted!

Millie got adopted too!

The house is eerily quiet without foster Millie who found a wonderful family to live with in Lake County. She is a good girl and has a sort of maltipoo brother now, who looks a lot like Bonnie. Like most people the family was surprised how small she was in real life, but she has a huge personality and she’ll be a wonderful addition to their family. Between them this family has nine grandkids that visit, so she’ll have a big yard in the country with people visiting all the time. Bonnie’s probably a little relieved because Millie often got very jealous of the attention I gave her, but I love all dogs that we take in.

At the shelter I saw a quivering senior whose microchip says she is well over 12 years old in a crate. She was very sweet and will likely get transferred to Muttville, so I offered to take her home and give her a quieter place to rest until such time as she will hopefully be accepted there. Lana’s former guardians either didn’t want her or something happened to them. I was SHOCKED at how similar she looks to our foster Marshall. I literally would not be surprised if she is his grandmother or great-great-great-grandmother, possibly.

This is what happens when Shea doesn’t wake up on time. The troops run in to wake him up when they get the zoomies after I feed them.