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RRUFF Tales
Success Stories
 October
30, 2004 - Brie #01 went to her forever home. She will
be enjoying of her new life in Milford, New Hampshire with
her dad Shawn, mom Kristie and canine brother CJ. It didn’t
take her long to settle in and steal the hearts of her new
family. After 24 hours her new Dad says "its like she has
been with us for years".
Congratulations to Brie, Shawn, Kristie and CJ for being united
at last!!! |
 September 12, 2004 - Baron #02
was adopted by Anne & Doug of Oxford, CT.
Doug
and I met Baron when we evaluated him for the RRUFF program at
the end of August. He had been at the shelter for almost a month
- time for a change - he didn't deserve that life! He spent the
night at our house after he was neutered before being transported
up to MA for foster. When I returned from the transport, Doug
informed me that the family had talked and they all agreed that
they'd like to adopt Baron if I wanted him as well. He and our
current dog, Ben, got along quite well, so I didn't see
why he shouldn't become our dog.
Fast forward two days ... I had taken
the day off from work, so I drove back to MA to pick him up! I'm
not sure if he remembered me or if he was just being his normal
wiggly goofy self, but he loaded up into the car as easy as can
be, and off we went ... he slept most of the way home, occasionally
poking his head up to make sure I was still there (he doesn't
understand the concept of driving - ha ha ha!).
 He's
been with us for almost a month and he occassionally sleeps on
the floor at the foot of the bed, but most of the time he's content
in his 'room' (the ExPen) at night, or while we're at work. Doug
and Baron will be attending Basic Obedience classes and Doug thinks
he might get a CD title before Ben (who already has leg 1 of 3)
... not bad for a dog who lived in a shelter for a month! He's
got training in that big head of his, including house manners
- he knows 'sit', 'down', 'give paw', and his leash manners improve
daily ... his only fault that we've found is he really likes to
try to get into the garbage (and has succeeded once) and he likes
to hog tennis balls (but will drop it in an instant if a treat
is offered).
All in all Baron is what we were looking
for in a second dog - although we were looking for a young female
... we ended up with a 2 year old male! Sometimes you never know
what you'll get if you're not really looking!
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