If you can believe it...

*drumroll*

for those of you who were brave enough to participate in my previous blog contest, here are the results:

the puppies in photo #1 are half GERMAN SHEPHERD (sally is the winner, her guess was a belgian shepherd) photo taken by a westside shepherd rescue volunteer... all of the puppies and mom have been adopted earlier this year.

the puppy in photo #2 (Rebel) is half KING CHARLES SPANIEL (heather is the winner, her guess was springer spaniel... but only because that was her childhood dog. pure luck!)

Rebel is a puppy that boarded with me a few weeks back and after seeing a photo and communicating thru e mail with his owner, i was dying to SEE him and hear how she'd come up with his breed mixture - that is when she confirmed that he was born at a rescue, to a king charles mama. my best guess is that dad was a piebald daschund / rat terrier / chihuahua... those ears, WOW!!

He's a fun and well behaved little guy, only living up to his name every now and then. Despite his pint size, he had a great time here with Gia, Tilden, Buzz and Gracey...

so much for my nap on the sofa:



Gia referees. Rebel commentates:

...missing Taki

Anyone who's been to my house in these last 3 weeks had the pleasure of meeting Taki, a rescued 2yr old Pitbull X Shar Pei - two breeds who have less than stellar "reputations" but when I tell you that this girl is as perfect as they come, even then its an understatement. So well behaved that many people [and dogs] got to meet her before my own dogs. Rock solid temperament, not an aggressive bone in her body and ALWAYS up for a good time [she's cute, young, and living in LA...why not?]. I can't exactly say that I miss being woken up to 5am rough housing between she and Tilden - but her presence here is missed.

[pictured below with Buckley]




In other news, I've got quite a few new pups on the roster. Buzz, the dog from 'down under'... Sampson & Savannah, the Belgian duo... Loki, the pittie puppy who's gonna make you all jealous... Lefty, another sweet senior... and many more!