cuddle time

Pty and Bruster are bonding really well- last night they snuggled in front of the wood burning stove on a blankie all night. Bruster is adjusting to life at our home really well- I have been lucky enough to be home all day every day since we have gotten him, and really been able to introduce him to the good life. He already knows how to sit (thanks Joanie!) and he and Pty hang out and play with toys and play outside pretty much all day. I have been taking him for walks with Pty, and have noticed that he is a little hesitant when he sees cars and such, but if he is walking with Pty he is fine. I tried to take him for a walk on his own, and he was having none of it- he seemed very scared of birds in the brush, dogs barking, peoples voices- I think until he gains more confidence, we will keep walking him with Pty- he seems to feel a lot safer with her there (can you blame him? I do too). He is a dream with cat- he wanted to check her out the first few days, and she gave him a little cat warning (her gutteral meow) and he backed off and hasn't looked at her since. He doesn't chase her in the yard, and he doesn't seem all that interested in her in the house any more. I think he'll be fine in a house with cats. That all being said, we are loving having him- he is such an easy foster, and he is going to make the perfect family so happy.

lovey face

Couch and blankie time for the baby! He is a huge cuddle bug...

the brussel sprout sleeps

Although Brusters loving mom's at the shelter got him a wonderful plush bed (which he sleeps on soundly every night in his crate) he opted today to sleep on my pile of doggy blanket laundry. No doubt it smelled yummy to him, and he curled right up on the pile while I graded papers...

right at home

Time for a new baby...

This is baby boy Bruster. He came to the Salinas shelter in Monterey county in the middle of October, and stole the hearts of the kind people that work so hard out there. He proved himself to be a little shining star from the get go, and had lots of angels working very hard to make sure this little ball of love made it out into the big world... We were contacted by a very caring and diligent shelter/AFRP staff member, who thought of us (so sweet) while trying to get him into a great foster home. Of course, we looked at Bruster's pictures, and it was all over- how could you say no to that?! So we picked him up today, and after a bittersweet farewell to his shelter mommies, he popped up into the car and cuddled up for the ride up to Santa Cruz. He bounded into the house (it was raining when we got home), and walked right through the living room, into our little guest room that is now his room. We put his big warm bed in his crate, and he jumped right into it. After a lot of eating, drinking and sniffing his new toys and new surroundings, he got to meet Pty. Needless to say, there was copious amounts of tail wagging, along with lots of snorffling (a technical term I have coined referring to a particular noise pits make when happy and sniffing one another). After about a hour or so of that, it was bath time, which went by without a hitch- no complaints about a massage in warm water from this little guy. Then, another hour of in the house time, exploring and hanging with just us, until his little eyes started to get droopy and we curled him up in his warm crate for the night. Its going to be hard to give this one up...