Out & About: Remember this sweet girl?

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Remember this sweet girl?

It's Buty (pronouced Beauty)! We fostered Buty back in November 2012 and she was a dog that barely made it into rescue. Her time was truly out at the shelter and we had no space for her. Sadly this happens more frequently than I like to think about. Buty is one of the lucky ones - the dog we had agreed to take, we were able to move him to another foster spot so that gave us a spot for Buty. This little gal was so sick when she came to us and she was adopted pretty quickly by a wonderful couple in Seattle and a pretty super rattie mix brother named Henry.

Sick girl with a bad cold while in foster care

I'm happy to say that we recently recived wonderful update on this sweet rattie girl. Buty is now Ellie and here's what her mom's had to say about her:

Ellie is truly a sweetheart and it's been awesome to watch her come out of her shell and see her personality develop. Ellie, (the artist formerly known as Buty) settled into our house right away- I was amazed at how smooth the transition was, she was absolutely meant to be in our lives because she fits right in with the rest of the gang! Our cat Lucy and her occasionally snuggle and follow me from room to room which is just adorable! I refer to the two of them as "the girls".

Henry and her are quite the pair as we all knew they would be. They snuggle and wrestle, play tug of war, spend lots of time chasing each other and playing in our yard- it's just been so wonderful and we truly feel as though we made one of the best decisions we've ever made! She is still pretty chill but is much perkier now that she is at a good weight and feeling better.

People often ask "How can you foster and not keep them". Of course we can't keep them all and we view what we do as pet sitting these pups. Fostering is hard for a lot of reasons but in the end the payoffs are well worth it! One of them being that we hear wondeful stories like Ellie's - of new life and second chances. So here's to Ellie AKA Buty she a girl I think of often and I happy we were able to help her. Happy life sweet, sweet girl.