Category: Happy Tails

Hi WAMAL Folks!
Cody has now been in his permanent home with us for 10 months. He's finally coming into his own as far knowing where he belongs and that he gets to stay forever. He has made two new friends - a husky/aussie mix and an American Bulldog. They come for play dates and he loves them. The bulldog thinks Cody is wonderful and follows him around trying to do malamute things - ever hear a bulldog wooooooooo? With those lips????
Anyway, here are a couple of our Christmas pictures, just for fun. Thanks again WAMAL.

Akiya now Mahina looks nothing like when she came into rescue. Her new owner, Momi is taking the best care of her and in turn, Mahina is restoring Momi's spirit after her loss of Lishka to cancer not long ago. Momi also adopted Lishka through us about 5 years ago.

I'M SHEBA & I WAS ADOPTED EARLIER THIS YEAR BY THE PELUSO'S. I JUST TURNED TWO YEARS OLD & HAVE GROWN TO BE A BIG GIRL I'M STILL A SLIM NINETY THREE POUNDS. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH OBEDIENCE SCHOOL & GRADUATED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I HAD TO GO BUT JOE SAID THAT GAYLENE NEEDED THE TRAINING. I GET TO WALK EVERY DAY & MEET OTHER DOGS & JOGGERS. I REALLY DON'T LIKE SMALL DOGS THAT BARK AT US. I HAVE A BIG YARD WITH A KIO POND THAT I HAVE TO STAY AWAY FROM SINCE THE SECOND TIME I JUMPED IN. I HAVE CHASED RACCOONS & OTHER INTRUDERS OUT OF MY YARD & KNOW THAT'S MY JOB.I HAVE A NICE HOUSE & GREAT ROOMMATES THAT LOVE ME AS MUCH AS PEOPLE CAN. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR RESCUING ME & MATCHING ME UP WITH JOE & GAYLENE. YOUR A GREAT GROUP & DO SUCH A GOOD JOB. THANKS FOR FINDING ME A PLACE TO LIVE & HOMES FOR MY CLOSE FRIENDS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
SHEBA

Well it's week 3 and Cola is fitting in great. She likes all her new friends especially Dawson our other Mal. She is even becoming good friends with our colt Dancer. She is a little scared of him yet but she keeps trying to get up the courage to get a little closer. He is quite interested in her but every time he moves closer she scurries her butt under the fence. She loves her daily walks and enjoys the nightly "on the bed visits" before bedtime. (ok she's spoiled) She has little problems with the cats as long as they don't take our attention away from her. She is going to obedience class in Jan and then we're going to try Agility with her-can't wait. Xmas is coming and she and Dawson are going to Calgary with us. She loves car rides. Cola is a loved member of our family and she has found her forever home!!

SugarNSpice, now known as Bella, is settling right into her new family.  Our first day home was interesting, as she ran around at a hundred miles an hour, checking out everything in sight.  She and Kuma, our 5 month-old Mal pup, are doing great together.  Bella is also doing really well with our cats.  She wants to check them out, but doesn't show any intention to hurt or harm them.  They avoid her, simply because she moves so fast.  She has found that being inside the house is pretty neat!  I found her curled up in my recliner this morning.  I also had to go let the two clowns out of the kennel at 4 this morning....it was snowing and they were like 2 kids in a candy store.  They couldn't wait to be turned loose in the yard!  We frequently catch Bella standing in the middle of the patio table....for what reason, we have no clue. 

Bella loves to go for rides, as Vicki said!  She's enjoyed going to the office with me when I have to work.  If someone listened to her when she is playing, and didn't watch her body language, you would think she is the meanest dog in the world!  She has a vicious sounding growl but her lips aren't curled, her tail is wagging, and her ears are up.  Is this just an way of playing?  Is it a sign of under-socialization?  Her body language says play, but that growl sounds like it should come out of a dog 3 times her size.  If any of you have experiences with that, I'd love to hear them.

So far it looks like everything is working out just fine.  Bella is such a truly sweet dog, and she is a having a lot of fun with Kuma.

Bet your dying for an update. First things first, I have to break the news to you we changed Lola's name to Cola. Sorry but everytime we look at her color and her bubbly energetic personality we think of a bottle of Coca Cola and Cola is close to Lola so she answered to it right away. I hope you like it. Cola is adapting well. Her and Dawson are getting along better and can be in close quarters with each other now. We still don't leave them in the yard alone together unsupervised yet as they are still figuring each other out. Cola responds fairly well off leash in the pasture by our house(lots of good smells) and her and Dawson are fine with each other out there. On leash is another story. She is registered for an obedience class in January and I am thinking about doing Agility with her. She has so much energy and wants to please so badly that I think she'll love running the course.

We have noticed that she is scared of small narrow spaces such as basement stairs and bathrooms. We have been working with her and she is now willing to go into the bathroom but not downstairs in the house. Outside is fine. As far as her touchiness around her back end- she is fine. I think trust is an issue with her. She is also fine if I hold her food bowl and she eats out of it, but if I am not holding the bowl and try and touch it while she is eating she definitely isn't happy about it. But we're working on that.

Cola is an awesome girl and is as cuddly as you said, which is good because Brenda and I give lots of hugs. Here are some pics of her in the yard and on one of our walks. I will also send in something to the Happy Trails probably next week.
This is my favorite.
Next update will be Happy Trails.

Kodiak is doing great, and has finally settled into things completely. I didn't realize he hadn't until he did, if that makes sense. He finally has stopped finding easy places to sneak out and socialize with all the neighborhood dogs (who he gets along with, each one!) after only about a dozen or so separate fence repairs on my part! Life is pretty good and fun with the dogs, hope you are well too and have a good Thanksgiving!

Dave - I was just in process of ordering a harness for Micah that we adopted through you last June and happened to pull up this old email. Thought I'd send you an update how well Micah is doing here.

His weight went from 63 pounds last June to 87 pounds. He is now healthy and energetic - acts like a puppy half the time. He's doing great. His favorite spot is to sleep on our bed with his head on my wife's pillow, whenever she is not at home. Humorously the dogs broke into our food cabinet last Friday and between then split about 10-12 pounds of dry food. Pretty funny - we went ahead and put food out for everyone that evening and everyone ate except for Micah – he just looked at his food bowl with this look on his face that said, "I don't think I could eat another kibble..."

We also adopted a Siberian Husky from Adoptahusky in late summer. All 4 dogs are doing great - everyone goes on hikes, walks and jogs a lot. He has even been camping with us in August.

Season's Greetings from Rocky and Liberty
We thought we would let you all know things are still going well with our Rocky and Liberty.  As you know the day after we brought Rocky home Jim had him out for a walk of several miles.  Everyday since the 3 of them, Jim, Rocky and Liberty put in 2 walks a day anywhere from 2-5 miles each walk. As a result Jim’s arms are now 6 feet long. So far Rocky is not showing any signs of discomfort or wanting to quit.  He is very eager to go all the time.  He appears to be a perfectly healthy fellow.  I have read some of the notes from the vet in Bellevue Animal Shelter and I am not sure why he felt Rocky had hip problems because he sure it not showing us any problems.  What you don't know is they take their walks down on the Interurban trail her in Kent.  Soon after we got Rocky Jim felt the cab of his truck even though it has a little extension was to small for these giant mals so he modified it by taking out the passenger seat.  Now there is plenty of room for the three of them and none for me.  Oh well don't say we don't pamper our pets.
As you heard two weeks ago they did get into a fight in the middle of the night with Liberty getting a little bit of the short end.  She did have her vet appointment already scheduled that day so they looked over her wounds which were a few little puncture marks and we have been giving her antibiotics since then.  She is doing well and does not seem to be scared of Rocky in any way as a result.  Since we were asleep we are not sure what caused to fight but I thought it might be over a toy since Liberty had a stuffed animal and Rocky had been eyeing it.  So off to Value Village I went and got a bag full of stuffed animals.  Now we make sure there is always two toys out.  However the other day Rocky figured out how to carry both in his mouth at the same time.  Later Liberty walked by and without stopping grabbed the animal out of Rocky's mouth and kept on going.  Smooth move that girl of mine has.
Liberty and Buddy used to play on the back deck, running back and forth having a great time.  She had tried to get Rocky to do the same but so far she had not had much luck.  I tried a few times and I get him going for a few seconds but that it.  Hopefully he will catch on to the running and wrestling thing because she likes it and it is fun to watch them play.
Rocky is a real love.  He looks so goofy with those floppy ears.  Does not look like the mals but he sure does have their sweet temper.  WAMALS website is correct they are not good watchdogs.  The other day the mailman brought me two packages and I thought this would be a problem since they were in the house.  Not at all those two lazy guys were laying on the living room floor with the front door open as if nothing was going on.  They could care less.  I guess if we do get robbed those two will probably show the thief where the good stuff in hidden.
Everyone enjoy the holidays