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iris lily

12-23-11, 12:23pm

I've posted an update to this thread in the last message.

Here are the two most recent rescue dogs we've had. They are not related and came to us separately. One had a very very attentive home in which he was adored and the other had a little more checkered past, but he was still well treated along the way before ending up in rescue. Both were wonderful dogs to have here, and they've moved on to permanent homes.

This is Easton on the left and Tibbs on the right.

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb111/kprp/tibbsFinalphotos012.jpg

Here is Tibbs with She WHo Must Be Obeyed (our alpha dog)

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb111/kprp/tibbsFinalphotos004.jpg

Here are part of my family enjoying a fire on a recent cool night.

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb111/kprp/tibbsFinalphotos042.jpg

Miss Cellane

12-23-11, 12:48pm

JaneV2.0

12-23-11, 1:40pm

They could be twins! My Christmas wish is for all homeless animals to find good homes. Bless you for fostering!

fidgiegirl

12-23-11, 9:15pm

So Iris, I giggled really hard!! :) Love them!!

How did you get into fostering? I really would like to do it but it would be quite a trick to convince DH. He is afraid he would get too attached and that each departure would be very difficult. Plus there is the whole pee and poop thing. But I have a friend who is really into it and LOVES it (though she does not in any way minimize the work involved - she's just an uber dog person). I'd love to hear your fostering story.

Wildflower

12-23-11, 10:23pm

Awwww, love those doggies, Iris, they are beautiful. So good to hear they found permanent homes. Bless you for rescuing!!

CathyA

12-24-11, 7:57am

IL.......you mentioned that one of them had a good home and was adored. Why did they have to let him go?
Thank you for taking care of these little guys!

iris lily

12-24-11, 11:16am

How did you get into fostering? ... I'd love to hear your fostering story.

We've been fostering for two years. We've had 12 bulldog plus the 6-pack of Frenchies last spring. I started fostering when my last bulldog died. She was the best dog I ever had, and I couldn't face getting another bulldog for keeps. I had the emotional distance necessary to foster. You (the general you) have to have the right mindset going into it--that the dogs you have in your home won't become your own.

We usually place bulldogs within a month, so it's not like they are here a long time. For a variety of reasons Tibbs was here for 2+ months and I got more attached to him than I normally would and I thought it would be hard to give him up, but it was actually fine. He is going to a home in a nearby neighborhood and I will see him occasionally.

Each dog is different and I love some of them and like others. Easton was here for only two weeks but he was one of my all time favorites. I tend to like old, calm dogs best. Easton and Tibbs followed one of our most challenging fosters: Rocky, who was a year old and high energy. ugh. I don't do high energy dogs!

There certainly is pee and poo! You can't get away from it. But I will say that the rescue dogs that come here tend to have better bathroom habits than my own dogs. When we get mill dogs who have lived in a kennel, they have bad bathroom habits. But all other dogs are well behaved in the pee/poo area. We've had to euthanize two of my fosters for aggression and that's never easy.

Before we started officially fostering, we adopted, as our own pets, older bulldogs. Bulldogs don't live a long time. So, we had 10 dogs of our own over a 16 year period and we were accustomed to losing dogs.

iris lily

12-24-11, 11:29am

So the little tiny dog ruled the two larger dogs? And got the good spot right in front of the fireplace? I just love watching pet dynamics. My good friend has a pit bull mix who walks in fear of the family's cat (who was declawed by a previous owner).

And it's good that everyone ends up in a forever home. Happy endings are the best.

Yes, alpha bitch rules the house, size has nothing to do with power! Tibbs usually ignored her when she was in bossy mode. But when she got right into his face and snarled and yapped, he calmly rolled her under him and stood over her and she was imprisoned between his legs. He never got into battle with her (other than an initial snarl and snap) he just rendered her immobile. It was very cute, how smooth he was at controlling the females. The other Frenchies here never challenged him.

So far we've not had problems with foster dogs failing to get along with our own dogs. Our own dogs, Frenchies, are so little that we have to be careful that none are going to go after them. So far the fosters have been either 1) too old and slow to care 2) young and playful where everyone is their freind 2) mature males who take bossy women in stride and ether play with them, or ignore them.

At some point we will have an alpha female foster dog who will clash with our own dog, and that will not be pretty. But due to our houseful of Frenchies, our Rescue coordinator tends to put a dog with a history of dog aggression out to other homes.

AnneM

12-24-11, 2:15pm

Such adorable dogs! I would never be able to foster as I think I would wind up with a houseful of dogs. I get attached way too easily.

iris lily

12-24-11, 2:55pm

Another plus is that I invite my favorite foster dogs to come here and stay when their owners go on vacation. Mabeline is a regular here, and I invited Tibbs to come back, too. But, I always tell the owners that it is dependent on how many dogs I've got at the moment. With our 3, and if I happen to have 2 fosters, that is a full house.

Mrs-M

12-24-11, 3:19pm

I love them to death! Total cuties!

iris lily

12-24-11, 7:28pm

IL.......you mentioned that one of them had a good home and was adored. Why did they have to let him go?
...!

Easton's family "lost" their house (not sure what that means since when I went there to pick him up it had a "sold" sign on it) and dang, it was a nice house. His mom was a nurse and was a little overzealous in medicating him, we think. She loved him to death, but her family had to, apparently, move and wherever they were moving didn't take dogs. I suspect they went to live with a family member.

It's sad that she called 3 weeks after she gave him up to say that she now had a place for him, and could she have him back? But by then we had already placed him in another home where they loved him.

puglogic

12-24-11, 10:50pm

Absolutely adorable.

iris lily

12-31-11, 12:26am

Well, MR. Tibbs is back here with me. His adoptive home didn't work out. The guy was really nice but he has expensive brand new cherry floors, and dog nails were scratching the floors.

We are interviewing potential parent #2, and young Irish guy working here in the States.

JaneV2.0

12-31-11, 2:11pm

Last I heard, the UK had horrible quarantine rules for incoming pets. Unless Visa guy plans on staying, I'd move to the next name on the list. Or I could be completely wrong about those rules...

iris lily

12-31-11, 2:43pm

Last I heard, the UK had horrible quarantine rules for incoming pets. Unless Visa guy plans on staying, I'd move to the next name on the list. Or I could be completely wrong about those rules...

He plans to work in this country for the future. Yes, I did think about that. While they've relaxed some of the quarantine rules I think, starting about a decade ago, I don't want a bulldog flying. Period.

iris lily

7-31-12, 12:57am

Update to this thread:

My but a lot has happened to these dogs since I started this thread.

The sweet boy, Easton, died two months ago. It was so sad because he was with a young couple who adored him and who were getting married the weekend after he died. they ha d a special outfit for him to wear in their wedding. He was 9 years old and was euthanized due to a cancer. But they've already taken another (younger) bulldog from our rescue program. She will do just fine with them.

The big news is that Tibbs (now renamed Henry )******drumroll***** is living in Ireland! He is there now, we got a photo today from his dad showing Henry lounging on a deck. He flew Luftwanza (spelling? ) which puts dogs in the passenger compartment. Henry's dad is gaga over this dog.

I have to say, he is a great dog. We took him on vacation with us last fall when we stayed in a hotel. Every morning Henry would trot down the carpeted stairs of this old Victorian grand hotel and the doorman would let him out (he was with us on a leash, of course.) He liked that lifestyle!

What's amazing about Henry is that he had such a bumpy life in the past year yet he's a lovely, calm dog. Less than a year ago he was living in a backyard breeder's home in SE Missouri (puppy mill capitol of the world) and they would soon give him up, taking him to Walmart to stand in the parking lot there to sell him. A good Samaritan took him and dropped him off at the Humane society. There, they neutered him and someone from St. Louis saw him on a pet listing a drove hours down to SE MO to get him. But bad news--their first bulldog couldn't stand Henry and she went nuts trying to kill him. So these nice people turned Henry over to Bulldog Rescue and that's how he ended up with me. We adopted him out to a guy near me but that only lasted there a few days--the guy said that Henry was ruining his new cherry floors with his nails. Henry came back to me until we found a new dad for him--an Irish guy who lives in an apartment in a cool part of our city. The Irishman said that he planned to work in the U.S. for some years, but nope--last month he moved back to Ireland because he couldn't get a visa for his girlfriend.

Tired yet of hearing about Henry's many moves? It truly is amazing what we do to these dogs and yet guys like Henry remain serene and confident. His big downside was that he likes to fight with other male dogs. He rolled Easton when the two of them were here. Poor little Easton didn't know what hit him. But otherwise he was a good dog.

So our Ozark country dog is now a dog about town in Greystones. Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Here is Henry (R) with a little friend in Wicklow:

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb111/kprp/TibbsHenryIreland.jpg

lizii

7-31-12, 3:36am

Update to this thread:

My but a lot has happened to these dogs since I started this thread.

The sweet boy, Easton, died two months ago. It was so sad because he was with a young couple who adored him and who were getting married the weekend after he died. they ha d a special outfit for him to wear in their wedding. He was 9 years old and was euthanized due to a cancer. But they've already taken another (younger) bulldog from our rescue program. She will do just fine with them.

The big news is that Tibbs (now renamed Henry )******drumroll***** is living in Ireland! He is there now, we got a photo today from his dad showing Henry lounging on a deck. He flew Luftwanza (spelling? ) which puts dogs in the passenger compartment. Henry's dad is gaga over this dog.

I have to say, he is a great dog. We took him on vacation with us last fall when we stayed in a hotel. Every morning Henry would trot down the carpeted stairs of this old Victorian grand hotel and the doorman would let him out (he was with us on a leash, of course.) He liked that lifestyle!

What's amazing about Henry is that he had such a bumpy life in the past year yet he's a lovely, calm dog. Less than a year ago he was living in a backyard breeder's home in SE Missouri (puppy mill capitol of the world) and they would soon give him up, taking him to Walmart to stand in the parking lot there to sell him. A good Samaritan took him and dropped him off at the Humane society. There, they neutered him and someone from St. Louis saw him on a pet listing a drove hours down to SE MO to get him. But bad news--their first bulldog couldn't stand Henry and she went nuts trying to kill him. So these nice people turned Henry into Bulldog Rescue and that's how he ended up with me. We adopted him out to a guy near me but that only lasted a few days--the guy said that Henry was ruining his new cherry floors with his nails. Henry came back to me until we found a new dad for him--an Irish guy who lives in an apartment in a cool part of our city. The Irishman said that he planned to work in the U.S. for some years, but nope--last month he moved back to Ireland because he couldn't get a visa for his girlfriend.

Tired yet of hearing about Henry's many moves? It truly is amazing what we do to these dogs and yet guys like Henry remain serene and confident. His big downside was that he likes to fight with other male dogs. He rolled Easton when the two of them were here. Poor little Easton didn't know what hit him. But otherwise he was a good dog.

So our Ozark country dog is now a dog about town in Greystones Co, Wicklow, Ireland. Here is Henry (R) with a little friend in Wicklow:

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb111/kprp/TibbsHenryIreland.jpg

I never realized how cute bulldogs are until I saw these pictures.

I love dogs, and still miss my little Annie, a female Bichon Frise I had for 13 wonderful years.

We aren't allowed to have pets in my building now, but even if we could, I'd never have another one since I can't get out anymore to exercise them, let alone outlive them at my age.

Fortunately my sons bring their dogs here when they visit me, so I make a big fuss over them.

awakenedsoul

7-31-12, 1:38pm

I loved hearing your stories Iris lily! I've rescued animals for years, so it's heartwarming to me to hear about happy endings. It's great to know Luftwhanza lets dogs ride in the passenger cabin. Europe is so dog friendly...

Spartana

7-31-12, 3:58pm

Sweet Pups I.L!! My little Ratdog will have to visit the "boyz" (and of course "She Who Must Be Obeyed" too) when we are pass thru your area next time. Oops - just saw they are gone but you'll have more. Rat Dog (AKA Latte) is the last of my rescue dogs (or so I keep saying) for now.

Wildflower

7-31-12, 6:46pm

I love happy endings for the pups. Sad to hear that Easton passed though.

Is it true bulldogs don't live long lives? My DD was considering one and then passed when others told her about their health problems and short life spans. Darn, I was getting excited at the idea of having a bulldog for a grandpuppy. She got a rescue Boston Terrier instead. He is pretty awesome!! :)

iris lily

7-31-12, 10:09pm