Mom came into the rescue with 12 puppies who were only a day old. About 9 days later, Mom stopped nursing and Foster Mom had to step in and take over. For over 3 weeks, Victoria, family and friends bottle fed 12 puppies. They all survived. That in and of itself is a miracle. How Victoria ever survived is still a miracle to us today as she was the one person who bottle fed every single time. Sometimes she had help but at 3am she was up by herself taking care of them.

Now, the pups have all gone to their homes and Alexia is from that litter that are alive because of the dedication of one woman.

 

11 Sep 2006


Thought you would like to see her in her new home. No name yet! We kicked around Freedom, Liberty and Patriot, as well as True Blue ("Blue"), but we are still getting to know her. Already she seems to respond to "Little Girl......"

Thank you so much for being so patient with us - well, ME - today. I had such a hard time and was ready to take them both home! You have done a fantastic job with all the puppies and I know our family will be thanking you for years to come.

I can't wait to hear about the other little girl's family, too!

- Rachael, Jeff and the Crew

 

17 May 2007

Hello - We are the "parents" that adopted Independence ("Indy," "Indy-pants" or "Miss Pants"). She was one of the twelve pups who were hand-fed from two weeks old. We got her last September on September 11 (hence her name).

We just wanted to tell you how much we love her. She is so sweet and soft and cuddly. She has a LOT of energy but we work it out with the racquet ball every morning (and with the other two shepherds.) We even took her to puppy class to help her assimilate with other dogs. She takes after our Heeler mix, however, and still barks at everything. Those two are inseparable.

Her favorite thing in the wordl is the carboard "roll" left after you are finished with a roll of paper towels or toilet paper. She trots around the whole house very proudly with it and treats it like her favorite stuffed toy. She is also our only "pool" dog. The other two want nothing to do with the water, but Indy just hops right in after the ball and gets soaked without thinking about it. When it's hot out, we will hear a "splash" and there she is sitting on the top step just looking at us - one ear up and one down. My husband is smitten.

We just wanted to keep you updated and tell you how grateful we were. We'll send some photos soon. I wish we had taken her sister, too, (the last girl). If we hadn't already had two at home we would have done so in a minute. Indy is such a joy - thank you so much!

Take care - Rachael, Jeff, Baron, Jack and Indy


18 May 2007

Here are some older pics. From the day we got her to just before Christmas. I have some new ones at home I will send them next week! She is growing like a weed. Not as large as we thought she would get, but big and floppy : )

7 Nov 2007

I was looking at other pictures of Abbie's pups (so many look like Independence, it's crazy - I feel like it's "My Big Fat Greek Wedding.") I saw the "No Name" success story pup - it is actually our Indy the day we brought her home! She looks so different now - I can't believe it. I sent Victoria pics of her the other day so I thought I would shoot the same ones to you (because we are such show offs and think she is so pretty). I really love seeing her siblings and all their happy families.

Talk to you soon - R

 

Independence (Indy) was one of Abie's pups.