Roxanne Marks Six Months at Home!

Pawtributed by Roxie aka CP Roxanne 

Roxanne Loves being Outside!

Roxie here!  Yes!  It’s me!  Well, O.K., you might know me as Roxanne!

Anyway, my Mommy and Daddy didn't think they would make it at times, but I am still here - and I think they Love me!  Don't think for one second that I made it easy for them, but I am cute and they just can't help themselves!  I know all you Cairn lovers understand! 

Roxanne (right) joins sister Rye, also a CP girl, watching the garden grow!

Roxanne (right) sister Rye, also a CP girl, and brother Jasper on the road!

After six months at my Forever Home, I can tell you that I Love to be outside (if it is not raining) and I would probably never come inside if Mom didn't make me!  I also Love stuffy toys, and I hold the record, Mom says, for de-stuffing and/or de-squeaking them!  I’m proud of that! My favorite treat ever is Cheese, and I really, really Love belly rubs!  Guess what?  I even Love belly rubs from Daddy!

Roxanne ready to Graduate from Rowdy Rover!

I have been working very hard on my training and I recently graduated from Rowdy Rover!  My trainer was very happy with my work – but not as happy as my Mom and Dad!

Roxanne, brother, Jasper, and sister Rye – and maybe a treat or two off camera!

In a very strange way, my Mom recently got some pictures of where I was rescued from – Ohhhh… I really don't like to remember that place!  I’m not going to show you because it just makes me too upset, but, in a way, it is good that my Mom and Dad and my trainer saw them because they can understand my fears a little better when they look at these awful photos.

Oh!  Almost forgot!  The “strange” thing is that my human sister is getting married soon and it just so happens that her Matron of Honor – whatever that is – lives in the very town I was rescued from!  Not only that, she lives next door to one of the Volunteers of the local ASPCA involved with my rescue – me and 99 other dogs, all stuffed into a crowded, filthy little house!  So this volunteer is very happy to find out how well I am doing, and she sent my Mom the bad photos.

So, I am happier, Mom and Dad and happier, and I believe we are all well on our way to finding that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!  …or was it the Wizard?  I guess I’ll have to ask Mommy to read that one again!

Roxie - On the Road to Happy!!!

Well, thank you again, everyone at Col. Potter who helped me find my way home – and look for me here in another six months!

Love,

Roxanne

Check out my 1st Month Report!

Roxanne Marks One Month at Home!

Contributed by her New Mom and a CP Volunteer

Roxanne aka Roxi joins sister Rye, also a CP girl, on her new favorite perch

“Roxie is going to be a project.  She has not gotten this way overnight and will not change overnight, but there is a loving little girl just dying to come out and I going to find her!” says her New Mom.

Roxanne started her life crammed into a small house with 100 other dogs, her hoarder/owner so overwhelmed that this poor little girl never even had a name before being rescued, along with the thirteen other Cairns in the group, by Col. Potter Cairn Rescue Network (CPCRN) on Valentine’s Day, 2011…  CP’s Famous Lovers. 

With no loving Mom or Dad to care for her and guide her, Roxanne spent the first two or so years of her life relying on her own instincts to survive.

One of her former housemates, Aphrodite, nka Tess, was known to be pregnant at the time of rescue, giving birth to six healthy puppies three days after arriving at her CPCRN Foster Home.  The big surprise came when Roxanne was taken in for her spay and the vet announced that she too was pregnant, and was within two weeks of delivering her own litter!  Roxanne gave birth to three healthy boys soon thereafter, and her Foster Mom in Kansas saw her through the whelping and helped her raise her little boys, until they left for their Forever homes.  After she had recovered from the pregnancy and the subsequent spay, Roxanne moved on to a new Foster Home in Indiana, determined to further her education in the ways of Freedom.  There she stayed, gaining confidence and social skills until December 28, 2012, when she left for her Forever Home in New York – 22 ½ months after her rescue from an unimaginable life as a neglected, nameless little girl.

And here a new chapter begins!

Roxanne joins brother Jasper, sister Rye, and nephew Reno for a 1^st Family walk

Roxanne now has a brother, Jasper (a shelter rescue), and a sister, Rye (another CP kid), and a big human sister who visits with her own rescue dog, Reno.  “Roxie and Rye are getting along very well,” reports New Mom.  “A lot of tail wagging!”  

Roxanne was known to scale a four foot fence, so it was not a big surprise that she found a baby gate to be of little consequence.  “I finally let her into the living room while Jasper was outside, just for a few minutes,” says Mom, “and she found a toy that she really, really liked.  She picked up the toy and headed for her bedroom, got to the baby gate, and jumped right over!  Yes that's right she jumped the gate to get back into her room - not to get out!”

Roxanne’s New Mom and Dad knew all about her troubled past and were determined to finish the job that the wonderful Col. Potter volunteers had started.  It was not all smooth sailing, however, given the reservoir of terror still deep in her little soul.  “We have been through feelings of excitement, to remorse, to jealousy, to heartening,” says Roxanne’s Mom.  “Roxanne’s start in this world was deplorable, to say the least.  Roxie has trust issues, as many of these rescue pups do, but it is our dreams for her that she will someday be able to experience life as innocently as the day she entered this world.  We are committed to helping her find her happiness.”

Roxanne gets a kiss from New Mom

After three weeks of lunging, snarling, and biting in fear, Roxanne has turned a big corner.  New Dad was the primary trigger, not because of anything he did, but just because he was a man.  A man she didn’t really know.  A man had hurt her before, and she reverted to instinct to keep herself safe.

With the welcome help of her Foster Mom, Roxie’s Dad learned to play the touch game with her, and slowly, ever so slowly, started earning her trust, progressing to meals and walks.  “God bless his soul,” says Mom, “because he has been patient, persistent, and gentle with Roxanne, while most men would have tossed her out like the garbage.  He has stepped up and looked beyond her aggression (all fear based) to become her main caregiver!”

New Mom continues, “Roxie’s scars from her past may not be physical, but they are quite apparent.  It is shameful to see the way so many people treat animals.  There is a sweet, loving little girl under all the fears and aggression.  Although the road will be rocky and long, we will continue this journey with Roxanne for she so deserves it.”

Roxanne’s Mom and Dad are so very appreciative of all that the Col. Potter volunteers have done to help their new little girl, and truly that is a two way street.  The volunteers who give so much of their time and resources to save little Cairns like Roxanne are deeply grateful for this wonderful Forever Home and their absolute commitment to see Roxanne through to a Happily Forever After!

 

Roxanne's Family Outing

Here's Roxanne with her new family. That's Pat H with CP girl Roxanne,
her husband Doug with Jasper and Rye, and their daughter Meg with her dog, Reno.

This is the great life of an adopted CP Kid!

Betcha can't have just one!!