Summer draws to an end...

It is that time of year when we start to ready the outside for fall.  It comes earlier in the mountains than down in town.  It has been a fantastic summer of peace and rest at 3 Legged Dog Ranch.  When I started the summer blog we had 7 dogs staying with us.  We are now at four, but some have come and gone so quickly we did not get them posted.

Here is Rosey.  She was running down a country road out in the middle of nowhere!  She is now safe and secure with her fosters in Tri-Cities and will be up for adoption soon.  Here she is looking for a napping place.

 While we were dropping off Rosey to find her forever home, we heard about an 11 year old dog that needed a Final Refuge home.  Mikey's Chance Canine Rescue offers older dogs the opportunity to live out their lives in a private home getting all the care and love they need.  We did this last year for Schatzi who is not longer with us.  She was an incredible dog and we loved her.

Schatzi...

So we took Ms. Shadow home with us to stay!  She is a super sweet girl and we are delighted to have her!  She has had a rough week, but her first 11 years she was a well loved and cared for girl.  So we  will continue that tradition for all the time she has left.  Welcome home Shadow!

 

 Shadow

Just one more thing!  We had a little foster failure.  Her name is Torre and she is the most fabulous girl!  We just adore her and are so lucky to have her.  We are now complete with our family.  I will keep you updated on the adventures here at the ranch.  Our house and hearts are full - for now!

Torre...

4th of July fun in the Blue Mountains

It was a fun filled 4th of July weekend up at the ranch.  Lots of company.  Lots of dogs.  The puppies are growing and Bear has attached himself to our visiting 10 year old boy.

You can find out more adoption information at www.mikeyschance.com

Bear (the smaller yellow lab) enjoyed a game of catch with Rick and Alex.  He is available for adoption at Mikey's Chance!  The bigger yellow boy is Chauncy (aka KKL/Chance) - adopted from Mikey's Chance two years ago.  He loves life at the ranch.

 Let's just say that if the ball was not on target, it  was a free for all:)  Bear directs the pack from a distance. 

Bear is a fabulous boy looking for his forever home.  He has some issues, but I have no doubt he will learn the rules of a new family and be a great dog.  He is great with cats, other dogs, kids, adults, and horses.  In fact, he is the only dog that stays out of the corral when asked to "stay."

The puppies of course had to get in on the action!  They don't stay on the sidelines very long.
They were six weeks old on Friday and will be available for adoption through Mikey's Chance in a few weeks.  Sweet dispositions and feisty personalities make for some seriously fun puppies.

They enjoyed playing with Bryce.  Their favorite toy...an empty plastic flower pot.  Low maintenance puppies.

Alex is filling up the pool for some splashing in the afternoon heat.

The boys keeping the pups entertained.

Sitka has a new friend!

The puppies are due to head back to the Tri Cities this week, so keep an eye out for their adoption news.  They will be snatched up quickly.  I am going to miss them:(

Hot in the Mountains

Oh boy, it is a hot one out there even at 3,800 ft.  The puppies are spending their day indoors except for a few potty breaks. 

Today they are sacked out on the floor - the carpet is just way too hot.  Here are all three fosters.  Bear is the yellow lab available from Mikey's Chance.  Visit their website www.mikeyschance.com for information on BEAR and to request adoption applications.

 Kenai and Sitka are sacked out.  As you can see, they are shepherd mixes and will be fairly good size dogs.  They are fluffy and feisty.  They don't care to be held, so we are working on not wiggling and SCREAMING when we are held.  Today I clipped their nails and had no trouble with either of them.  When I talk to Sitka (pink collar), her little head moves back and forth as if she is listening to every word I say.  So cute.  Kenai is a mellow pup.  He loves to explore.  He is confident and not intimidated by the big dogs.  He is interested in the cat, but respectful. 

 I was trying to do a size comparison in this one, but she looks bigger than him which is definitely not the case.  He is going to be a big dog.  But he is a sweet, sweet boy.

Stay cool out there....

Summer 2013

We have started summer here at 3 Legged Dog Ranch.  With it comes puppies!  Thank you Mikey's Chance for once again providing some much needed happiness with two adorable shepherd mix puppies.  One girl (Sitka - pink collar) and one boy (Kenai - blue collar).  These two babes are about five weeks old now and still have some time to go before they will be ready for adoption, but they won't last long.  Especially little Sitka (Roxy) who may find a forever home here at the ranch.  Of course, summer goes along and things change and puppies come and then go to great homes so make sure if you want one of these  fabulous babes you get an application in.  See mikeyschance.com for application procedures.

Here they are.  No trouble at all.  Last year there were 8, so two seems totally manageable.  Right now anyway:)

Sitka - her tail curves over, so I am thinking maybe some husky?

Kenai is quite a bit bigger than his sister with HUGE feet and a BIG HEAD.  You can really see the curl in Sitka's tail in this picture.

 Hard to get pictures of them when they are running all over the place, so here they are after play.
Sitka...

 Kenai...

...and yes, I climbed over dining room chairs to get these pictures! 

Stay tuned.

Puppy Mush

It is a hard thing to wake up to SCREAMING puppies and a mamma dog that wants nothing more than to escape their company.  These pups are drinking Sally dry.

Google: what to feed 3 week old puppies
Answer: Puppy Mush

How hard could it be?  It seemed so easy.  Blend puppy food and hot water. 

Voila!  Puppy Mush!

Oh, and it smells really gross!

All is going so well.  Then I set the plates down....

Needless to say, there was puppy mush EVERYWHERE!  Two loads of laundry and one dishwasher load later all seemed fine. 

But, the pups seemed to like it.

Later, I went to check on the puppies and there were ESCAPEEs!

Yellow, Red and White all got out of the pool on their own.  Boy I hope they get names soon -  but we haven't had any bids on Mikey's Chance Canine Rescue Facebook page (hint, hint).

Look at them - at it again...

I know I have said it before, but they are all going up for adoption and application information can be found at www.mikeyschance.com

And here is how I am ending my day....





That is the 2011:

L'Ecole

Horse Heaven Hills

Grenache Rose

Alder Ridge Vineyard

and Rick is bringing home a pizza.  I'm going to need a summer vacation after this:)

Spa Day

The pups turned three weeks old yesterday!  We celebrated with pedicures.  I think I was a little full of myself on having this puppy thing down because worming went so easily.  I figured I love pedicures, they will love them too.  Not so much.

It sounded like puppy death camp during the clipping.  On a more sombre note, I had to use my husband's reading glasses because I couldn't see their little nails:(  The reality of getting older.

Green is such a big handsome boy.  I sure hope somone is going to bid on naming him at Mikey's Chance Canine Rescue on Facebook. 

Oh yeah, styling in the glasses!

 Pink screamed!  It is the only way to put it.  The sound was sickening.  I stuck it out and she lived.  Silly girl.

 White was the best one of all!  He is my mellow boy.  All he wants is to be held and loved. 

Red is my girl.  She is usually so happy with me.  Not here!

Boy, getting our nails clipped was hard work.  Better have some lunch so we can take a nap.
Sally was glad to have them all back in the pool - I think.

Please remember they are up for adoption.  You can find an application at www.mikeyschance.com and bid on naming the pups on their Facebook page: Mikey's Chance Canine Rescue.

Bidding is open until midnight tonight.

Eyes Wide Open

Is there really anything better than waking up to a pool full of puppies looking up at you? Our last hold out White finally opened up yesterday. That means today was worming day! Let me tell you, it really helps to be prepared.

Here I am with all my supplies ready.

I decided to weigh them because they just seemed so big to me. All their information follows. I sure hope you take a liking to one of them and go immediately to www.mikeyschance.com for an adoption application. They are going to go fast. As you know mom is a lab mix and dad apparently is a black lab that jumped the fence - and is huge and gorgeous. I don't doubt that because these puppies are huge and gorgeous. They will be celebrating three weeks on Tuesday.

The weigh in started with yellow. Yellow is a handsome boy that has found his voice. He likes to growl and bark. He is walking around a little now, although does fall over often:) He has an adorable black and pink nose, a white spot on his chin, nose, chest and the tip of his tail. Today he weighed 2.75 lbs. He has a big head and is one of the boys. Meet "Yellow"....

Next up was Pink. This little girl is a carbon copy of her mama and she is looking more chocolate than black right now. Pink likes to cuddle with her brothers and sisters and is just adorable with her white chest, and white tips on hind toes. This morning she weighed 3.0 lbs. Wow is she getting big. Pink is a mover and a shaker. She likes to stretch her legs and walk around, jump on her siblings, and climb on mamma.

Light Blue is another one of my fabulous girls! She weighed in today at 3.0 lbs. She is quite a talker and when you pick her up she has nothing but a million puppy kisses to give you. She has a small white spot on her chest and chin. Is she black? Is she chocolate? Not sure yet on this one. Time will tell.

White is another one of my BIG boys.  Today he weighed in at 3.25 lbs.  He has white on his throat and chest but the rest of him is black - and another Big Head Todd.  White sleeps alot, but when he wakes up he is attached to mom.  No wonder he is getting so big.

Blue and Green.  These two boys go together because they are so much alike in every way.  They are the biggest of all the puppies - each weighed in at 3.5 lbs today.  They are both most definately black with massive heads.  Each has some defining white spots.   They are both sweet as can be and come to the edge of the pool whenever I sit beside it and just look up with me - that is if they can tear themselves away from poor mamma who gets no rest with these two around.  Gorgeous pups.

The final two girls will hold a special place for me!  I totally adore Orange because she was the first to open her eyes, bark, and climb.  She is full of life and very sure of herself.  She comes to me when I sit by the pool and is interested in exploring.  She is a solid chocolate color.  Orange weighed in at 3.0 lbs this morning.  Red was the second to open her eyes.  She is so sweet and gives lots of licks when you are holding her.  She also tried to suckle my nose, which was adorable.  Red weighed in just slightly ahead of her sister at 3.1 lbs.

So there are all the pups.  They have been doing great as you can see and will need forever homes pretty soon!  Mikey's Chance is committed to matching owners with dogs that will work.  Please take the time to visit their website and complete an application for one of the pups.  Before we know it summer will be  coming to an end and they will be ready for their forever homes.  Don't miss out on your chance to adopt a fabulous pup and help out a great rescue organization.

www.mikeyschance.com

Nail clippings on Tuesday!  See you then.