Buster's Happy Ending
Our little guy successfully completed the Manners Level One class on Oct. 31 at What A Good Dog. Hooray for our Buster!
He is very much a "daddy's boy". Every morning he sits at the bathroom door waiting for my husband to come out .
The trainers have told us he is a dominant male who has a very strong hunting instinct. He needs new challenges to keep him happy. Because he is young, he still has a short attention span. That said, we are very proud of him-- can sit, stay, and down stay for a minute.
We are working on no jumping, i.e. 4 paws on the floor when visitors arrive. He is working hard and will soon master this as he is a very smart guy. In many ways he is like a 2 year old child - shall we say a lovable handful. As much as he loves children, he has great concerns about other dogs. We are working on this.
Since early June, we (our vet and ourselves) have been working to clear a serious yeast infection in his ears. Thanks to our vet and her tech, he is doing well. However, he will continue on the drops for sometime to come.
We can say he is a wonderful dog and will do better and better as he matures. In short, we love him and he us. We wouldn't give him up for "a million dollars" .
We thank you for our little guy ( "Peck's bad boy" and hihomolly signing off).
- The Edelman Family
Buddy's Happy Ending
We adopted Buddy on August 18, 2015. We love Cocker Spaniel dogs and have had four. We lost our third one in May of 2015 and were heartbroken. He was 15 years old, but we had him for 12
years as we adopted him at age 3. We adopted three of our four dogs in
our lifetime. We knew we wanted to adopt again.
Buddy is such a sweet dog. He was very nervous at first, which was expected, due to all his changes. He loves to sit next to us and put his head on our laps. He absolutely loves his walks and going out in the yard. He does not know how to play ball so we are teaching him. He really likes playing with his stuffed toys and takes one to bed with him. When we come home, he gets so excited that we think his little tail is going to fall off. He has helped our hearts to heal after losing BowWow. He truly is our Buddy!
We like to thank all the volunteers at CSAC. We had a great experience from the people on the phone, our home visit and foster home visit to meet sweet Buddy. Thanks for all you do to help these precious dogs.
-The Haag Family
Brandy's Happy EndingI adopted Brandy, who I have renamed to Georgia Peach aka Peaches, at the beginning of November. When I brought her home, everything was so new: stairs, leash, food, toys, love etc. Within a week, she had already begun to warm up to my home and our new life together, and I finally felt comfortable enough to introduce her to her new big sister, my 12 year old lab, Bella. The two of them are a match made in puppy heaven. Bella teaches Peaches so much, and Peaches brings out the inner puppy in Bella. They keep each other company, and I really believe that they were meant to be together.
Having Peaches in my life has brought me so much joy. Every time I am greeted by her, I immediately smile. I can't imagine her not being a part of our little family. Peaches and I love hanging out in the dog park playing with the other dogs in our neighborhood and going on walks together out at my farm in rural VA.
Attached is a photo from the day that Peaches and Bella met (note Bella's huge smile about her new sister).
Thanks to everyone at Cocker Spaniel Adoption Center for helping me bring little miss Georgia Peach into my life!!!
Kind regards,
- The Leepson Family
Lady's Happy Ending
There’s something to say when you have more pictures of your canine children on your phone than human children! Yes, Lady Bug, often called “Bug” for short is much loved and happy with us in her Pocono’s home. She came home to us from CSAC in March 2015 and it took her no time to bond with her adopted siblings, a tripod Sheltie and a Doxie/Terrier in her golden years.
While we’ve discovered she has no love for the water, she is an avid boater and is often found in her mama’s lap in the kayak or the family row boat. Walks through the woods and around the lake are her favorite activities, but then so are playing with her toys or helping make the bed – a game that requires multiple attempts to straighten out sheets while she ensures the mattress under them is well guarded.
Lady gets along well with her neighbors. It’s not uncommon to see her romping about with her next-door friends and is blessed to live in a community where visiting the neighbors often results in getting a treat! We continue to work with her on her manners with strangers. She takes her guarding responsibilities quite seriously, particularly with men in hats. But once she accepts you as trusted, Lady is one of the most affectionate cuddlers ever. Of course she is spoiled, but how could you not spoil such a cutie? Lady rules the couches and sleeps in the master bed. We are pleased to plump her pillow in exchange for all the love she brings to our home.
-The Young Family
Snowflake's Happy Ending
I adopted Lyla (aka Snowflake) from CSAC on 10/14/15. Her foster mom, Sabrina has been extremely helpful in slowly, carefully trying to overcome Lyla’s 5 yrs in a puppy mill, where she was made to produce several litters of puppies. She has been completely uninterested in being active, was only fed every other day, and is not very food motivated. She is quiet, timid, sleeps almost constantly but likes cuddling. More effort is being spent in opening up her world some, giving her incentives to stay awake, like bits of soft food in kongs, which are the only toys she likes. She isn’t very interested in other people or animals but is not aggressive, and does want to be near me. She enjoys cuddling more now, is less fearful. It took several weeks to learn that she is unwilling to eat when encouraged and only wants to eat @ bedtime in privacy so learning what she’s comfy with is very necessary. Change is hard to come by, as you all know. Lyla’s learning words like “jump” and she goes willingly into the car as another place to sleep! She is becoming less resistant to her daily walks, trusting me a bit more that we will turn around and head for home. Lyla is fine with my loud comments or cheering when the Steelers play, so that was an important bonding issue LOL. Anyway, a big cheery hello from Lyla and me. I think we are a good fit and I’m hoping we can get her to forget her existence @ the puppy mill, as she becomes completely comfy in her furever home.
- The Kunz Family
Shirley's Happy Ending | In Memory of MitziA two‘fer happy ending – Mitzi (aka Missy) and Myrna (aka Shirley). In July, I adopted Shirley. She wanted a different name so we settled on Myrna (For those of us whose parents loved old movies, that would be Myrna Loy, Google her). Myrna is 7 years old and was a puppy mill breeding dog. The best I can tell, she never had a name, a toy, medical attention, had never seen grass, wasn’t house trained and didn’t even know how to run, basically a 7 year old puppy. Because of her lack of medical attention when CSAC saved her, she had a bad jaw infection and has lost all her teeth. But thanks to CSAC’s attention, she is healthy and I have a happy, joyous little girl.
The two’fer - about 5 years ago with CSAC’s help, I adopted Mitzi (aka Missy), a 10 year old at the time whose owner had passed away. Although Mitzi never had Myrna’s troubles, she is now elderly, partially deaf and partially blind. They are a perfect pair and inseparable. There is no greater joy than coming home from a hard day’s work to be met at the door by two wigglebutts who could not be happier to see you. It is absolutely the best part of every day.
PS – After I wrote this and before I sent it in, Mitzi was diagnosed with cancer, Wednesday November 25, 2015 was her last day. Do you and your pet a favor, when you get home tonight get down on the floor with them and play. 5 or 10 minutes is all it will take, I guarantee it will be the best part of both of your days.
- The Collison Family
Buster's Happy Ending
