DAY 1 - FEELING GOOFY AFTER THE BATH

Spot - picture taken by Turtle Gardens (good pic Yvette!)

So, in my last blog I said I was worried about mentioning my foster dog before the TG bus hit the road, because of the supposed JINX.   Well, I didn't jink which foster but then the whole dog run had to be called off.  So maybe jinxed, maybe not.  But, notice that I didn't blog anything else after the last blog...why risk it.  Well never mind, the weather was great today.  Rain on a dog run day is not the end of the world but it's so much nicer to work with the dogs and with the adopters and paperwork on a dry day.  We are outdoors for most of what needs to be done.  

Things ran pretty smoothly today.   Most of the adopters were there before the TG van so the paperwork could be mostly out of the way before the dogs showed up.   With adopters there ahead of time that means that the dogs can go directly to their new family without a stop in the horse stall.   After all of the dogs were adopted and the van hit the road again, I ran to the ferry with Panda, Miika and Spot.   Walking three dogs that are all probably new to leashes is pretty amusing.  After a couple of minutes they got with the program and we made it up to normal walking speed without so much criss-crossing. While we were waiting for the ferry this guy came along with a new bike he had just bought in the Lower Mainland.  He spent his spare time waiting for the ferry talking about the dogs and petting Panda.   I noticed he didn't have any gloves and thought his hands would freeze riding that bike home.   He said he had been give a ride to the ferry so hadn't had to worry about that yet.  I ended up giving him my 99 cent stretchy gloves and he seemed happy to take them.  Women's stretchy gloves look funny on guys when they're too small for them!  I met up with Mike and handed over Miika and Panda and then back home with Spot.  

A quick walk outside for any last minute business and then we came inside for food, water and then a bath.  Spot was a pretty good sport about the bath.  He only tried to escape a couple of times.   After he was out of the bath he ran around drying himself off the rest of the way on the carpet.  He was absolutely goofy.

Spot is a very loving dog.  The kind of dog that gazes into your eyes and wants affection.  He has had a couple of naps and then we went for a walk around the city streets.  He is having a little trouble settling in.  Maybe he is missing his buddy Jack who was adopted today.   He is quiet so far, walked super well on the leash for our first walk and was happy to cuddle on the couch for a nap this afternoon.   He is going to be a good buddy to some lucky adopter.  

I'm used to the dog runs being on a Sunday so I spent today feeling like I should be going back to work tomorrow.  So Sunday is a bonus - to be able to spend a full day with Spot and venture out somewhere fun.  He can have good run at whatever park we end up at.  I'll try him on the 80' leash to ensure he gets a good run, without worrying about his recall just yet.