Toffee Goes Home

Toffee came to us a couple of months ago after a trial adoption that didn't work out for her. Her adopters claimed she hated their Boxer puppy, which was highly possible since she had just been spayed and wanted to be left alone. We worked through her distaste for walking on a leash, her fear of cars, her barking at strangers, and - most of all - her housebreaking. She wasn't doing very well at the adoption days because, despite the fact that she had turned into a normal, crazy puppy at home, she was still really shy at the adoption days. We had a breakthrough when Debi and George found her on the Forgotten Friends Web site and wanted to meet her at the Riverside Dog Park. There, they were able to see that, at least with us, she was a quite normal 6-month-old puppy. She was absolutely terrified of them, but they took her home for a trial adoption anyway and by the end of the day she was cuddling up to them on the couch and playing nicely with their Terrier/Chihuahua mix, Buddy! Debi and George have had Toffee for a week now and they have no intentions of giving her back. We and all our neighbors (and their dogs) sorely miss Toffee. Hopefully we'll get to see her at least once more when her adoption is finalized!

-Sylvia

i need to share...

hello everyone. "Miss. Tiffy" as i like to call her has been my foster baby since Saturday evening when i just couldn't resist her sweet smile at adoption day out at PETCO... she was extremely shy at first, and claimed this spot (see picture)next to my couch in my tiny living room as "Tiffy's spot." she kept to herself for the first day or so and wasn't exactly thrilled when i took her swimming at the dog park on Sunday - she'd swim straight back to shore grunting like a grouchy teenager all the way back and then she'd just sit there and watch the other dogs splash around...

well, she's been with me now for just over 3 days and she's been slowly warming up to me and my dog who doesn't care much for her. and, today we finally had a big break through: she kissed me!! i was petting her and holding her close, hugging her and spoiling her, when all of a sudden she leaned over and laid a big one on my cheek! yay for progress! i'm so excited i just had to share! she's also gotten alot better on the leash, although we're still working on that.

if you're interested in meeting Miss. Tiffy (the chihuahua-wannabe) i hear she'll be out at PETCO again this weekend. if you have any questions please don't hesitate to post them or email Forgotten Friends and i'll do my best to answer them.

Tiffany the model!!

Tiffany modeled for some photos for a photo contest last weekend-- she was so amazing!! No one could believe how patient and accommodating she was. What a little doll!!!