Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Our newest adventure!

We have decided to become a part of a great thing going on here in Alabama. The local animal shelter, "The Haven", has a "no kill" policy.. they place every pet in loving adoptive homes. But lots of times it takes a while to find homes for these sweet animals. In order to be able to help as many pets as they can, they have asked for volunteer families to be "foster parents" for these animals until they can find the right home for them. They provide all of the vet needs, pet food, crate, leash, collar- everything! All we have to do is provide a loving environment and help to get the pet adopted into a permanent home!

Since we both would love to have a dog, but agree with the baby coming it's not the right time... this was the perfect alternative for us! It's also a great feeling to be able to help such a worthy cause.

SO... today we brought home our first foster doggy, "Charlie"! He is a 5 month old Schnauzer and German Shepard mix. He's a great puppy who's playful, but not hyper at all. He doesn't chew on anything he's not supposed to... doesn't bark... doesn't whine, and so far seems pretty well housebroken! We got pretty stinkin lucky if you ask us! We're taking him to his first adoption event this weekend... and we can't imagine he'll be coming home with us after that- He's such a good dog that we're sure he'll get snapped up!

But for now we'll enjoy the time we have with him... here's a few pics! And if you want to adopt him... you know how to reach us!


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