Sarasota Dog

Rescue Report

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Rescue Report Week 4: Joe and Ralphie

By Suzanne Quick It’s been a month now since Jamaica Joe and Ralphie came to live with us.  Ralphie the Yorkie is making all kinds of progress.  I think he knows his name, and  consistently wags his tail, if not his whole body,  he’s a joy.  For all the world you would think that this […]

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Rescue Report: Day 7 in foster care

By Suzanne Quick Both dogs are really coming into their own personalities.  As in the beginning, Ralphie is acclimating the most quickly.  He’s wagging his tail and bouncing around the house.  Easy to do when your whole body wags with a flip of the tail.  If this dog could talk, he would be all giggles […]

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Rescue Report: Day 6 in foster care

Day 6 and you would think that with all of the progress we’ve made that it was day 60.  After only 6 days with me, these two are on the way to being housebroken.  This morning, the bedding in their crate did not even need to changed – they waited to go potty until they […]

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Rescue Report: Day 5 in foster care

By Suzanne Quick A big day today!  Joe came out of his shell and put four paws outside of the crate!  He sticks near the door and is totally wide-eyed but gosh darn it, he came out on his own.  Happy Mother’s Day! Ralphie continues on his swift progress.  He’s not only coming out of […]

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Rescue Report: Day 4 in foster care

By Suzanne Quick This morning came around way too quickly.   My efforts to treat the dogs with some raw chicken necks (my other dogs love them) were rewarded with a round of diarrhea.  Ugh!  Everyone seems fine now. Joe is still sequestered in the crate, he doesn’t seem to want to come out, and I […]

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Rescue Report: Day 3 in foster care

Day 3:  Foster care By Suzanne Quick These two little dogs have been through so much and yet are showing so much resilience.  Joe the Toy Poodle whose fur was so matted that he needed to be shaved is bouncing back.  I found a sweater that I thought would fit and he let me put […]