SUNSHINE HAS BEEN ADOPTED

It only took three months to find Sunshine's forever home, but it was well worth the wait.  Kismet played a hand in her adoption and I love it when things work out that way (hmm...Kismet might have been a good name for her too).  I hadn't been taking Sunshine to curling nights because she seemed more comfortable at home but since people like to meet my fosters from time to time I decided to take her a couple of Thursdays ago.  That's where it happened.  A couple that curl in the league after me came off the ice and the husband saw Sunshine first and brought his wife over to meet her.  It kinda seemed like love at first sight.  Things moved quickly after that...application, home visit and meet and greet with the whole family showed me this was Sunshine's home.  She has everything in this home that I would have hoped for her to have.  She is comfortable with mom, dad and their daughter.  They all have gentle, nurturing energy and Sunshine went to each of them very easily.  She has a furry brother named Joey and a great yard to explore together.  And, although it wasn't a requirement, it is definitely a bonus that she now has a very nicely warmed house with heated floors so she can run around inside toasty warm in winter without shirts and sweaters.  I hear she has already found a nice sleeping spot near the back door where she can bask in the sun and look out over the yard.

Last time I checked she was keeping her name too! 

She was with me 3 months and she was possibly the hardest foster to say goodbye to.  It is all worthwhile knowing that she is in the right place with so much love.  Good bye my little buddy...you may have been my smallest foster but you sure have a big impact on those you meet!

SUNSHINE FINDS A FUNGI AT THE BEACH

The last while has been pretty uneventful.  Walks at the beach, a walk at Deas Park, figure 8 zoomies, and a very big beautiful mushroom.

Walking at MacDonald Beach

As we were heading down the back pathway at the beach we came across this:

For reference I took Sunshine's picture next to it.  She may be little but this mushroom was still pretty big!

I think Sunshine is starting to associate the end of a walk with food.  Usually we finish a walk and she comes home to dinner, so when we're heading back in the direction we started from I noticed she starts licking her chops more.  

"Did you say we're going?"

"That means dinner right?"

Sunshine's off leash skills can make it hard to film her walking...I usually have to film beside me or slightly behind (I know, I know...a problem lots of people wish they had!)

After the beach Sunshine demonstrates how much she really loves her comforts!  It was impossible to resist this bed at the thrift store.  $5.00 worth of fluffy cushioning and she can get pressed in there so deep you almost don't see her.  It's a good bed for her as it prevents any draft from reaching her and when she curls up she can press the top of her head into the side and keep her ears warm.

As for the zoomies, she has been doing some running around at home while being quite playful, but when we came home after work one day last week she did her first zoomies in a full looping figure 8.  She did a few laps and then seemed satisfied that she'd burned off her energy.   It sure makes your day when you see a dog open up and do things like that for the first time.  It never stops being entertaining but there's something very special about those 'firsts'.