It's been another great week here in the 'Land of Oz' the Terrier and I am so happy that even more friends are following and commenting on my blog!
THANK YOU NEW FOLLOWERS
April Geri Jackie Bouchard
Badger at Badger Boo's Daft Adventures
Bailey at Craft Attic Resources
Kirby at Kirby's Dawg Blog
Relay at Poochie Project
Caren & Cody from Cat Chat and Dakota from Dakota's Den
THANK YOU NEW FRIENDS
Pup Fan at I Still Want More Puppies
AngelsCairns CalliopeCairns7
Penny Gilbert Christie Zizo
Col. Potter Cairn Rescue Network Post Adoption
Terri B Carol Bryant
Most Photogenic Dog
Tegan
PepperPom from Pepper's Paws
Liz at Woof Woof Mama
I am very thankful to everyone who participated in Blog the Change for Animals on Tuesday. I read a LOT of great blog posts about everything from favorite rescues/shelters to dog dumping to puppy mills...all were very passionate and insightful; I enjoyed reading them all.
I am also VERY grateful to all who came, read and commented on my post about Col. Potter Cairn Rescue Network during Blog the Change for Animals. Your visits meant a lot to me, the kind people at CPCRN and all the Cairns who are waiting for their forever homes.
Let's see...yesterday I was nominated by my very good buddy Gizmo at Terrier Torrent for the Reality Blog Award. Thank you so much Gizmo for bestowing another great honor on me! As usual, I need to review the rules before I can write my award post.
And finally, I would like to report on the CPCRN Adoptable Cairn Terriers (and Cairn mixes) living in foster homes here in Florida. You can read more about them in my Friday Finds - 1/11/13 post or by visiting Col. Potter Cairn Rescue Network Adoptions Page!
It seems that dear Madeira and sweet Minnow have adoptions pending...Woof-Hoo!!! Please keep your paws crossed that these may be their forever families calling them home!
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| Honora |
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| Needles |
Well, let me stop you right there. Did you know that Cairn Terriers can live well into their teens - some even until age 16 or 18? So, just because he is 10 doesn't mean he is "old". Also, his coloring is NOT due to age - Cairns come in a variety of colors including grey (silver) - even I, as a dark brindle, have always had some grey/silver fur.
As you might guess, Needles is really tugging at my heart strings, pals. I would love for him to find a home that will love and cherish him for the rest of his life so...
If you, or someone you know, lives in a home in need of a Cairn Terrier, please share these precious dogs - and all the other rescued Cairns - on Col. Potter Cairn Rescue Network's website with them. I would greatly appreciate it!
I am once again going to join the Follow-Up Friday blog hop hosted by Jodi at Heart Like a Dog...thanks, Jodi!
Well, those are my Friday Finds for this week. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Wow, you has a week meetin' new furiends and gettin' a flashy new award!
ReplyDeleteI am over da moon excited bout them pendin' adoptions! So glad peoples will offer up their homes and life to rescue. Makes da heart feels good ya knows.
Puddles
You are so right, Puddles...it does make your heart feel good to know that people are willing to adopt these precious doggies. Thank you for coming by today!
DeleteThank you for the mention! Glad to be following such a great blog. This last Btc4a was one of my favorites yet. So glad that it introduced me to you. I'll be sure to stop by again soon.
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Thank YOU for the follow, my friend! I agree, this last Btc4a was one of the best. I'm glad it introduced us to each other my pal!
DeleteDakota and I are new too as of a week or so ago :)
ReplyDeleteCody is from Cat Chat and Dakota is from Dakota's Den :)
Oh, gees-oh-pees-oh Caren, Cody and Dakota...you were on my list and I forgot to type you in! I'm so sorry. I am going to go back and add you!!! *hits self in head* Dopey dog Oz!
Delete:-D I loved reading all those Blog for Change posts too Oz! Great information and lots that I didn't know about! Congrats on the award. I hope that your two Cairn friends are officially adopted soon and that the other beautiful guys get homes really quickly, especially Needles! I am happy though that he is in foster and not in a shelter for 9 months! Pft, I'm expected to live well into the high teens too, so 10 years is like his midlife crisis! ;-D
ReplyDeleteAmen! I am 8 and I think I am just starting mid-life crisis. Pfftt to those who thinks that 10 is old!
DeleteThanks for the well wishes to Madeira and Minnow. I hope they get officially adopted ASAP...as well as all the other Cairns at CPCRN!
It's really nice of you to thank everyone for following and being your friend...I hadn't seen that done before and it's very gracious. That is just an example of why you deserve an award for 'Keeping It Real' And every time you post those photos of Col Potter's Cairns I get a real strong urge to find a friend for Gizmo...so please stop me now ;)
ReplyDeleteBOL! You and me both, pal. I look at Needles and just keep saying, "Oh if he doesn't get adopted soon I may just scoop him up myself!"
DeleteI've never seen it done before either, the thanking like that every week. You know me, I gotta be different...plus it may help them find new friends too!
Oz, that sure is nice of you to help those cuties from CPCRN! You are a good friend, indeed. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks my kittie pal! I'm trying my bestest to help them!
DeleteWe were glad to find you. While Mom write about her craft stuff at Craft Attic Resources, we are found at Sheltie Times.
ReplyDeleteOh...I will have to add the Sheltie Times to the things I follow! Thanks for heads up. I like mom's craft stuff though so I follow that too!
DeleteYou are so right Oz - 10 is nothing for a Cairn! My Col. Potter foster sister Mildred just got adopted and she's eight years old and running circles around her new forever Cairn brother - and he's just a young puppersnapper!
ReplyDeleteThanks again for getting the word out. I'll keep my paws crossed that all these Cairns have homes soon.
Cairns Rock!
Walter (one of Angel's Cairns)
Hi Walter! Hi Angel!
DeleteI know...10 is still so young. Maybe mid-life crisis - buying a porsche, eating too many treats, dating Westies...but not old! I have my paws crossed too!
Hi Oz,
ReplyDeleteI am sorry I missed your post on Tuesday. Sounds like it was a great post and I am going to go back and read it now!
Your pal, Pip
Hi Pip! Glad to see you out and about. That's very kind of you to go read it now. I hope you like it!
DeleteDear OZ...
ReplyDeleteJust want to let you know that 10 is not too old to adopt. I adopted a Cairn boy just two weeks before he turned 10.... he lived to be 19!!!... and that was after he lost a leg to cancer at 14... then he went on to be a therapy dog with cancer patients, esp. kids with bone cancer because they could relate to Barney losing HIS leg to cancer... and he loved to be petted and his fur held a lot of tears. He loved to be a part of our cancer survivors group as well. One time I forgot to take him and it was 'talk to the back' for a week. I never forgot him again. Barney kept our back yard free of squirrels. Barney was my heating pad as I went thru chemo and radiation because he always knew what hurt the most and would put his warm body against it to make the pain go away.
So NEVER be afraid to adopt a 'senior' dog. They are blessed with wisdom beyond wealth.
19?!? Wowza!! Barney sounds like one special doggie - lived through cancer and helped so many get through it as well. I love to keep the yard squirrel-free as well! One of our great traits as Cairns, I guess.
DeleteThank you for stopping by and leaving a "pawprint". It's so nice to meet you!
We love that you shared your post with some pretty cute adoptable cairns. I like Madiera. She looks really sweet. We're wishing them all the best of luck!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kol!! I hope they find forever homes very soon!
DeleteHey there Oz, what's up buddy?! Looks like you are doin' some great works there for the adoptions!! Wow! I hopes Honora and Needles find good homes soon!! They sure are cuties! And, you know what else is a plus with an older doggie? They are usually calmer, too! Ah, Ma sometimes wishes I was calmer.....
ReplyDeleteKisses,
Ruby
RUBY!!!!! Thank you, thank you for those kind words. I am trying my bestest to help my cousins in need of forever homes!
DeleteOh, I know what you mean about the Mas. I was a HANDFUL and a half when I was young. Now, in mid-life crisis I am much calmer. Tell your mom to hang in there!!
OMD...how could someone have not snatched up Honora and Needles by now?? I have no doubt, they'll be in their loving forever homes very, very soon! Give 'em some scritches for me, though, will you?
ReplyDeleteHappy Weekend, Oz!
Hi Miss Kim!! That's what I am saying!!! Thank you for agreeing. Needles (especially) and Honora are just too precious NOT to be scooped up!!! I will send them all your loves, no doubt about it. Thanks for coming by. I so appreciate it!
DeleteWell, Oz, those are some really good looking 'finds'! What cuties...I sure hope someone comes along really soon. There's nothing better than a 'furever' home.
ReplyDeleteAnd congrats on your award!! Well deserved.
Hi Sage! Aren't those Cairns cute?! Guess what I found out yesterday from CPCRN...Madeira and Minnow were officially adopted and went to their forever homes yesterday!! Woof-hoo!!
DeleteThanks for coming by!! I hope you had a great weekend!