Henry and Tucker

Henry and Tucker were lucky enough to be adopted together. These boys have been in their new home for a couple of months now and they couldn't be happier. Thank you Kim for the great pictures, sorry I did not get them posted earlier.

Thanks for posting those. I didn't get a chance to send more pictures. They're about 22 pounds now and I'm guessing close to full grown. We still haven't gotten house breaking down pat yet but they're doing well otherwise. Henry's not always as shy as he was before and Tucker is a lap dog. We have to make neutering appointments and get their home again ID chips. They're done with all their shots. We may bring them to puppy school. It's a little harder to teach them anything with the two of them always together and always playing. Henry tends to be a little nippy but he's a good boy. Tucker loves attention. He gets so excited when our daughter gets home from school that he cries until she's held him for a minute. They both enjoyed Christmas and they opened their own presents. I think they liked the paper best at first. They've also enjoyed the snow. Especially eating it. We'll keep in touch. Kim

Happy Holidays from Piper

Bella aka Squishy

Hi Shane and Family
On behalf of Squishy and our family...we want to wish you a very Merry Christmas.
Squishy is doing great and she is such a wonderful young lady, who just loves taste testing all types of foods I prepare. Yes, the big lunk still sleeps in between Warren and myself at night at I think she would be completely bent if we ever asked her to sleep on her empty dog bed..(which is in our bedroom.)
Thanks again for all you are doing....We can't thank you enough for letting Squishy come and join our family..she is just perfect...(just as all our other greys have been.)
Merry Christmas
Lots of love
Jill, Warren. Mitchell, and Jack
and Venus and Squishy

Beckett

If we ever gathered all of my friends into one space and separated the ones that have not adopted a dog from NNEDR and those that have... well let's just say Laura and John would be VERY lonely on their side. And Beckett's forever family is no exception, they are our friends and our family. We love that we personally know so many of the dogs that have passed through our home as fosters.

Beckett came to Vermont via the Mayor's Alliance van from NYC in the fall. (I apologize I am way behind on this.) This little guy was a shelter favorite and quickly became a foster favorite as well. Beckett was quickly adopted by his forever family. They sent us these pictures A REALLY LONG TIME AGO.

Mortimer

The last beagle to go to his new home... Morty is all settled with his new family and doing well. Here is an update:

Morty has settled into his new home nicely. In true beagle fashion his first action in was to pick a spot on the couch for a nap. We are glad to share "his" couch. He gets along well with everyone including the cat who likes no one. He even loves the rabbit (we've not told him he is a hunting dog as we've not wanted to spoil their friendship). He has had a vet visit and everything looks good. His favorite game is what the kids call "Beagle Power", which as near as we can figure involves running with the dog until you fall down and he licks you! Morty has been a joy and a wonderful addition to our family.

The Pages

Ruby

Hi,
I wanted to give you an update on Ruby Tuesday. Of course you know, we see her as "the best dog ever", and are so happy that we adopted her at the end of May this year. Ruby recently went through another major surgery in mid October to remove more mammory gland tumors. They were not malignant, thankfully. Through all of her recovery, Ruby was the perfect patient. She is now completely recovered and being her old self again. When getting attention she loves to have her belly rubbed, and she will roll over to proudly show her scars. This will be our first winter with Ruby so we are anxious to see how she likes the snow. We plan to continue her daily walks with her in the winter, so she has a new fido fleece winter jacket to protect her from the weather. Ruby sends face licks to everyone. Again, we can't thank NNEDR enough for brining Ruby Tuesday into our lives.
Caren

Full Swing

The past month has been busy for NNEDR. We decided to ease our way back into rescue with a litter of eight beagle puppies, two pit bulls from NYC and a Lhasa Apso from Hartford CT. Luckily the majority of them have gone off to their forever home. We have had some opportunities to work with a couple of new fosters and we are so excited about them. We are extremely grateful to the people that foster these dogs and commit to giving them another chance, support and love while we find them the right family. There are a lot of challenges in fostering from the basic house training to behavioral issues, separation anxiety, constant spinning in place or territorial marking. It takes dedication and a sense of humor. Sometimes when a dog leaves it breaks a foster's heart and sometimes it is a relief. We know it isn't easy and we appreciate what you do.

A plug for our two current residents: Spin. When he came to us he just spun in circles marking and growled when we tried to picking him up. Thanks to his foster family this boy has come a long way. For the most part the spinning and marking (he does where a doggy diaper when he is loose in the house playing with the other dogs) have stopped unless he is in a new place and nervous. He has completely come out of his shell and is a very cute, outgoing and affectionate little guy. He likes car rides, sunsets and other dogs to play with. Mortimer. He is adorable, mostly house trained and working on basic obedience. Soft and Cuddly. If you know any experienced beagle people that are looking for an inside family companion, let them know about Morty he is the bomb.
And our most recent alumni:

Beckett, FKA Rocky: Beckett has settled into his forever family with relative ease. He loves his dog sister Molly and all of his human family members.

Bailey and Porter (FKA Chester),

Shane, Just wanting to send some photos of the beagles puppies. They are doing very well and we are just loving them. They love being together and playing together. Thanks so much for working to find their whole litter home. Greg and Jane

Cooper, FMA Bubba,
Hi everyone;

I have been in my new home since Friday, 10/17 and am settling in with my new folks and two cats to live with. I have been to the veterinarian for a checkup, distemper booster, bordatella, and another deworming. I will be going back next month for my rabies shot and then neutering (YUCK!) in late December. I also have visited the doggie daycare (Bed & Biscuit) where I will be going at times and it is really nice. I have met some dogs there and played with them; I am the smallest. I'm still working on doing all of my business outside but still have a few accidents--WOOPS....... Chris & Sue take good care of me and I get to snuggle, sleep on their laps and have lots of acreage outside to play in. I hope my brothers and sisters are doing OK also.

Cooper

Thank you for your updates. We love to share your pictures and stories.

New Pictures of Ruthie/Ruby

Bark in the Park 2008

Another fun day at Bark in the Park! It was great to see many of our alumni and their people. We really appreciate you coming out to see us!

Sherlock (formerly Trevor) was there. It has been two years since he was adopted and he met his person at Bark in the Park two years ago, so today was also kind of an anniversary.

Jdengo. While we see Jdengo often we loved having him at Bark in the Park with his family. Jedngo and his family have recently started fostering for NNEDR.

Magnus (formerly George) was at Bark in the Park for the second year in a row. Magnus and his littermates are very special to all of us and it is so great for us to see him every year.


Little Orphan Annie, was at her first Bark in the Park this year. She got to meet the animal control officer Sherry, that saved her life by getting her out of the pound and into rescue when she was just two days old. Annie and her siblings were bottle fed by volunteers and she was eventually adopted by her foster parents.


Some of our current puppies. Snoozing.

And Sparky. Though he is not technically alumni I think Kyle wanted to adopt him.

Thanks again for coming out, we know for some of you it was a long drive. We hope to see you all again next year!

Coco

Hi Shane,

It’s been a long while since we sent in any updates on Coco, so when I got your e-mail I thought it was about time.

Coco is doing great – she is very happy and seems very comfortable and content. She spends most of her days snoozing on the couch and every night snug and cozy in her girl Chloe’s bed. She has lots of friends in the neighborhood, including a 150 lb. Leonberger named Duncan who she loves to tease (all 13 lbs. of her).

Every July she spends her summer vacation back in Vermont camping on Lake Champlain and she has become quite a good little kayaker – she finds it very relaxing to nap in the kayak. And despite her small size and stubby legs she is a big snow lover - she loves to play in fresh powder.

She’s a great little dog and we’re so happy to have her. We wish we could attend the reunion so you can see what a cute dog she has grown into but we have a prior commitment. I have attached a few photos instead.

Gus Gus

An update from Gus's Family:

This was Gus and Pluto, our 11 yr old dog. This is the first of many trips to the beach in Maine. Gus was so cute the first time he put his feet in the water. He would run away from the wave, just like a little kid. He also loves to dig in the sand with Jacob. Gus has brought our family so much love and joy. His personality is sooooooooooooo sweet.
Have you ever known a dog that actually watches TV? Animal planet had this show about puppy olympics and Gus sat there , his eyes glued to the screen and would bark if I changed the channel. He really thinks he is human. Yesterday he mastered the art of running and jumping into my bed to get me up. He is so funny. He loves his toys that you passed onto him from your home. When our son Dan had his brain tumor removed it was like Gus knew not to be roudy with him. He would crawl up into Dans lap and just cuddle. Dan's brain tumor was not cancer after all. It turned out to be this rare tumor called DES, that was first studied in 1988. It affects children between the age of 1- 19 years old. Dan turned 20 July 14th. Typical Grover, has to wait until the last minute to get something done. The treatment is surgery. No chemo or radiation. It very rarely grows back. Gus saw our family through some of our darkest hours.
Waiting for the final results of his tumor were just nerve wrecking.
Gus was always there ready to cuddle. No matter how sad we were , he was there to put a smile on our faces. Thank you so much for raising such a loving , great puppy. I will keep in touch and send more pictures.
Hugs, Anna Grover and family

Bark in the Park

October 4, 2008 11:00 to sometime in the afternoon.

Just a little more than a week until Bark in the Park and we are hoping many of you will be able to make it out for our reunion. We know lots of people that adopted puppies are hoping to meet up with litter mates there. Also there are some foster parents anxious to see if some of their old foster dogs again.

I sent an email out this week to all alumni and fosters past and present. If you adopted a dog from NNEDR and you did not receive an email that means we do not have a working email address and we would love to here from you.

So a week from Saturday on the green in Norwich VT. Email me if you need directions. We are really excited to see you and your dogs there.

Kyle!

So you may have noticed in the past 7 months we have not had many dogs coming into the rescue. As some of you know we have had some changes in our family composition. In February we welcomed Kyle, our son to our family and last week his adoption was finalized. Kyle is three years old and has adjusted to farm life with amazing ease and delight. We knew when we adopted Kyle that we would not be able to rescue dogs for awhile and depending on his personality maybe not ever again. I am happy to say Kyle LOVES dogs as much as his mom.


For the past seven months we have been devoting all of our time and our selves to Kyle and his adjustment and it has been great, but the dogs are always in the back of my mind. This week my very tolerant, patient and understanding husband agreed that we would consider getting back into the rescue, but only if I did it differently...

I am trying to put together a reliable group of foster homes, people that are willing to transport, do home visits and screen applicants so I do not cause husband burnout again and I can still give my business and family everything that they need. So if you are interested in being involved PLEASE let me know. You can email me shane@nnedr.org. And pass it on, dogs are being put to sleep for lack of space and timing out every week.

Remember Bark in the Park, October 4th in Norwich VT. We are looking forward to seeing everybody there! Shane

Jayda

Shane,

Just wanted to touch base and tell you that Jayda is working out wonderfully. She is just great and loves being in her new home. Attached are some pics of her and her boyfriend. She doesn't know it is a cat-lol.


Take care and thanksMark and Delaine

Piper

Hi Shane,
I just wanted to let you know that Piper, who we adopted in 2006, is loving his new life in Florida. We moved south last year. He just loves his sun spot in front of the patio door each morning. Now that my husband and I are both retired, Piper gets at least walks a day. I should say we enjoy where he takes us. He rules! I will e-mail a picture for the alumni section.
Piper is a very important part of our lives. Adopting him was one of the best decisions we made.
Thanks for allowing us to have him.
Joan

Save the date...

Bark in the Park will be on October 4 this year in Norwich VT. We will be there and we hope to see lots of alumni there too!

Chloe

Chloe never made it to the petfinder site, when Chloe came to us we knew there was something different about her. It wasn't her expensive pedigree, it wasn't her smushed in face or the way she greets new men, but we could see it, rather hear it right away! It is hard to describe how loud Chloe's breathing was, oncoming trains, stampeding elephants and roaring jets come to mind. It was obvious she had some problems and she did not give us a lot of time to figure out what they were.

After a routine visit to Veremedy Chloe had a heat stroke, she stopped breathing, her tongue eyelids and toes were BLUE and she collapsed. We rushed her back to the vet where they hurried to bring her tempaerature down from 105 and get some oxygen in her. She survived! The next day I brought her to BEVS in Burlington for emergency surgery. Some bulldogs have flaps in their airway that open and close when they breathe and can obstruct breathing, others have narrow nostrils that can make breathing difficult especially on hot days and others have an elongated soft palate that can block air flow. Chloe of course had all three!

It was a quick recovery for Chloe and although we are still (paying for the surgery) wearing ear plugs at night beacuse of her snoring she is 100% recovered and she is heading off today to her new home! Chloe is being adopted by good friends of ours John and Katie. John and Katie lost their beloved bulldog Mojo a few weeks ago and while we know that Chloe will never replace Mojo we are positive that she is going to the best home a bulldog could ever have. (And we will see her all the time.)

Bella aka Squishy

Hi NNEDR..

I can't believe that Squishy has been a part of our lives for one year now. I still remember contacting you last year inquiring about the 7 year old greyhound you had for adoption and here we are, 1 year post adoption, and we are more in love with her today than we were when we first met her. She is our official taste tester of all foods prepared, and had taken over our bed but thankfully lets me and my husband sleep in it at night...with her in the middle of course. Thank you so much for allowing Squishy to become a member of our family, and I can't imagine life with out the big lunk....Thank you for saving her life and she has so much more living to do....She spoils us daily with her love and silliness.....

Keep up the great work...

The McBeaths in Ottawa...

Growing Puppies Oscar and Tiya from the abandoned litter

Oscar was adopted by his foster parents so he was lucky enough to go to his forever home when he was only two days old!

Tiya...