Bea, Neha & Zander Celebrate Gotcha Day!

Contributed by a CP Volunteer

Zander, Bea & Neha Celebrate their Triple Gotcha Day!

Bea, Neha, and Zander are all Col. Potter Rescued Cairns, happily Forever in South Carolina, and they share everything - including their Gotcha Day!

Bea, who will be 14 years old in February, and Neha, who will be 12 years old in January, bonded while in Foster care and were very lucky to find a wonderful Forever home together, 5 years ago.

Mom & Dad then fostered Zander, a starving stray with extreme hair loss, who was deathly sick, and, after nursing him back to health and working through many training issues, Foster Mom and Dad ultimately flunked, adopting Zander officially on Bea and Neha’s Gotcha Day.  Zander is 9 years old now, and has been officially Forever Home for 4 years, a great testament to the power of love!

Happy Gotcha Day, Bea, Neha and Zander!    

Take a look at their previous Gotcha posts!

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Big Celebrations for Bea, Neah, and Zander

September 24th was Bea and Neha’s first anniversary of their gotcha day AND it was Zander’s adoption day!

Bea and Neha met and bonded in foster care and we adopted them together. This picture is the two of them today wondering what all the fuss is about - after all, they knew all along they were cairn princesses.They sleep snuggled next to each other, play together all the time and always like to know where the other one is. Bea won Best Senior at the Isle of Palms Doggy Day at the Rec this year and Neha also participated in this and the Charleston Dog Show and she loves to show off her soccer skills at the dog park. They are very happy and healthy and love their toys and riding in the car and leaving nose prints on the windows!

Zander is getting his second chance at adoption. His first one didn’t work out and we were happy to offer him a “furever” home with us. .We never thought that we would have three dogs but you just know when it’s right and when he came back in the door, Bea and Neha came flying down the stairs to sniff him and do their happy dance. This is a picture of him with his new toys and face trim AFTER I mailed his contract.

We will be driving them to their first Cairn rescue Annual Party (CRAP) in West Virginia next week. I’m sure there will be a story to tell after that adventure! Thanks to everyone in Col. Potter who helps to make these stories possible behind the scenes everyday!

Bonnie in SC Mom to CP's Bea, Neah and Zander foster Mom to Bubba Gump

The New Zander with Gal Pal Neha

Zander has been on thyroid medicine and is like a new dog, feels good, more social, integrating himself into the pack. Neha misses Foster BG (now Guinness) but is very happy to hang out with Zander and they have started taking walks together. As you can see, they love the door and the full view window.
Bonnie in SC, Mom to CPs Bea (lying in the back window) Neha and Zander

Zander's Progress

Zander leaned his little paws up over the side of the bed last night and when I turned over, he leaned his head forward and gave me kisses for the very first time! I was so excited.

He has even more hair and the groomer noticed how much better his behavior was.

At his obedience class the other night, he actually walked between a man's legs to sniff his dog...and drum roll please- no snarling! He keeps turning another page.

Bonnie in SC, Mom to CPs Bea, Neha and Zander, foster mom to BG aka Snickers

Happy Birthday to Neha!

Neha turned 8 years old today and as you can see, she is wearing a pretty pink bow and enjoying a toy. She belonged to an older woman who died and we have had her since September of 2008. We are taking her to a puppy obedience class because she jumps up on everybody and is SO excited and the trainer told us that it is because she has always been loved, knows she is loved and thinks everyone else loves her too!

Thanks to CP and Marie F who fostered her and got her through her grief - she wasn't available for adoption for over 3 months.

Bonnie in SC, Mom to CPs Bea, Neha and Zander, foster Mom to BG aka Snickers

Gotcha, Gotcha, Gotcha Day!!!

Today is Bea, Zander and Neha's Gotcha Day - a triple celebration for 3 cairns in SC. 

We adopted Bea and Neha together 3 years ago as they had bonded in foster care and when we decided to adopt Zander 2 years ago we had the contract dated for 9/24 so they could share the date! 

DH helped but he needs to get some pointers from Tony O. 

Bonnie in SC

Zander Celebrates 2nd Year of Freedom and Family

Zander was found as a stray in Alabama, weighing 11 pounds, starving, mill nose, hair loss, deemed unadoptable. 


Thank you CP for giving my sweet Zander his 2nd chance. He was featured in the 2011 Rags to Riches section of our CP calendar and as you can see by the attached picture, he has made an amazing transformation, physically and in his behavior.




Bonnie in SC, mom to CPs Bea and Neha, foster flunkie mom to Zander

Guinness - the Perfect Graduation Gift!

Foster BG aka Snickers has been adopted! He joins the small but ever growing group of second generation CP adoptive families. His new mom is Margeurite D, who just graduated law school and applied for him by name.

Her parents adopted the late Rooster Cogburn and Prophet so cairn rescue runs in their family!

BG's new name is Guinness.  He  will be settling in Atlanta for several months before they move to Montgomery. He will also be spending a 2 week vacation in New York later this summer.

As you can see by the pictures, Marguerite and Guinness hit it off wonderfully and he was very comfortable with her.

Thanks to Deb C for the matchmaking. He was our foster for 9 months and we will miss him but as I told Margeurite, we were the perfect foster home for him and she is the perfect forever home.

Bonnie in SC, Mom to CPs Bea, Neha and Zander - Foster BG is on the road with his new mom.

Mick (fka Rammer) Goes to the Dog Park

Bonnie in SC sent this photo of CP boy Rammer, who is now called Mick, with his new mom at the dog park.

Bonnie says, I am the volunteer photographer for the Westie Club of Charleston (cairns, scotties, norwiches also welcomed) and there was a group event today at our local small dog park. I met Mick fka Rammer who has been in his new home for 4 days and was there with his fursib Mr. Spock and his pawrents. This is a picture of him with his new Mom. He has landed in High Cotton and we plan to meet them at the park again next week with Zander, Bea and Neha. Another happy ending SIGH and she couldn't say enough nice things about Col. Potter.

Happy furever Mick!