Mickey has a "Staycation"

Hope all is well.  We just got back from vacation yesterday afternoon.  Every year we go to the Americade motorcycle event held in New York State.  We got to meet up with old friends and make new friends also.

My daughter came down from Ma. to watch Mickey and Sony.  She has three dogs also.  Mickey did great while we were away.  My daughter said he is one of the best behaved dogs she has ever seen.  She was able to bring Mickey in with the other dogs and everybody got along just fine.  We did call three times a day to check on how things were going, I guess because we missed Mickey and Sony.  They were so happy to see us when we got back.

Mickey has really settled in just fine.  I'm sure he knows this is his forever home.  His favorite thing is playing ball and we play everyday sometimes fetch and sometimes catch.  He loves to sit and look out the front bay window and has learned that he can jump up to the dining room window sill to look out the side of the house.  Check out the attached picture.  He also has figured out what time I get home from work and goes to the front to wait for me.  I just love this little guy.  We are so lucky to have him.  

We want to thank everyone from Colonel Potter for helping make the adoption of Mickey possible.  I will be in touch soon.


Mike & Cindy

Chuck McQueen's Long Ride to Furever

McQueen was fostered by Karen M in Florida, but his furever family lives in New York.  So here is the story of his looonnnggg car ride home:

Hi Karen,

We arrived at my house at around 1:00 AM this morning,  Chuck McQueen (aka Mickey) is napping on the couch beside me right now, so I thought this would be a good time to write you.

Chuck McQueen (aka Mickey) tolerated his road trip extremely well. Each day of the trip, he became more and more accustomed to the routine. By Friday, he was so accustomed, that he didn't whine or talk when we stopped to pay the tolls. (Before, he would get so excited to see the toll collector). We arrived in North Carolina on Thursday night after 12:30AM. He slept well in his crate right beside my bed. He ate well, as per his regimen and pottied very well too. He loved visiting with our business colleagues in NC before we headed North, and he was his usual highly excited self whenever we encountered other people or dogs. It was very cold in NC, in the thirties and at one point when we were outside, he seemed to be itchy. I was worried because I had adhered to the Prednisone schedule, but then the itchiness subsided. Today he has not been itchy at all.

He was very funny at one point in Baltimore, during one of our pit stops, he seemed annoyed that his water bowl (the collapsible one) did not have food in it (He had just eaten all the food out of his food bowl), so he tipped it over with his nose. When I put more water in the water bowl, he did the same thing again. It was quite funny. I think what happened was the bowl smelled a little like food because I had stored the bowls in the snack pack (with his treats) that you sent along with him.

You will be interested to know he can ascend stairs very well. Descending is a bit more challenging for him though. He can easily ascend and descend the four wooden steps on our back deck and he can ascend the steps (about 10, with a landing in between) that lead from our basement to our foyer. He won't go down those steps though, so we carry him down.   

As for snow, he didn't seem to know what to make of it at first. But then he decided to test it out and walk in it. He didn't mind it. And, he doesn't mind me putting his coat on either. He looks adorable in it. I will take some pictures and send them to you. We walked all around my development today, and since it was very quiet, he walked very well, until he saw a squirrel, of course. And then one of my neighbors let their dog out when we were passing by and Chuck wanted to go over there too. He whined and barked some when I kept going towards out house, but he got over it.

Chuck (Mickey) also took to my family very well. He played fetch and watched TV with my older son. I heard my son making plans with Chuck to watch the football game on TV together tomorrow. My husband plans to join them too.  Unfortunately, my younger son went back to college today, so he will miss this party.

I will keep you posted on Chuck's (Mickey's) progress. In the meantime, he sends you his love and told me to tell you and his brothers that he misses you all so much, but he is happy that he found his forever home.

Diana

Mickey McQueen Goes Home to New York

My little foster boy (Mickey) left today with his new Mom, Diana.  They have a very long drive ahead over the next two days – from sunny and warm Florida to snowy and cold New York with an overnight in North Carolina.

Mickey doesn’t realize it yet, but this little guy hit the jackpot with his new family.  Diana hasn’t had a dog since childhood.  She and her husband have 2 sons in college and they all are excited about this new addition to their family.  Diana and her husband have been busy shopping for all the things Mickey could possibly need – including a few coats and sweaters.  Half of her suitcase was filled with things Mickey might need on the drive home.

Mickey was such an easy boy to foster and even though he came into Col Potter as a stray, it’s obvious someone once loved him and took very good care of him.  And now he’ll find himself in a loving home again.  My cairn boys and I will miss this sweet boy, but we know he’ll have a wonderfully happy new life.

And kudos to our Communications, Home Safety Visits and Matchmaker teams for their promptness in “processing” applications.  Diana told me that it was a fluke that she even found Col Potter and ultimately McQueen.  She had been searching Petfinder for awhile, found a cairn she liked in New Jersey that was with a different Cairn Rescue group, and put in an application.  She waited a month and never heard from them.  So she started searching again and found Col Potter.  So why did she pick Mickey who was so far away?  She said she just fell in love with him from his videos.  She even had dreams of him being at home with her and knew it was meant to be.  It’s apparent that Diana has a lot of terrier traits—one of them being determination  -- figuring out how to get what she wants.

And guess what, Amy – she bought a cookbook from me!

Diana promised to keep in touch and send me pictures and videos once they’re home and settled in.  I can’t wait to hear what his reaction is to that white stuff!

Happy forever little Mickey!