March Madness!

Today, has been a very busy day for me at the rescue ranch. The first thing I did this morning was to fill out adoption forms on five dogs that are being adopted by our friends, Catherine and David, of Happy Dog Rescue at Buchanan Dam! Catherine and her husband, have been helping us adopt our dogs by taking them up to Happy Dog Adoptions, because they are located in a highly trafficed location and their dogs seem to fly out of there! They are doing a great job and we love them!

After getting all of that paperwork done, I then filled out the adoption form for Ghost Dog aka Buddy—who is getting adopted tomorrow by Carol’s friend, Malea! Tomorrow, Ghost Dog will have a new home in Dallas and a new name—Nash! We can’t wait!

Around ten o’clock this morning, John’s friend called to tell me that she had fallen in love with Miss Daisy May, who she had been trying out on a trial basis, and she was now ready to officially adopt her! More good news!

After filling out Miss Daisy May’s adoption contract, I went outside to tell Ben and John that Miss Daisy May had been adopted, and to ask John if he would please go to the pound after work to pick up the two remaining dogs there, that they were holding for us, and to take them to Hoegemeyer’s Clinic to be vetted. As always, John said, “Not a problem.” He is so great! Then I told Ben and John that I had named the two at the pound—Mr. Ziffel and Biscuit, and I had already called Susan at Hoegemeyers to tell her they would be coming in and gave her their names. Then I asked John for one more favor. I asked him, to come to the trailer, to phone his friend about delivering the adoption papers, and making Miss Daisy May’s adoption official. “Sure, not a problem,” he said with a smile.

Before leaving the guys, Ben and John helped me pick out five new collars for the lucky five, so I could write their names on them, to make it easier for Catherine and David to know who was who.

Around one o’clock, John left the ranch to go pick up Mr. Ziffel and Biscuit at the pound. Then Tony took off for Kerrville to get parts to repair Kermit, our four wheeler. Ten minutes later, the phone rang and it was Catherine and David’s friend Richard, who had volunteered to haul the five dogs up to Buchanan Dam for them on Saturday. Richard told me that he had decided to leave today and wanted to know if he could come pick up the five dogs within the hour!

As soon as I had hung up the phone, Ben and I went outside to gather crates and to begin loading up the five dogs and it went very smoothly. Before loading the five dogs into their crates, Ben and I put one of Mari’s beautiful, donated dog collars—on each dog! The dogs were excited and they looked great wearing their new fancy, colorful collars! All dressed up and ready to go!

As soon as Ben and I had successfully crated Roxanne, Darla, Foxy Lady, Sir Elton John and Hannah Montana—Richard arrived! We quickly realized, after Richard and Ben loaded a few crates, that there was not enough room in the back of the truck for the four extra large crates! Then I had an idea! I asked Richard if he would mind letting one of the big dogs ride in the cab with him. I told him, that I knew that Foxy Lady loved riding in cars and if he felt comfortable with that—it would solve the space problem. Richard didn’t have a problem with Foxy Lady riding shotgun with him, so the guys loaded up the last crate and luckily there was just enough space left for Hannah Montana’s crate! Ben uncrated Foxy Lady and she jumped right into the cab of Richard’s pickup—ready to go!

After thanking Richard for helping us and giving him the dog’s paperwork to give to Catherine—he took off with five very happy dogs! Ben and I then returned to the trailer. I called Catherine to tell her that Richard had asked me to call them, to let them know he was headed their direction—now! Catherine was excited and she couldn’t wait to get them!

Tony returned to the ranch, five minutes later and he was hungry. While I fixed a spaghetti dinner with salad, he and Ben were outside working on Kermit. When lunch was ready— Kermit was ready, too!

Following lunch, after cleaning up the dishes in the sink, I phoned Kinky to tell of the days events. Kinky was thrilled to hear about the five dogs going up to Catherine and David’s, and for John picking up the two dogs at the Kerrville pound. “And, Kinky,” I said. “Jennifer Pryor’s two dogs that she helped rescue with the help of her friend, Joy, are coming in really late this evening—from Oklahoma! One’s a Blue Heeler and the other is a Red Heeler!”

“That’s all great news, Nance,” Kinky said. “I’ll come over in the morning to meet Mr. Ziffel and Biscuit and the two Heelers. Talk to you later, I’ve gotta take this call.”

At four o’clock, Tony phoned Catherine to see if our dogs had arrived safely. “We’ve got them and they are all doing great! Rufus was excited to be reunited with Roxanne. Hannah Montana is the cutest little dog, and Foxey Lady and Sir Elton John are in a pen together, and we put Darla in with Angelina! I’m pretty sure that I can probably get all of them adopted out to great homes within a week or two, and then we will be ready for more.”

Ben left the rescue ranch around five o’clock, after helping Tony put together my new vacuum cleaner that arrived today! I love it—it’s lavender colored! The Shop Vac has left the building.