Poodle Club Southern California - November 2003 rescues!

This boy, along with his sister were released into the 'wild' by someone and were found a month later wandering around with their collars and leads on. They were picked up under a freeway overpass.

Sister and her equally sweet brother have both been adopted, but please know that there are always others looking for equally as wonderful homes. Click here for details on who is currently available.

Before grooming above. Female left, boy right.

Boy left, female [Lacey] right have both been adopted.

Lacey's new owners write:

Dear Madeline and Brad,

Just wanted to give you the update on our new Poodle Pal - Lacey! And request her "before/after" photos!

She's doing great! She is such a sweet thing! She stays close to us, stuck like glue (which, quite frankly, we really like!). So does the cat (which has amazed us.....the cat is actually a lot nicer, now that we have the dog.....).

We have kept Lacey in her crate in our bedroom at night for a few nights. She starts off with a brief whine, which then goes into a pant, and then ends with a little "gag" routine. Then, it simmers down to a little whine. So, within 10 minutes....all of us are asleep. So, so far, so good!

She appears to be house broken...haven't had any accidents. She doesn't relieve herself all that often, though - but, she does when we go for a walk. We're trying to figure out her pattern.

She seems to be pretty picky about her food. We bought the food that you had been giving her (Nutra..?). She didn't like it. So, after a day or so, we gave her a Science Diet product - which she is eating sporadically. We're trying to figure out her food routine, too.

I gave her a little bath today. She was okay with it, pretty much. Her face gets really dirty! We had her muzzle trimmed just a little. She's a little doll! We have spent a lot of time with her. Jonathan took Monday off as a vacation day to spend time with her. I have the holiday off today, so Lacey is sleeping on her favorite blanket on the floor in my office right now. She wasn't at all interested in the really nice dog bed we bought for her. So, we're returning it and my new blanket is now hers! (She seems to sleep a lot. Is that what dogs do?)

Jonathan already taught her how to "sit." She also learned "no bark" and is learning "off." She barks very rarely...once when the cat tried to steal her bone (gutsy thing for a cat to do, don't you think?!) or bothers her - when the housekeepers came in today and when she saw our neighbor out at her car. So, she does seem to be pretty protective. Also, extremely tolerant of cats! Our cat has been trying to pull all kinds of "dominance" things....Lacey puts up with most of it, until she's had her limit...then she takes off after the cat if she is off leash (and, we don't blame her a bit!)

By the way, has Lacey's son/brother/family member little guy been adopted? I sure hope so? We're thinking the two of them are mixed with Bichon? What do you think? Their faces are wider than most poodles it seems.

Anyway, we're sure loving this little poodle. Be sure to tell the new owners of Lacey's son where we are. Would be interesting to have us all meet up some time again!

Thanks for taking care of Lacey while we waited a few days to come get her. It was a VERY long wait for us! We could hardly stand the wait to come get her last Saturday, but it worked out quite well.

Take care!

Valerie and Jonathan Fox

Thanks, Madeline! I downloaded the pictures of Lacey from the website.

Yes...go ahead and give the Santa Barbara folks our phone number! Who adopted the other dog? A woman? Man? Couple?

Lacey is doing great! We have been giving her the regular dry food, soaking it in a little water and adding just a dab of wet food to it - making it into a gravy. She's scarfing it up!

She and the cat are becoming better friends every day. It's amazing! I think the cat likes her. Lacey tolerates the cat and sometimes, even, goes looking for her. It's really interesting...and fun! They are even working out their differences when the cat blocks Lacey's entrance at the sliding glass door when Lacey comes inside the house....and when the cat is standing at the top of the stairs and Lacey is coming up the stairs!

Today was her first day at home by herself (although she had the company of the cat and the stereo). She did really well. I think she was mostly already housebroken. We put papers down for her, but she seems to be taking care of her "business" when she goes out for walks. I set out a tape recorder to record whether she would bark/whimper, etc. when we both left the house. Jonathan left early, and I was gone for about 10 minutes before she starting barking for about 5 minutes. She then quieted down for the rest of the time. So, that was interesting to see how that went. So far, so good!

Looks like you have had a VERY successful October and (already) November!

Thanks again!

Valerie Fox

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