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November 11th 2001 Zephyr was adopted and on July 8th 2003 Eclipse joined him!
AKA: The Furry-Butt Husky The Little Rascal has struck one last time! ON NOVEMBER 11, 2001, DAVE AND CHERI PETRO STEPPED FORWARD AND CONTACTED RESCUE AUTHORITIES, SAYING THEY BELIEVED THEY HAVE LOCATED THE MISSING SOCK AND WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY APPREHEND THE FURRY LITTLE THIEF THEMSELVES. ARMED WITH HIS TRADEMARK FURRY LOOKS AND CHARM, ZEPHYR A.K.A. "LITTLE DEVIL" STOLE YET ANOTHER ITEM TO ADD TO HIS CACHE—THE PETRO'S HEARTS. SO ON THIS MEMORABLE DAY, THE LITTLE BANDIT JOINED FORCES WITH DAVE, CHERI, AND THEIR FOUR OTHER HUSKIES—JAKE, NUK-NUK, CRYSTAL, AND ANNIE—FOR CONTINUED ADVENTURES THAT NONE OF THEM WILL EVER FORGET! REWARD: Zephyr writes us on 11/17/01: To: My Onetime Foster Family and All My Friends at TOTT Hi, it's me, Zephyr. I just wanted to drop you a note to tell you how I'm doing. I love my new home and I not only have a human mommy and daddy, I also have a Husky daddy named Jake and a Husky mommy named Nuk-Nuk, a Husky sister named Crystal and a Miniature Fox Wolf Hound Aunt named Annie. They are all taking good care of me and give me lots of kisses (even my aunt). I love it here but it's a lot of hard work; I have to play, and play all day. My new doggy family all takes turns playing with me, but I think I still tire them all out. Besides playing we all practice howling and take lots of naps together. I love napping on top of my new Husky daddy and mommy; I know it makes them feel a lot safer knowing that I am on top of them to protect them. I have lots of toys, and a big yard to run in (boy, do I like to run—I must run 100 miles a day!). There are lots of birds, squirrels, and these things called deer here. I love to watch them and sometimes I even chase them. Don't tell anyone, but I was a little scared when I saw my first deer, but my Aunt Annie protected me from them. I know that you would be proud of me, knowing what a good job I'm doing shaping up my new pack. My human mommy and daddy are very proud of me because I am such a good boy. It's like I have been here my whole life; I love it. Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for taking such good care of me and to let you know that I'm very happy and I am with a family I love and who loves me too. Zephyr
Zephyr writes us on 5/10/02: Hello to all my friends at TOTT, how are you, it’s me Zephyr. I hope you and all my puppy friends are doing well. Can you believe it’s been six months since you help me find my new home! I can’t either, it seems like just yesterday that I was at my foster home.
Sorry I can’t send a picture this time but Daddy’s camera isn’t working. I wish I could though, because I am not that little 20 lb. husky you left here. Would you believe I’m over 60 lb. and almost the same size as my Husky Daddy Jake! I never thought I would be this big, but I am and, best of all I’m still growing.
I really love my new home, my husky mommy Nuk-Nuk and my husky sister Crystal chase me all day, and when they don’t I’ll bother them until they do. My aunt Annie had to have an operation on her leg so I sat next to her a lot so she would feel better; she’s all better now, I’m glad.
You will be glad to know I’m doing well at Husky school, look at my report card I’m very proud of it.
I know I have to work on Listening but you know how little boy husky’s are. My daddy Husky said he didn’t do well at listening either.
Well it’s dinner time so I have to go. I hope you are all doing well and thanks again for helping me find my new home.
Zephyr
Eclipse first came into rescue in July of 2002, found in a storm drain, afraid of everyone. She started out her foster life at Audrey and Fred's, learning to trust and playing with their 5 dogs. She was adopted in November and returned several months later. Eclipse's quest for a home continues. She went to the foster home of Karen and Eric, where she had fun playing with the 3 resident Sibes. There, she continued to learn to trust people. Eclipse's sad story caught the hearts of David and Cheryl, who have 5 rescued dogs of their own. They were seeking a playmate for Zephyr, who was adopted from TOTT in 2001 and the youngest and most playful of all their dogs. But Zephyr has some fears of his own, and needed just the right dog to break through his fears. Enter Eclipse. She quickly snuck into the hearts of the whole family. She loves running in their large yard and napping in the shade under the deck. So on July 8th, Eclipse went home. She is still working on trust, but she already learned that Zephyr will be her playmate and she loves to play bow and bark at him to play. She has claimed her spot on the sofa for naps in between romping with the dogs. It took almost a year, but Eclipse found the perfect home! People who understand her fears, and will take all the time it needs to bring her out of her shell. Way to go, Eekers! Update from Eclipse's new mom on 7/12/03: I wanted to let you know how well Eclipse is doing with our little pack. I think she is going to surprise us all with how quickly she is going to come out of her shell. The first 2 days went very well. She decided that she likes running full speed down the yard. She constantly nips at Zephyr for him to chase her. That all started the first night she was here. Zephyr is not used to running and being caught so it was quite a shock for him. She tackles him and he rolls over and she lays on top of him and HE LETS HER. He is at this point unable to catch her when she goes full speed. She’ll certainly get him in shape. She played with all the others, even old Annie [13 yrs] chased her down the yard once and Jake got off the couch to chase her. She explored all the rooms in the house including testing all the furniture. She is very fond of having the door open so she can go out when she wants to and is already independent and going out frequently to explore all the new animal sights and smells. We have not had the full contingent of deer walk through the back yard yet so it will be interesting to see how she responds to them. She does follow me around and last night jumped on the couch to sit beside me. I rubbed her chest a little and she put her head in my hand. Wow! I was not expecting that and she let me pet her. I just get the feeling that she’ll be a lap dog soon. She seems a perfect fit and a wonderful addition to the pack. Cheri Update from Eclipse on 7/13/03: Hello to all my friends a TTOT it’s me Eclipse, I just sending you a note to say hi and that I am doing wonderful. I’ve been here 5 days and it seems like this has always been my home. My boy friend Zephyr (you remember him, he was a TTOT boy too) and I run around and play in the yard most of the day; it’s nice a quite here and there are many things to hunt like birds and deer. I even get the old dogs Jake, Nuk-Nuk, Crystal and Annie to play. I really love my new human mommy I follow her around most of day so she won’t get lost, we also like to naps together on the couch. Friday night my new human daddy came home from his business trip after about 15 minutes and I decide to visit him. He started to rub my ear and wow did I like that! Also just so you know I also made a big decision today (Sunday) I decide I like this petting stuff. I have been watching the rest of the pack and they seem to enjoy it so I figured I would see how it was. My new pack has trained our humans to pet on command. If, you go up to our human mommy and daddy sit down in front of them and paw at them they will pet you. A little while a go tried this with my human mommy and it worked, after about 20 minutes she stopped so I tried it again on my human daddy and it worked again, this is to cool! I must have taken the pack a long time to train our human parents to do this. I wanted to thank all of you (especially Audrey and Karen) for helping me find a new home and for taken such good care of me. I have to go now Zephyr and I have a date to nap under the deck, but I will write you in a few weeks to let you know how I am doing. Eclipse. |
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