by Lee Juslin
Titanium, or Tatum as her friends call her, is a pretty black brindle Cairn who was a mill mommy. At three-years-old, she had never known love or human touch before coming into Col. Potter Cairn Terrier Rescue.
She has been in foster care with Col. Potter since September, 2018. Her foster mom, Jo, has been working with her and says she has made a lot of progress, including learning to be picked up. Tatum has been fully vetted, spayed, and has no health issues.
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She is not aggressive and gets along with Jo’s dogs but does tend to play a bit rough. She has no interest in toys and would rather play with her doggy pals. In fact, Jo says that at her house, Tatum would much rather hang out with her pack than her people. However, she does not like big dogs.
Tatum |
Tatum sleeps in her crate at night, but during the day Jo has an X-pen with a water bowl and bed that Tatum can go into for a nap as long as the door is left open. This is her private, safe space.
Like Jo’s dogs, Tatum loves the big bones Jo gets and often carries one around. The dogs share the bones, and Jo says that coming into her home one would be surprised at all the community bones lying around.
Tatum is an active and very nosy dog. Jo says she’s a bit of a busybody and likes to keep tabs on what is going on in the house often watching from her X-pen.
A good forever home for Tatum would be one with a fenced-in yard because she refuses to go potty on walks. She needs a person experienced in adopting rescue dogs, especially when they come with mill baggage like Tatum. A prospective adopter will need patience to work with her and not give up because, as Jo says, she is a puppy in an adult body. Tatum needs help on housebreaking, and she needs an established schedule. She would not do well with young children, cats, or larger dogs.
Despite her rough start in life, Tatum is a sweet, lovable, and very pretty Cairn girl who just needs the right person to help her develop into the wonderful companion Jo knows she can be. In fact, she has adjusted so well in Jo’s home that she sings and dances for her meals.
Tatum is not aggressive. She eats with Jo’s other dogs and is quite sweet and lovable. She would need a person or couple with at least one other small dog with which she could play and hang out.
If you would like to learn more about Tatum or the other pups at Col. Potter Cairn Rescue, apply to become a foster parent, or make a donation to help this all volunteer organization keep on rescuing Cairns like Tatum, contact Col. Potter on Facebook or the website:
Facebook: Col. Potter Cairn Terrier Rescue
Website: www.cairnrescue.com
Editor's Note: Since this article was written Tatum has found a forever home!
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Lee Juslin is a free lance copywriter living in North Carolina with her husband, Scott, and her band of misfits: Tarquin, a Wheaten Scottish Terrier, and three handicapped cats. They can be seen on their website: Hampshire Hooligans. She owns I B Dog Gone, a small embroidery business and is the author of the Nurse Frosty books for children and Frosty’s Story: Tales of a Therapy Dog. She supports a number of national and regional terrier rescue organizations.
by Lee Juslin
Mac was an owner turn-in to Lone Star Westie Rescue.Mac’s owner said she was turning him in to rescue because of a “change in the season of life,” so perhaps a divorce. Whatever the situation, she had gotten Mac as a puppy, apparently kept him outside much of the time, and now, at eight-years-old, Mac is looking for his forever home.
Mac |
When they first saw Mac, the rescue volunteers practically had to hold their noses. He had a serious yeast infection that had caused most of his hair to fall out, a nasty ear infection, dry eye, and he stunk to high heaven. He was also quite thin and, though he weighed seventeen pounds, he was a large, tall Westie. In short, Mac was in rough shape.
Immediately, his foster moms, Linda and then Elizabeth, put him on a regimen of daily medicated baths and an antibiotic prescribed by the vet. It has taken a lot of dedicated work, but Mac’s hair has grown back, and his ear and skin infections are nearly gone. Plus, now he needs a medicated bath only every other day. He has also put on weight and currently weighs in at twenty-six pounds.
Mac and his siblings |
Elizabeth says he is just a great little dog who loves laps and often sits next to her with his head on her lap. He is very good about having a bath and waits patiently while the medicated shampoo sits on his skin, and, then, he remains calm while she dries him with the hair dryer and sometimes he actually nods off.
Mac is good on a leash and loves walks. He also loves toys—especially playing fetch—and is good with other dogs though it is not known how he would be with cats. He is house-trained and becomes quite vocal at meal times. Elizabeth says he’d be good at keeping burglars away.
Mac is a gentle, playful, friendly boy that would enjoy a home with a single person, couple, or family who would play with him and give him the cuddling and love he enjoys. Older children who know how to treat a dog would be a good match. He would also enjoy a fenced in yard where he could run and play with his people or a dog sibling.
Most of all, Mac needs an experienced person who would be proactive in maintaining care for his sensitive skin and the dry eye for which he needs daily drops. He also needs to stay on his diet of Signature Duck limited ingredient food. Mac’s hair has grown back to some extent, but he may not get back his full coat, and he needs the combination of medicated baths and special food to prevent his skin problems from returning. Elizabeth says that’s a small price to pay for a dog as great as Mac.
If you would like to learn more about Lone Star Westie Rescue, volunteer, or apply to adopt Mac or one of his friends currently with Lone Star Westie Rescue, visit them on FB: Lone Star Westie Rescue or visit their web site: Lone Star Westie Rescue.
If you would like to volunteer to be a foster parent for SSWR or to make a much needed donation to SSWR for their sanctuary dogs, you may do so through Paypal: Sanctuary Dogs or by mailing a check to: SSWR, PO Box 19415, Sarasota, FL 34276.
Visit Lone Star Rescue's FB page: www.facebook.com/LoneStarWestieRescue
Lone Star Rescue website: Lone Star Westie Rescue
Check out more animal rescue & therapy animal stories in our Pets section. You can also keep up with our pet articles by joining our KRL Facebook group.
We also have a brand new pets newsletter that will be going out once a month letting our readers know about all of the pet and animal rescue related articles that went up that month so you never miss a thing. We hope to send the first one out in June. We also hope to provide some additional content and maybe even some pet related giveaways. You can use this box to subscribe!
Want to know how to see your ad like this at the end of an article? Email KRL at life@kingsriverlife[dot]com by replacing the [dot] for more info. 10% of all ad sales goes to animal rescue.
Lee Juslin is a free lance copywriter living in North Carolina with her husband, Scott, and her band of misfits: Tarquin, a Wheaten Scottish Terrier, and three handicapped cats. They can be seen on their website: Hampshire Hooligans. She owns I B Dog Gone, a small embroidery business and is the author of the Nurse Frosty books for children and Frosty’s Story: Tales of a Therapy Dog. She supports a number of national and regional terrier rescue organizations.
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