"I thought you were 'retired'?"

It's true. We are "retired" from dog fostering. It doesn't mean we don't love puppies! Risotto and Italia are the last of the Italian litter - their littermates were all adopted this week... so if you're interested, get your application in! We're just puppy-sitting these two for a few days. That gives me my puppy fix and reminds me how much work it is to foster dogs!

Risotto (M) is the blond with interesting eyes. They appear to be part blue and part green so you have to look at them twice to really figure out what colour they are. Italia (F) is the smaller of the two. She's super cuddly and a little more adventurous than her bigger brother.

Yuki and the kitties

So Yuki has come around, and on her own terms (like those pictured here) she likes to interact with the kittens. She even let Lizzie and Sasha "nurse" from her before Lizzie was adopted. The kitties love her crate, but she seems to be trying to tell them it's hers.

Dog-loving kitties

Matti got a new bully stick and the two remaining kittens were also interested. Matti shared briefly. Lloyd didn't really eat it, rather just played with the end of it while Matti nibbled away. Then Beadie devoured her whole bully stick, came back and stole Matti's and the fun was all over.

Lloyd - the cat that loves dogs

Well, the whole litter is good with our dogs, but Lloyd really loves Beadie and curls up with her every night so we'd really like to see him go to a home with other animals, dogs or cats or both.

Lloyd's Petsmart Debut

ARF dogs to go Petsmart every Saturday between 1-3 so that potential adopters can meet them in person. On very rare occasions, a cat makes an appearance. Today Lloyd and I decided to try it out. I didn't advertise it on the website in case he really hated it and we left quickly. But, Lloyd stayed for the whole time and even interacted with a few of the puppies, especially Zara (apparently Zara has cats in her foster home).

And yes, for those who didn't know, ARF does have cats!

These kitties are flying outta here! 2 more adoptions!

What a week! Ari left on Sunday and then yesterday I had calls about some of the other kittens. Lizzie ended up joining Ari (and apparently Ari is super happy to be reunited with his sister!), and Sloan went to a home with another cat earlier today.

Lloyd, being the dog-loving cat (he enjoys cuddling up to Beadie, one of our ARF dogs) that he is, made his unofficial debut at Petsmart today. He was a rockstar! He wasn't freaked out by the dogs (or people) at all and spent most of the time cuddling in my ARF hoodie. He did interact with Zara and Avery and made quite an impression on one family so who knows - he could soon be adopted too! That just leaves Sasha...

Adopt-a-thon and 1 Adoption!

In a matter of minutes, the first of the five Cardston kitties will be adopted. Ari could have been adopted twice yesterday through ARF's Adopt-a-thon at the Ranchlands Tailblazers. His new family is on their way to pick him up. I'm gonna miss the little Mr. Personality, but maybe this means there's room for one more!

I'm hoping the siblings will also find their forever homes soon too.

Ari goes to a home with other dogs and another cat, which is just perfect for him. If anyone else is looking for a cat that had experience with other dogs or cats... check our Lizzie, Lloyd, Sloan and Sasha!

Home from the vet and ready for adoption!

The kitties are home from the vet and are now ready to go up on the ARF website. That will make them officially available for adoption! Beadie, our resident dog, loves kitties, and was so happy that the cats were home. She waited patiently for them to come out of their crate.

Silly Sasha posing for the camera

Run! Jump! Chase! ... cat naps.