The Hunt for Fido Day 5

 Drove to Silverton on Sunday.  Woods Creek Rescue was not what we imagined.  Not as organized, Not as nice. Not as clean.  We visited two dogs.  Rosco was the one we were aiming at, but he turned out to be a jumper and a nipper, two actions that we do not condone.  When we knew Rosco was not right the volunteer host brought out Zoe, a small fuzzy Shepard mix.  She was a cutie but a little too young and full of spunk for us.

  Today Randa and I spent the day as tourists stopping a four great waterfalls along Historic Highway 30.  During our day, I received several emails from rescue organizations that I had contacted the night before. Tonight I completed and emailed two applications .  Let's see what happens next. 

Oneonda tunnel

  There's a light at the end of my tunnel and it's Randa and Hunter

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 Change in plans.  

   Bad News ::

     Friday afternoon we were going to SW Washington Rescue Center, to see Babo.   Friday morning I received an email saying Babo had been adopted.  Darn ! He was high on our list because he was a Dachshund .   

    Good News::  

     We received an email from  Woods Creek Rescue Center offering us a "Meet and Greet"  to meet another candidate.  So our Meet and Greet with Rosco is scheduled for Sunday at 1pm.

                                                                                         Rosco

We still have a meet and greet with Chantel of BarkK9 Rescue Monday at 1pm

We have not heard back from One Tail at a Time that have Jicama and Klondike.  They have our application, we are just waiting for the volunteer staff to move through the process.

So the hunt continues.

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 Well the hunt is getting more interesting.  Either I'm getting better at this or there are more dogs available.  At least more dogs that meet our specifications.

   K9 Rescue                      Chantel    F     4-5      Cairn Terrier mix     #1

 One Tail at a Time            Jicama     F     8-9       Poodle mix              #2     

 OTAT                                Klondike Bar  M    3-4  Yorkie Mix           #3

 SW Wash. Dog Services   Babu       F     9        Dachshund       

To be continued
   

Chantel

Jicama

Klondike Bar

Babu

The Hunt for Fido #2

The search continues.  After spending many hours online I had only limited positive results. I put in "Rescue sites Washington."  and then  "Rescue sites Oregon" and sat for a long time looking at homeless dogs.  

Lots of big dogs:  Labs, Pit Bulls. Shepherds, and many other mixes.   

Small dogs :  Chihuahuas, terriers, and mixes.

Neither ones meet our criteria.  Ideal would be another Dachshund.  But others are acceptable.  So the search goes on.

The Hunt for "Fido"

  The hunt for a new canine member of our family { I'm calling him/her, Fido} yesterday included a visit to a rescue pound called New Life in Milwaukee.  They operate a little differently than other rescue operations.  Their animals are up on their webpage for all to see, but personal visits  are the way in to meet and decide to adopt.  I read nothing about home visits, interviews like other organizations require.  The dog we found on their page and went to see yesterday, was already being adopted as we visited.   

   Meanwhile Hunter dreams of his next best friend.

Chicken Soup

 The rain started about 8 pm last night. It has been raining steadily since.  Today is a good old fashioned Oregon rainy day and the forecast is for several more.   A definite Chicken Soup kind of day.