Adopted!
Ferris (Adopted 5/27/04) Woody
Our names are Ferris and Woody. We are 9-week-old brothers of Chloe and Ace. Like out siblings, we are rottweiler/shepherd mix and absolutely adorable, as you can see by our photos above. Our foster parents would be so happy if we could find a home together as we just love to play and wrestle with each other. However, we can be adopted separately. They think that we will grow up to be about 60lbs- 70lbs. We love people and other pets (as you can see here, we are snuggling with Ruby, our foster sister). We are being crate trained right now. There are cats here too, but they don’t play with us much, even though we try. If you’re interested in adopting us, please contact Bark’s 5th Avenue at (269) 383-8334 or email them at barks5thave@charter.net
Adoption Updates:
Bo’s (AKA Ferris) new
home
This guy was the biggest one from the litter. He, also, had the most interesting
and unique markings which caught the eye of his new mommy right away when she
visited our store. Her family had been looking for a dog and this guy fit the
bill, so she promptly called her husband and son to come meet him. The family
had recently lost their dog to old age. We only had this guy 3 days, but like
the rest of the litter he was sweet, calm, a cuddly. We wanted to find him
a loving and stable home and 10 minutes before I was going to leave the store
with him, his new family walked in the door. Timing is everything, and we felt
there must have been a little “karma” at work, so we gladly adopted him to
the Harrison’s. He now has a “human” brother to play with and they should have
a real fun summer together. Much to my chagrin (I ended up with the puppy who
cried all night because his brother was gone) Bo settled right in from day
one.
Jacque’s (aka Woody)
new home
Okay, this was the toughest puppy to give up. We have only been fostering
a short time (8 weeks adopting out an average of one a week). I thought the
first
puppy was hard, but we really got attached to this little guy. He was the
last, but definitely not least, of the litter to find a home. Of the 9 surviving
puppies in this litter, we fostered 4 of them. They were all loving, calm,
sweet, playful yet gentle and well behaved (as puppies go…they still managed
to put my fax out of service for a day). In fact, he almost ended our fostering
days as we considered adopting him. I had to remind myself that I can provide
one puppy a good home or help find many good homes. With two cats, a dog
and
a busy schedule a new puppy would at least temporarily put us off the foster
list. Because we incorporate the fosters into our home in order to train
them better for a permanent home, we get to know them very well. It isn’t
hard to
get a little attached to each one, but this guy was special. We decided he
had to have an exceptional placement opportunity or we would choose to adopt
him ourselves. Well, our boy found love at first sight or actually it found
him. A passerby in the plaza saw him outside briefly….for maybe a minute
and fell so in love she brought her family back to meet him. I didn’t even
realize
until they came back how enamored she had been during their brief meeting.
Well, after extracting a solemn promise from Jacque’s two new human brothers
(sister was excused because she is not even talking yet) that they would
love him, play with him, and give him the best home possible we sent him
off to
his new family this evening. Oh yah, and boys remember you said you would
bring him to visit often J! I don’t know who will miss him more me, my husband
or
Ruby, our dog who plays big sister to all the foster puppies. Mario, the
cat, may even miss this little imp. We think Jacque will love playing with
his new
kids and appreciate having toys that someone (Ruby) isn’t stealing away.
In fact, as he left he was chewing on his very own first toy.