Accidentally naked while cat chasing – circa 2018

In 2018 I was fostering a pretty special dog named Oreo. He came to us unable to walk so he required a lot of supervision. The following is an account of an innocent morning doing just that ………..

So today on this episode of my life should be a sitcom –

Oreo was sitting on our couch outside. I found this to be adorable. Because who wouldn’t?

I walked slowly up the stairs to the back door to get Simon. He was inside.

I opened the back door, yelled his name and BOOM – cat escaped. Now our cats are not allowed outside. The cat knew this and took advantage of my moment of excitement. Cats – cats are jerks.

So I slammed the door shut, half stumbled half /half fell down the back steps to catch the cat before she got under the deck.

Miraculously I managed to grab the stupid cat. I turned around, proud of my accomplishment and that is when disaster struck. I wasn’t paying attention in all my joy and took a simple step up the stairs and then…. then …my pajama pants got caught on a step and fell off. Chaos …

At this point, I am standing half naked in our back yard with my pants at my ankles, holding a pissed off, hissing and growling cat while my damn foster dog is barking to let the whole neighborhood come see to the show. Like some suburban remix of that stupid show “naked and afraid”

Simon comes out, grabs the cat and laughs. Fortunately it was early or else I would have had an audience and years of embarrassment every time I saw my neighbors. I probably would have moved, changed my name and never ventured outside again.

On the upside – I am definitely losing weight because these pants were a bit tight two months ago. 😂😂😂

#havenotevenhadcoffeeyet

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Fostering those with four fur feet

In the year of 2018- my husband and I also decided to foster doggies. This was the day our first furry foster was set to be adopted-

Tomorrow is Boone dog’s gotcha day!!! He is going to home to his new mommy and daddy! He will have little kids to love on him, a farm to run on and other doggy friends to grow old with. He will be able to snuggle in bed with his new parents and swim in lakes and eat yummy homemade dog treats!

Three weeks ago he came into my life thanks to the efforts of Basset Rescue of Kentuckiana. He was scared of everything. We had to pick his brontosaurus self up off of the ground for everything. Walks, dinner and bedtime. He was so so sick with Lyme disease and so broken by his “before” life. He could barely stand. He just shook and shook and shook.

In three weeks, he has learned belly rubs, cuddling with doggies, running for his nightly turkey treats, barking and that is he will never be hurt again.

He went from a husk of a hound to a wonderful, happy, tail wagging, happy and trusting dog.

He has a long way to go. He is still terrified of water, can openers and he still thinks he is going to get hurt anytime anyone scolds him. The way he tucks his tail, cowers and shakes breaks my heart but he is slowly learning that people can be trusted.

This is what fostering and rescuing does for dogs. They learn that they are safe. They learn to trust. They learn to love.

I will ugly cry tomorrow. But some of those tears will be happy tears because I know he is going to the best home for him. Thanks for sharing this journey and I will post his adoption pictures tomorrow!

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